<P> The song has been widely recorded and has become a hit single for five different artists : P.P. Arnold ( 1967 ) , Keith Hampshire ( 1973 ) , Rod Stewart ( 1977 ) , Dawn Penn ( 1994 ) , Papa Dee ( 1995 ) and Sheryl Crow ( 2003 ) . </P>
who sang the song the first cut is the deepest
P.P. Arnold Keith Hampshire Rod Stewart Dawn Penn Papa Dee Sheryl Crow