Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me was a 1982 hit single by country-pop singer Juice Newton. It was a #7 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 during the summer of that year. It also hit #2 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. The song was written by Gary Burr. // [edit] Events January 15 - K.C. and the Sunshine Bands Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida. ... Juice Newton was born Judith Kaye Cohen on 18 February 1952 in Lakehurst, New Jersey and grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ...