HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“Love Is A Hurtin' Thing” by Lou Rawls
“Love Is A Hurtin' Thing” by Lou Rawls finished No. 78 on the year-end Top 100 of 1966, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.
Year-end peakNo. 781966
Year-end charts11966
ArtistLou Rawls3 year-end hits
Decade1960ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1966 was “The Ballad Of The Green Berets” by Sgt. Barry Sadler. Lou Rawls had 3 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).
Play “Love Is A Hurtin' Thing”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1966 chart.
▶ Play it♪ Apple MusicAround it on the 1966 chart
| # | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Cherry, Cherry | Neil Diamond | ▶♪ |
| 76 | Working In The Coal Mine | Lee Dorsey | ▶♪ |
| 77 | Message To Michael | Dionne Warwick | ▶♪ |
| 78 | Love Is A Hurtin' Thing | Lou Rawls | ▶♪ |
| 79 | Barbara Ann | The Beach Boys | ▶♪ |
| 80 | Gloria | Shadows Of Knight | ▶♪ |
| 81 | My World Is Empty Without You | The Supremes | ▶♪ |
More hits by Lou Rawls
| # | Song | Artist | Year-end | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine | Lou Rawls | 1976 #32 | ▶♪ |
| 2 | Your Good Thing (Is About To End) | Lou Rawls | 1969 #91 | ▶♪ |
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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.