"Hard Luck Blues" is a 1950 song by Roy Brown and His Mighty-Mighty Men. The single, backed by the

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Orchestra, was the most successful of Brown's career, reaching the number-one spot on the US ''

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. "Hard Luck Blues" reflected the ritual expression of inward griefs. The song was written by Brown and

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's correspondent, Bruce Eder, noted that the track was "almost unbearably tortured".

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