Elvis Songs: Don't

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 - December 1959

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!

"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

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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