It Only Hurts for a Little While

1956 single by The Ames Brothers

"It Only Hurts for a Little While"

Single by The Ames Brothers

B-side

"If You Wanna See Mamie Tonight"

Released

March 1956 (1956-03)

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

"Forever Darling"
(1956)

"It Only Hurts for a Little While"
(1956)

"49 Shades Of Green"
(1956)

"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.