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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