Brenda Holloway "Every Little Bit Hurts"

American Bandstand. June 06, 1964

[@pbgoodwin1]

She had a lot of soul for a 17 year old. Great song

[@blowtheobstaclesawaykeepwa2355]

She sings like an angel and so effortlessly. I love listening and watching this beautiful lady sing. Thanks for posting.

[@bromancollins]

Give props to Dick Clark and Ed Sullivan for showcasing the many talents if black artists from past decades gone! Much Respect!!!!

[@johndough181]

She's still with us--way dah go Brenda! Haven't heard this one in decades. Great sound.

[@TyStephens]

Dick Clark deserves so much recognition for showcasing and giving such respect to Black artists in such volatile times! Great performance and interview!! Thanks, Dick Clark! RIP.

[@bennyrodriguez1244]

He was The Godfather to the young black performers, making many of them a 1st on television.

[@maarontaylor7698]

Recognition for seeing talent.... what a fuckn racists stretch

[@Mikegrown12]

.

[@oldbeatpete]

and, as I've mentioned elsewhere, I think he really liked her. Like in 'Really'.

[@Ransomhandsome]

​@oldbeatpete Yes. He made a very strange comment about her singing.in another AB clip (I'll Always Love You): something like, "You do things to my spine that shouldn't be done."

[@geraldjohnson848]

Brenda Holloway. 'Nuff said. Tha's a singer right there. Beautiful song, too. Thanks for the upload. Blessings

[@wesgriffin6081]

I think this was one of her earliest performances wherein someone else was in charge of her wardrobe and hair (someone old fashioned). Because in subsequent performances you will find Brenda's clothes and hairstyles being VERY FLY. I mean her hair was LAID !! Her style and fashion was ahead of its time.

[@Jocelyn_Jade]

Well this was also earlier 1960s. 1965 and on is when the timeless looks started. People still dress in styles and ways that originated in the late 1960s and they don’t even realize.

[@richarddavisjr.6090]

Beautiful And 17, Great Combination At That Time! This Was A Great Song Ms Brenda Recorded In 1964! Still One Of My Favorite Female Singers Of All-Time!

[@alisonjenae5135]

She is one of my fav singers ever top 5 definitely. They say she's 17 here and there is an innocence but at the same time she comes off extremely mature and polished. Not to mention her voice makes her appear to be older than she is. Nice clip.

[@Modelt5000]

Dick was such a great guy!! A true Champion in such a troubled time!! Love and miss you Mr. Clark!! You helped bring some peace in many of our lives. Rest in Peace Sir!!

[@emmettk]

*Ty Stephens* said 8 months ago; "Dick Clark deserves so much recognition for showcasing and giving such respect to Black artists in such volatile times! Great performance and interview!! Thanks, Dick Clark! RIP." ____ I completely agree. This was in 1964. Only the most well-known Black artists could get on TV until great people like DC came along on TV who were genuinely unbiased when it came to race.

[@srercrcr]

Why does race have to be brought up? Think about it.

[@emmettk]

srercrcr No, it doesn't "have to" be brought up, but the comment is appropriate as far as discussing some of Dick Clark's contribution to American culture during that era. I reposted the comment because far too many people have no idea how different things were just a few decades ago. Clark was a good human being and there's nothing wrong with informing those who otherwise wouldn't know that. Think about that.

[@famglenn]

*****

[@kelime]

***** +1

[@clareons]

Seventeen, wow, she's awesome.

[@theboyfromxtown]

Breathtaking performance from Brenda

[@eddieedwards8679]

Thats a real singer right here , with beauty and lady like features / voice znd demeanor !

[@prettycountrygirl2]

Wow, and all these years that I've loved this wonderful song, I never knew that she was only 17. The things that one learns on You Tube.

[@loveyouall66]

VERY TALENTED WOMAN. SHE PERFORMED AND WROTE MUSIC AT A VERY EARLY AGE.

[@MySwingingSixties]

It is the best version of the song. I love Brenda. I got the original 1964 LP.

[@USNAVDC]

A real CLASSIC SONG! Many people don't know that Brenda Holloway was at one time an IKETTE with Ike and Tina Turner....

[@HaliB75]

Brenda honestly looks straight out of the Holiness church and that's the issue, she looks like a church girl, like Mahaliah Jackson or something and they made her more glamorous later on. She looked like part of the Gospel group the Caravans....Glad she spiced it up! She's beautiful and talented.

[@rievans57]

Great song. Sure would like to hear "Love Woke Me Up This Morning" by this talented lady. Many have done the song but hers is the best.

[@edwinjones1000]

She was also a violin player.

[@loveyouall66]

THE WOMAN WAS/ IS VERY TALENTED. IT IS RUMORED THAT GORDY WOULD NOT KEEP HIS HANDS OFF OF HER, AND THAT THIS WAS THE REASON SHE DID NOT STAY LONG AT MOTOWN. DON'T KNOW IF IT IS TRUE OR NOT. DAMN SHAME IF IT IS.

[@toddcharry]

loveyouall66 , Gordy ripped off many naive young artists, what a slime he is. So likely this was true. In any case she was smart enough to leave early on.

[@mrob75]

She was 17 years old at this time...And look how poised she is! Imagine today's 17 year old performers...They can be so vulgar.

[@msdnsproductions]

mrob75 you're so right!

[@bromancollins]

Lol! I'm gotta agree with you who commented on the hair do! That's some old time bamma type Ish! Bahaha! Much Respect!!!!

[@kpitt1204]

Great song. It's great to see the interview along with the performance. That hair though! That was too many styles combined on one head for my taste. Still a pretty young lady.

[@edge78a]

The lovely Brenda,real talent

[@melodysanger103]

HAPPY 69TH BIRTHDAY BRENDA HOLLOWAY (JUNE 21, 2015)

[@000amp1]

What a lovely young lady she was. Yes, she did make it. Brenda should have been the Queen of Motown, followed by Mary Wells!!

[@maarontaylor7698]

Diana Ross holds that crown and no one can take it away

[@misskelly9184]

he was an amazing host and Brenda is wonderful.

[@timothyypearson]

full package beautiful and can sing her ass off berry shouldve paid attention more to her career she was 100 times more talentive and beautiful than Diana.

[@balboahigh1999]

love this song!!!!

[@jeanettejohnson9276]

Sing it Brenda! Every little bit hurts!

[@khem127]

My very favorite...............So soulful............

[@mowestjohn]

Beautiful voice and an amazing talent-Thank you for this.

[@Andreaestreladamanhã369]

Amazing.

[@marihuera]

THE MOST BEAUTIFULL SONG EVER... I JUST LOVE IT... THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH FOR SHAREING :)

[@Vergara001]

Dick Clark was amazing, however, when he relived American Bandstand´s highlights as executive producer in American Dreams, some of these performances DID NOT even look close at what they were back in the times. But still, his legacy will run forever in pop culture.

[@honeycone69]

FLAWLESS!!!

[@Gaeill]

She can belt her songs up to heaven. An American Treasure.

[@ShavaughnBrown-zs5no]

I like this song as old as it is.

[@ShavaughnBrown-zs5no]

As old as this song is,I like this songs

[@donaldperrotta8514]

Gotta love Brenda !!!!!!!

[@nelson0606]

Simplesmente lindo

[@pearlnova8891]

Such a beautiful voice!! ❤❤

[@broderickwallis25]

The beauty here is the innocence of seventeen...

[@williamdillard8330]

Beautiful! 💞

[@TheZeevik]

PRETTY SOUL

[@NewYorkCityBoxing]

I've never seen or heard of her before -- that I can remember. Seems like she should've been the Whitney Houston of her day.

[@Walidx-gq3hz]

Everyone could sing in those days. On key too. NUFF SAID.

[@edgarporras9031]

Brenda is a classic.

[@beverlyhoward3512]

Sing it girl !!!!

[@auntkittyhashtag2321]

Best of the BEST AMEN

[@johnp-h8896]

At a time when artists didn’t have to prance around looking like street walkers. Brenda along with Betty Wright are some of the great lesser knowns.

[@thomasodonnell6872]

She is great

[@victoriahurtado4182]

Beautiful

[@annacabral776]

To my baby 🍼 daddy may he rest in peace 😢 love your baby 🍼 mama Annie Diaz 💋 carrion Rodriguez

[@wesgriffin6081]

That voice WOW !! She signed with Motown early when Motown first started up. Barry Gordon had his eyes on her, tried to hook her but she rejected this advances. Rumor has it that Barry was crazy about her and she wouda been the 1st lady of Motown but she had a man and got tired of Barry & the Motown rift and jumped ship...went back home to L.A. Years later when Diana came along and Barry chose her as Supremes lead singer, Barry pushed Diana ro study and try to emulate Brenda's vocals.

[@BeautyLoves88]

smh, berry gordy was clearly a pedophile 😡

[@speedoflite1]

Thanks for posting this, and this great songstress NRRA. ...that wig looks like this and that

[@speedoflite1]

+scenery77 same here. ;)

[@xaqaraequinox9608]

That hair ??? - oh my gosh..what were they thinking?? Poor thing, so pretty and they hid her behind that helmet !! lol

[@gdiamond3571]

1964 that was style

[@elliecarrol2126]

XaQaRa EquinoX thank u for explaning to the young'ns

[@AtlantaGymFan]

All the girls had beehives or beautiful flips!

[@Ransomhandsome]

​@@gdiamond3571 Yeah, but that wig was hideous, even in '64. And do even start on that dress.

[@drstevie]

Heaven.

[@briteness]

Every Little Bit Hurts is such a great record. I don't think Motown ever topped it, although obviously they had records that were bigger hits.

[@johnmitchelljr]

17. Thank you.

[@mowestmotown3556]

MOTOWN had a TON Of SOLO ARTISTS Recording for them. The GROUPS Artists were Great, But Those SOLO ARTISTS were Something that made you get up and went out to find their records too. BRENDA HOLLOWAY and SYREETA WRIGHT were Both MOTOWN Ladies Who Passed Away, But Recorded for that WORLD FAMOUS RECORD LABEL:> MOTOWN RECORDS.

[@rosemarycosby9373]

Brenda Holloway is alive and well in Los Angeles, CA.

[@dcservicefist]

yES !!!! EVERY LITTLE BIT HURTS !!!!!!

[@paulgreen6921]

Uncanny phrasing and tone for a seventeen year old. Far beyond her years for poise and presence. PWG

[@chrystal0411]

YES! Brenda Holloway was and still is the real deal.

[@ownpetard8379]

I commented elsewhere here that she would have done well to sing with Otis Redding. Not enough time for Otis. Her phrasing is top tier.

[@annacabral776]

To my babes Johnny 💞 Rodriguez from your wife Annie 💋 carrion Rodriguez 😢

[@spirituallifecoachinginsti7207]

DICK CLARK - WAS SO AWESOME.....HE DID SO MUCH...... FOR MY LIFE..... AND SO MUCH MUSIC I LOVE.......

[@pherocious1rayray520]

this is the original version !!!!!

[@rcthomas7491]

Ghee I did think Mary Wells. Violin Flute Bass. She was pretty fine and could dance and sing.

[@johnjarou2357]

never got the credit she deserved.

[@Gioveolympus]

Wanna talk about the hair?

[@kimberlyledesma9355]

Gioveolympus

[@jakzev]

Please make this video playable in the app. :)

[@gdiamond3571]

1964 that was style

[@jamestaylor2976]

I heard on the oldies station that she lived on the west coast yet recorded for Motown

[@rosemarycosby9373]

She was the first West Coast artist that Motown signed before they relocated to California.

[@hwgray]

She lived in the same 'hood that I did, in Los Angeles. I used to see her in the local Kentucky Fried. Considering that she was a star as well as a stone fox - the phrase, "fine behind," was invented to describe her - she was a very nice, very friendly girl.

[@rosemarycosby9373]

Louvain Demps of the Motown in-house background singers, The Andantes is a good friend of mine who had nothing but good things to say about Brenda Holloway. She is one of a very few recording artists that I would like to meet. I would like to see her write her biography; being the first from the West Coast to sign with Motown, I sure she has a story worth hearing.

[@rachelrodriguez932]

Nice.

[@myqueenimagivemydumassopin6841]

DAMN SHE WAS 17 ON THIS???

[@gdiamond3571]

that hair style make's her look's old but in 1964 it looked good

[@myqueenimagivemydumassopin6841]

g diamond right!

[@timothyypearson]

Lol did anyone catch listen real close after she finished and was coming to sit down dick Clark was like uh as in he was checking her out

[@xaqaraequinox9608]

Yeah - I think he kinda dug her, too. Dick Clark was a big help with getting Black music 'out there'.

[@SuperBeachbum74]

a great singer who sounded too much like mary wells-see when i'm gone

[@user-mq8qm7zu3i]

Clever woman

[@bronzebuck64]

Pretty giri

[@michaeljoshuamcblain2727]

The Clash do a great version Mick Jones sings this song so well

[@johnnygutierrez9199]

Malki-tzadik wow never hear any one with that name or Shem right ?

[@PrincePetertheFirst]

Dr Smith you need to get get your ears checked out...I don' t know if you are listening to "Every Little Bit Hurts" By Brenda Holloway

[@cliffordyawn769]

I like country music

[@ownpetard8379]

Would have been a good musical pairing: Brenda Holloway and Otis Redding.

[@rxie6495]

1:33 2:36

[@TheRoland1947]

DA Shi---

[@mfalmekali]

Dark days of Jim Crow

[@direfranchement]

That wig is unfortunate.