Toni Fisher has been played on NTS in shows including Japan Blues, featured first on 11 April 2024. Songs played include The Big Hurt and The Big Hurt.

Toni Fisher (born December 4, 1924, in Los Angeles, California - January 11, 1999, in Salt Lake, Utah) was an American pop singer.

Fisher is best remembered for her 1959 song, "The Big Hurt" written by her manager Wayne Shanklin. The song went to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 music chart in the U.S. "The Big Hurt" is notable because it featured phasing effects; indeed, it is claimed to be the first song to do so.[1]…