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Don't Hang Up (song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Don't Hang Up
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| type = single
| artist = the Orlons
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| genre = R&B
| length = 2:19
| label = Cameo-Parkway
| writer = Dave Appell, Kal Mann
| producer = Dave Appell, Kal Mann
| prev_title = The Wah-Watusi
| prev_year = 1962
| next_title = South Street
| next_year = 1963
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"'Don't Hang Up'" is a 1962 hit single produced by Cameo-Parkway Records and performed by the American R&B music group the Orlons. The song is also credited under the Ariola Records label. The song was a number-four hit on the 'Billboard' Pop chart and reached number three on its R&B chart. One of the group's biggest songs during their career, "Don't Hang Up" remains an icon of the early 1960s era of popular music and was awarded gold disc status for selling over one million copies.
Chart performance
Credits
*Written by Dave Appell & Kal Mann
*Executive producer: Bernie Lowe
*Lead vocals: Rossetta Hightower
*Backing vocals: Marlena Davis & Shirley Brickley
*Support vocals: Steve Caldwell
Bruce Springsteen performance
Popular culture
*The song achieved notoriety again in the 1990s, when it was included in the 1993 family comedy film 'Dennis the Menace'.
References
Category:1962 singles
Category:American pop songs
Category:American rhythm and blues songs
Category:Songs written by Dave Appell
Category:Songs with lyrics by Kal Mann
Category:1962 songs
Category:Cameo-Parkway Records singles
Category:Songs about telephone calls
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