Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series) the hyphen used in the movie's title. In turn, the film was based on the autobiographical novel "A Many-Splendoured Thing" by Han Suyin. "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" focused on lives and loves in San Francisco, California. The title sequence of the show, in fact, was the title of the show superimposed over a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge, with a slightly reworked rendition of the movie's signature hit theme. In a rare move for daytime serials of that era, live shots of junk boats from Hong Kong were interspersed with pictures of the real San Francisco, set
Love Is a Hurtin' Thing covered the song in 1967, included on his "But It's Alright" album. Buddy Greco recorded a version that lasted for nearly six and a half minutes. It was on his "Let the Sunshine In" album which was released in 1969. Marcia Hines covered the song in 1977, included on her "Ladies and Gentlemen" album. Love Is a Hurtin' Thing "Love Is a Hurtin' Thing" is a 1966 pop/soul single by Lou Rawls. The single was his second entry on the R&B singles chart as well as his first Top 40 hit on the "Billboard" Hot 100 pop chart. "Love Is