Don't Be Angry

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Released 1955 Genre R&B, soul, blues		Recorded 1955
Writer(s) Nappy Brown, Rose Marie McCoy, Fred Mendelsohn

"Don't Be Angry" is a popular song written by Nappy Brown, Rose Marie McCoy, and Fred Mendelsohn and published in 1955. Brown released it in 1955, reaching #2 on the Billboard R&B charts. It also went to #25 on the US Best Seller list.

A different song with the same title was written and made into a top 10 (#4) country hit in 1964 by Stonewall Jackson. It was covered by Billy "Crash" Craddock in 1973 reaching #33, and more successfully by Donna Fargo reaching #3 in 1977.

Cover versions

Another song of the same title was written by Walter Donaldson in the 1920s, and played as a Fox-Trot.

A recording by The Crew Cuts was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 70597. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on April 30, 1955. On the disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #14. On the Best Seller chart, it peaked at #14 and lasted 8 weeks. On the Juke Box chart, it peaked at #19. The flip side was "Chop Chop Boom."

The song was covered by Bad Manners on their 1981 album Gosh It's... Bad Manners.

Nick Curran released a cover version of the song on his album "Doctor Velvet" on February 4, 2003.

References

Don't Be Angry Wikipedia

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