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| Hurt So Bad
1965 Recorded By: Little Anthony & The Imperials I know you ..... Don't know what I'm going through Standing here looking at you Well let me tell you that it hurts so bad It makes me feel so sad It makes me hurt so bad To see you again Like needles and pins people say .... You've been making out OK She's in love don't stand in her way But let me tell you that it hurts so bad It makes me feel so bad .... It's gonna hurt so bad if you walk away Why don't you stay and let me make it up to you Stay I'll do anything you want me to You loved me before please love me again . I can't let you go back to him Please don't go....please don't go .... It hurts so bad it hurts so bad it hurts so bad I'm begging you please please don't go please don't go .... (song fades away) |
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| Little Anthony & the Imperials enjoyed one of the longest career runs of any doo wop group, adapting their honey-smooth style to fit the sweet uptown soul sound of the mid-'60s. Right from the beginning, Little Anthony's aching way with a ballad was the group's calling card, but their repertoire was balanced by more R&B-inflected dance tunes. Little Anthony was born Jerome Anthony Gourdine in 1940, and grew up in Brooklyn's Fort Greene projects. While in high school, he sang in a doo wop group called the Duponts, who recorded a single called "Prove It Now" in 1957. They disbanded after graduation, however, and Gourdine joined another group called the Chesters, which had been formed by his friend Clarence Collins (baritone) and also featured longtime friend Ernest Wright, Jr. (tenor); the other members were Tracy Lord (tenor) and Nat Rogers (bass). After a one-off single for Apollo, they landed a record deal with the End label in 1958, at which point their name was changed to the Imperials. ("Little Anthony" was later tagged onto the beginning by DJ Alan Freed.) |