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Don't (Elvis Presley song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Don't
| cover = Elvis_Presley_Don%27t_Single_Cover.jpeg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Elvis Presley
| album =
| B-side = I Beg of You
| released = January 7, 1958
| recorded = September 6, 1957
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Ballad, pop
| length = 2:49
| label =
| writer = Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
| producer = Leiber-Stoller
| prev_title = Jailhouse Rock
| prev_title2 = Treat Me Nice
| prev_year = 1957
| title =
| title2 = I Beg of You
| next_title = Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
| next_title2 = Doncha' Think It's Time
| next_year = 1958
| misc =
}}
"'Don't'" is a song performed by Elvis Presley, which was released in 1958. Written and produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, it was Presley's eleventh number-one hit in the United States. "Don't" also peaked at number four on the R&B charts. 'Billboard' ranked the balladHeartbreak Hotel: The Life and Music of Elvis Presley - page 84 as the No. 3 song for 1958.
The song was included in the musical revue 'Smokey Joe's Cafe', as a medley with "Love Me", and cleverly used in the key scene of the 1993 film 'Dave', right at the moment the President of the United States (played by Kevin Kline), suffers a stroke while making love to a mistress, inside the White House.
Personnel
*Elvis Presley – lead vocals
*Scotty Moore – electric guitar
*Bill Black – double bass
*D.J. Fontana – drums
*Dudley Brooks – piano
*The Jordanaires – backing vocals
*Thorne Nogar – engineer
*Steve Sholes – producer
*Jerry Leiber – songwriter
Charts
References
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