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Don't Play That Song!

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Released
  
August 20, 1962

Length
  
29:28

Artist
  
Ben E. King

Label
  
Atco Records

Recorded
  
1958

Don't Play That Song!(1962)
  
Young Boy Blues(1964)

Release date
  
20 August 1962

Genre
  
Soul music

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Producer
  
Ahmet Ertegün, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

Similar
  
Ben E King albums, Soul music albums

Don't Play That Song! is the third studio album by Ben E. King. The album was released by Atlantic Records as an LP in 1962 and was home to five notable singles: "Stand by Me", "Ecstasy", "First Taste of Love", "Here Comes the Night", and the title track, "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)" (Ahmet Ertegün, Betty Nelson) – 2:46
  2. "Ecstasy" (Doc Pomus, Phil Spector) – 2:32
  3. "On the Horizon" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:18
  4. "Show Me the Way" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 2:18
  5. "Here Comes the Night" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 2:24
  6. "First Taste of Love" (Doc Pomus, Phil Spector) – 2:20
  7. "Stand by Me" (Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:57
  8. "Yes" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 3:03
  9. "Young Boy Blues" (Doc Pomus, Phil Spector) – 2:17
  10. "The Hermit of Misty Mountain" (Ruth Batchelor, Bob Roberts) – 2:20
  11. "I Promise Love" (Ben E. King, Lover Patterson) – 2:05
  12. "Brace Yourself" (Otis Blackwell) – 2:08

Stan Applebaum arranged the album; except "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)" which was arranged by Jimmie Haskell and "The Hermit of Misty Mountain" by Claus Ogerman.

Songs

1Don't Play That Song (You Lied)2:51
2Ecstasy2:22
3On the Horizon2:17

References

Don't Play That Song! Wikipedia
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