50+ Music<p>"The First Cut Is the Deepest" is a 1967 song written by British singer-songwriter <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CatStevens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatStevens</span></a>, originally released by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PPArnold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PPArnold</span></a> for her album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheFirstLadyOfImmediate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheFirstLadyOfImmediate</span></a> in April 1967. Stevens' own version originally appeared on his album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NewMasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewMasters</span></a> in December 1967. The song has been widely recorded and has become a hit single for six different artists: Arnold, Stevens, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KeithHampshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeithHampshire</span></a> (1973), <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RodStewart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RodStewart</span></a> (1977), <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PapaDee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PapaDee</span></a> (1995), and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SherylCrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SherylCrow</span></a> (2003). <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3QTaGPXcQ8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=v3QTaGPXcQ8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>