The Wheel of Hurt

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Name = The Wheel of Hurt


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Artist = Margaret Whiting
Album = The Wheel of Hurt
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B-side = "Nothing Lasts Forever"
Released = 1966
Format = 7" (45 rpm)
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Genre = Adult contemporary
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Label = London Records
Writer = Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
Producer = Arnold Goland
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"The Wheel of Hurt" is the title of a popular song from 1966 (see 1966 in music). The song was written by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder.

Two versions of "The Wheel of Hurt" were released in late 1966 at virtually the same time. One version was sung by Italian American singer Al Martino, and this was a modest hit, peaking at #59 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and at #12 on the "Billboard" Easy Listening (later renamed the Adult Contemporary) chart in the fall of 1966.

The second version of "The Wheel of Hurt" was by the American performer Margaret Whiting, a noted singer who had over 40 charting hit singles in the U.S. between 1946 and 1954. Released from her album of the same name, "The Wheel of Hurt" was Whiting's attempt at a comeback; in an interview with "Billboard" magazine from 1966, Whiting told Claude Hall that she "wanted to have a hit record again. Bobby Darin and Frank Sinatra proved it could be done." [Hyatt, Wesley (1999). "The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits" (Billboard Publications)] "The Wheel of Hurt" was Whiting's final song to hit the Top 40 on the Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at #26. [Whitburn, Joel (1996). "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits", 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)] The song also spent four weeks at #1 on the Easy Listening chart in November 1966. Whiting later married former adult film star Jack Wrangler and continues to make occasional appearances and cabaret performances.

Other artists have recorded "The Wheel of Hurt", including country music singer Eddy Arnold.

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