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| "It Only Hurts for a Little While" | ||||
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| Single by The Ames Brothers | ||||
| B-side | " If You Wanna See Mamie Tonight" | |||
| Released | March 1956 | |||
| Recorded | 1956 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 2:34 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Fred Spielman, Mack David | |||
| Producer(s) | Hugo Winterhalter | |||
| The Ames Brothers singles chronology | ||||
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"It Only Hurts for a Little While" is a 1956 popular song with music by Fred Spielman and lyrics by Mack David. [1]
The recording by The Ames Brothers was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-6481. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on May 19, 1956. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #15; on the Best Seller chart, at #16; on the Juke Box chart, at #11; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #15. [2]
Cover versions
- In 1978, Country Music singer Margo Smith released her version of the song b/w Look Out Mountain, and it went to number one on the Country charts that year and was her second and last number one. [3] It was released on her album Don't Break the Heart That Loves You that year.
- Anne Murray recorded a cover of the song for her album Croonin' (1993). [1]
References
- ^ a b "It Only Hurts for a Little While - Anne Murray | Song Info | AllMusic". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 27.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 321.
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