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Don't Let Go (Jesse Stone song)

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A-side
  
"The Right To Love"

Genre
  
Rock and Roll

Label
  
Epic Records

Released
  
1958

Length
  
2:31

Writer(s)
  
Jesse Stone

"Don't Let Go" is a song written by Jesse Stone. The song was first a hit for Roy Hamilton in 1958. The Roy Hamilton version reached #2 on the R&B charts and #13 on the pop charts.

Cover versions

  • In 1960 Frank Deaton and the Mad-Lads covered the song as a single.
  • In 1962 Clyde McPhatter released a version of the song on his Little Bitty Pretty One album.
  • In 1964 The 4 Seasons released a version on their Dawn (Go Away) album.
  • In 1965 Jerry Lee Lewis released a version on his album, The Return of Rock.
  • In 1974 Mel Tillis and Sherry Bryce recorded the song. The MGM single reached #11 in the US Country chart.
  • In 1974 Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen recorded this song for the Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen and it went to #56 on the US charts in 1975.
  • In 1976, the Manhattan Transfer released a recording of this song on their second album, Coming Out.
  • In 1976 The Jerry Garcia Band recorded this song at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco which was later released on an album entitled Don't Let Go.
  • In 1979 Jerry Lee Lewis again recorded the song on his Jerry Lee Lewis album.
  • In 1979 Isaac Hayes recorded a disco version of the song peaking at #11 on the soul chart and #18 on the Hot 100. The song was Hayes' most successful entry on the disco chart, peaking at #3.
  • In 1988 Asleep at the Wheel on the album "Western Standard Time"
  • In 1989 Carl Perkins recorded the song for his album Born to Rock.
  • In 1990 Jeff Lynne, of Electric Light Orchestra, recorded a cover of the song for his first solo album, Armchair Theatre.
  • In 2014, The String Cheese Incident debuted this song in their live performances, and have played it twice since.

    • References

    Don't Let Go (Jesse Stone song) Wikipedia
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