- This was written by Ed Cobb, who was a member of the Four Preps and wrote Tainted Love for Gloria Jones (1964). Every Little Bit Hurts was recorded in 1964 by Brenda Holloway, then aged 17. It got to 13 in the American charts.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub5x1V2v3uQ The Spencer Davis Group, with lead vocals by Steve Winwood, took it to No 41 in Britain in 1965.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZzc_MShZU0 The best version was recorded by the Small Faces in 1966 on their album Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV6gZfRnzj4 21
Brenda Holloway: Every Little Bit Hurts
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