''I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore'' is a 1964

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

Nat King Cole Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's music career began after he dropped out of school at the age of 15, and continued f ...

, arranged by

Ralph Carmichael Ralph Carmichael (May 27, 1927 – October 18, 2021) was an American composer and arranger of both secular pop music and contemporary Christian music. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of contemporary Christian music. Early Life and Career ...

. The album reached #18 on Billboards Top LP chart. ''I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore'' b/w ''People'' was released on Capitol 5155 in 1964, charting on the Billboard Hot 100 at #22 and #100, respectively. ''I Don't Want to See Tomorrow'' b/w ''L-O-V-E'' peaked at #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 19, 1964 on Capitol 5261. The B-side peaked at #81 on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 26, 1964.

Reception

The

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review by William Ruhlmann awarded the album three stars, and said it "suffered from a lack of strong material and arrangements...with the sad sentiments undercut by relatively quick tempos and a perky backup chorus"

Track listing

# "I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore" - 2:29 # "You're Crying On My Shoulder" (

Sidney Lippman Sidney Lippman (March 1, 1914 – March 11, 2003) was a composer and songwriter. He wrote the music for Nat King Cole's 1951 No. 1 hit "Too Young". " Too Young's" words were written by Sylvia Dee, a lyricist and longtime collaborator with Lippm ...

, Fred Wise) - 2:22 # "Only Yesterday" (

Hoagy Carmichael Hoagland Howard Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor and lawyer. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s, and was among the first ...

, Bretha Scott) - 2:59 # "I'm Alone Because I Love You" (

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) - 1:37 # "Don't You Remember" - 1:57 # " You're My Everything" (

Mort Dixon Mort Dixon (March 20, 1892 – March 23, 1956) was an American lyricist. Biography Born in New York City, United States, Dixon began writing songs in the early 1920s, and was active into the 1930s. He achieved success with his first published ef ...

Harry Warren Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song ...

, Joe Young) - 2:49 # "I Don't Want to See Tomorrow" ( Lenwood Morris,

Bernie Wayne Bernie Wayne (March 6, 1919 – April 18, 1993) was an American composer who wrote over 1,000 songs and music for commercial jingles. He was best known for " Blue Velvet", which was recorded as a hit by numerous artists, and " There She Is", the son ...

) - 2:36 # "Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes" (Oakley Haddleman, C. Watts) - 2:46 # "Was That the Human Thing to Do" (

Sammy Fain Sammy Fain (born Samuel E. Feinberg; June 17, 1902 – December 6, 1989) was an American composer of popular music. In the 1920s and early 1930s, he contributed numerous songs that form part of The Great American Songbook, and to Broadway theatre. ...

, Joe Young) - 2:46 # "Go If You're Going" (

James P. Johnson James Price Johnson (February 1, 1894 – November 17, 1955) was an American pianist and composer. A pioneer of stride piano, he was one of the most important pianists in the early era of recording, and like Jelly Roll Morton, one of the key ...

) - 2:25 # "Road to Nowhere" (Robert Ecton) - 3:07 # " All Cried Out" - 2:01

Personnel

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References

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