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Written by: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller Recorded: September 6, 1957, Radio Recorders, Hollywood Released master is take 7. Single:w/ "I Beg Of You", 47-7150, January 1958 Also re-released as Gold Standard Series, 447-0621, 1961 RIAA Certified: Platinum (as of 03/27/1992) Highest U.S. Charts Positions: #1 on Billboard's Top 100 #2 on Country Best-Seller chart #4 on Rhythm & Blues chart 1st LP release: 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Cant Be Wrong, Elvis Gold Records, Vol 2 - December 1959 |
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Although not as familiar to the general public as Elvis' other hits from this period, "Don't" was a major hit in 1958, and ranks high in any list of Elvis' finest 50s ballads! Stay tuned, I'll write some more soon. Meanwhile, dig the links and stuff! |
Other Spins(What did the critics and fans say?)"Don't" is another slow ballad... Presley's voice is in commanding shape, and his breath-control effortless, as he rides high in full power. Robert Matthew-Walker, Elvis Presley: A Study in Music, 1979 Low, tender, sincere and lovely - a harbinger of things to come. Classic backing by the Jordanaires helped Elvis showcase his pipes on this slow one. Martin Torgoff  , The Complete Elvis, 1982 ...It was, in essence, a male teenager's reply to his girlfriend's protestations of the title word, and thus had a sexual connotation, even though it was pitched as a sincere romantic statement. A slow ballad, it had a range that gave Presley a chance to display more of his vocal abilities than he had before.. ... William Ruhlmann, from the AllMusic review of "Don't" Check out other Elvis fans' opinions on the Elvis News page for Don't Check out other opinions at Rate Your Music "Don't" Links
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Don't, don't, that's what you say Each time that I hold you this way When I feel like this and I want to hold you baby, don't say don't Don't, don't leave my embrace For here in my arms is your place When the night grows cold and I want to hold you baby, don't say don't If you think that this is just a game I'm playing If you think that I don't mean ev'ry word I'm saying Don't, don't, don't, don't Don't feel that way I'm your love and yours I will stay This you can believe I will never leave you Heaven knows I won't Baby, don't say don't |
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