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Don't (Elvis Presley song)

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"Don't"
Single by Elvis Presley
B-side"I Beg of You"
ReleasedJanuary 7, 1958
RecordedSeptember 6, 1957
GenreBallad, pop
Length2:49
Songwriter(s)Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Producer(s)Leiber-Stoller
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"Jailhouse Rock" / "Treat Me Nice"
(1957)
"Don't" / "I Beg of You"
(1958)
"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" / "Doncha' Think It's Time"
(1958)
Music video
"Don't" (audio) on YouTube

"Don't" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and released in 1958. Written and produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller,[1] it was Presley's eleventh number-one hit in the United States. "Don't" also peaked at number four on the R&B charts.[2] Billboard ranked the ballad[3] as the No. 3 song for 1958.

The song was included in the musical revue Smokey Joe's Cafe, as a medley with "Love Me", and cleverly used in the key scene of the 1993 film Dave, right at the moment the President of the United States (played by Kevin Kline), suffers a stroke while making love to a mistress, inside the White House.

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1958) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 2
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 1
US Billboard Hot Country Singles 2
US Billboard Hot R&B Singles 4

References

  1. ^ "Elvis Presley - Don't". 45cat.com. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 468.
  3. ^ Heartbreak Hotel: The Life and Music of Elvis Presley - page 84
  4. ^ "Elvis Presley Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.