Brenda Holloway (born June 21, 1946 in Atascadero, California) is an Africa… Read Full Bio ↴Brenda Holloway (born June 21, 1946 in Atascadero, California) is an African-American singer and songwriter best known for her period as a recording artist for the Motown label during the 1960s. Her best known hits from her Motown days were the soul ballad Every Little Bit Hurts (which reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964. The title of the song was similar to the 60's television public service announcement about highway littering--Every Litter Bit Hurts. After her '64 hit, she recorded, When I'm Gone,which had been recorded by Mary Wells and was intended to be Mary's followup to her '64 mega-hit , My Guy. However, after a contract dispute, Mary Wells left Motown for 20th Century Fox Records. Brenda's version of "When I'm Gone" was a R&B hit, but never crossed over in the days of segragated R&B/Rock & Roll radio.
Holloway did not fit the Motown mold well. She lived in Los Angeles, not Detroit. She also had a grittier edge than the typical polished Motown performer, and wrote songs as well as sang them, which was unprecedented for a female Motown artist. Brenda Hollowy inspired many pop artists, including The Beatles who asked her to perform as the opening act on their 1965 tour of the U.S. She was the only female to open for them.
Holloway did not fit the Motown mold well. She lived in Los Angeles, not Detroit. She also had a grittier edge than the typical polished Motown performer, and wrote songs as well as sang them, which was unprecedented for a female Motown artist. Brenda Hollowy inspired many pop artists, including The Beatles who asked her to perform as the opening act on their 1965 tour of the U.S. She was the only female to open for them.
He's My Kind of Fellow
Brenda Holloway Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Brenda Holloway:
All I Do Is Think About You You made my soul a burning fire You're getting to be…
Baby Ooh la, la, la, la. I did you wrong, my heart…
Depend On Me You, You need a love like mine that you can depend…
Do I Love You Your kiss, your kiss, your kiss Means more to me…
Embraceable You Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you! Embrace me, you irrepl…
Every Little Bit Hurts Every little bit hurts Every little bit hurts Every night I …
Fighting For What's Right The creator has a masterplan A message for you and a…
How Many Times Did You Mean It Oh gadiss, kau tampak manis, senyummu membuat ku jatuh hati,…
Hurt A Little Everyday spoken): How do you live with a broken heart &…
I'll be allright In case you wanna ask me for a date now,…
I've Been Good To You Look what you've done; you've made a fool out of…
Ill Always Love You Your kiss, your kiss, your kiss Means more to me…
Just Look What You With a tender love, you filled my lonely days You…
Just Loving You When I had you I treated you bad And wrong my dear And…
Love Your kiss, your kiss, your kiss Means more to me…
Ooo Baby Baby Ooh la, la, la, la. I did you wrong, my heart…
Operator Operator, operator, I'm so glad that you rang my phone…
Operatör Operator, operator I'm so glad that you rang my phone Operat…
Sad Song Let that sad song play just one more time There's nothing…
The Way You Do The Things You Do You made my soul a burning fire You're getting to be…
Till Johnny Comes (Remastered 2017) Stay with me, baby Till Johnny comes He'll come one day, I…
Together In a world filled with so much sorrow Everyone is…
Together 'Til The End Of Time In a world filled with so much sorrow Everyone is thinking…
Together Till The End Of Time In a world filled with so much sorrow Everyone is…
When I What are you gonna do when I'm gone Whose shoulder are…
When I'm Gone What are you gonna do when I'm gone Whose shoulder are…
Where Were You Once I had a love so strong I used to think…
Who When I had you I treated you bad And wrong my dear And…
Who's Lovin' You When I had you I treated you bad And wrong my dear And…
You Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you! Embrace me, you irrepl…
You Can Cry On My Shoulder Just because you know I love you so much Don't…
You Made Me So Very Happy I lost at love before, Got mad and closed the door. But…
You Need Me You, You need a love like mine that you can depend…
You've Changed Me I lost at love before, Got mad and closed the door. But…
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Chrissy FunkyJunky
Ive seen Brenda twice and spoken to her once and for me she is the ultimate in female motown vocalists as well as such a beautiful lady inside and out. I have such great respect for her talents and I love her and her music so much. Thankyou Brenda for the pleasure you have given me. xxx
Thomas Chavis
She is so pretty. I'm surprised she was not a big star at motown. The good looks and the talent were there.
Andy Lockett
Brenda Holloway - one of motowns lesser known treasures !
GL AnnapolisTeam
I love this song no matter who sings it. Brenda does well. Love Gladys Knight's version. Also a group called the Fawns recorded a pretty nice version.
GL AnnapolisTeam
+GL AnnapolisTeam oops! I goofed. It wasn't the Fawns, but Sandy & the Pebbles!
GL AnnapolisTeam
Are they using the same backup as the Gladys Knight version ?
Paul James
No, Sandy and the pebbles is a more upbeat version, better dancer, and very sought after, hence its a bit pricy ! It's also not on Motown it's on Mercury
SoulStrutter
Always loved this song - I originally had it by Sandy & The Pebbles on Mercury from 1967. Gladys Knight cut it on Everybody Needs Love LP from the same year so not sure who did it first? .. also not sure if Gladys ever cut it on 45 (as a B side) .. never seen one. I believe Brenda's version was only released on her 'The Motown Anthology' CD from 2005 ... so as far as I'm aware Sandy & The Pebbles is the only 45 version of this song. PS just noticed a comment below that The Fawns released it - will need to try and find it!
Rusty Walker
Thank you for this info. I couldn’t find a 1970 release date in this. In my opinion this is the best version. I was in the military 1967. I thought it was this version I heard. Maybe not. But this is clearly the best version. Pebbles version too fast.
Gladys’ version nowhere near as sweet as this smooth version.
Brenda owns this hot song!
Love to have her sing this about me this way. ❤️
Love her photo. What a doll!
I guess like you say this was only on the Anthology. Certainly on my playlist now! .
Sheila Palmer
You is so talented