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It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin' is an album by Johnny Tillotson. It was released to capitalize on the success of Tillotson's hit of the same name. [citation needed] The album was arranged by Archie Bleyer and had vocal accompaniment by the Anita Kerr Singers and The Jordanaires. Charlie McCoy plays the harmonica on four tracks.
Johnny Tillotson (born April 20, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter. [1] He enjoyed his greatest success in the early 1960s, when he scored nine top-ten hits on the pop, country, and adult contemporary Billboard charts, including "Poetry in Motion" and the self-penned "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'" and "Without You".
"It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'" is a song written and recorded by Johnny Tillotson, which was a major hit for him in 1962. The song was nominated for a Grammy for Best Country & Western song for 1962 but lost to Burl Ives' "Funny Way of Laughing." It has been recorded by many other artists. [1]
Background information; Born April 3, 1942Valdosta, Georgia, U.S.: Died: October 6, 2015 (aged 73) Morehead City, North Carolina, U.S.: Genres: Rock and roll, country ...
1962 Johnny Tillotson for his album It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'. 1965 Bing Crosby for his album Bing Crosby Sings the Great Country Hits. 1967 Connie Francis for her album My Heart Cries for You. [11] 1968 B. J. Thomas for his album On My Way. [12] 1969 Jerry Lee Lewis for his album Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 1.
This was followed by "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'" (#17) and "Out of Sight and on My Mind" (#10), both that charted in 1988. The album also landed on the Country Albums chart, reaching #5 in 1987. Track listing
The album's first single "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'" was originally a 1962 hit for American country pop singer Johnny Tillotson. [1] "Good Girl Down" which features Angaleena Presley and Candi Carpenter, was written by Jackson and Presley in 2018 and originally appeared on Presley's second studio album Wrangled. [3]
In 1966, Aaron Neville recorded and released the original version of "Tell It Like It Is" on his album also entitled Tell It Like It Is (Par-Lo Records). In November 1966, the track was issued as a single which peaked in early 1967 at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (behind "I'm a Believer" by the Monkees) and No. 1 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. [2]