Don't Let Go (Jesse Stone song)

"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.[1]

"Don't Let Go"
Single by Roy Hamilton
A-side	"The Right To Love"
Released	1958
Recorded	November 26, 1957
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	2:31
Label	Epic Records
Songwriter(s)	Jesse Stone
Producer(s)	Otis Blackwell
Roy Hamilton singles chronology
"Everybody's Got a Home but Me" (1955) "Don't Let Go" (1958) "Pledging My Love" (1958)

Cover versions

• In 1958 Jim Dale covered the song on the B-side of 'Sugartime' (Parlophone R 4402)
• 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.[2]
• In 1966 Steve Alaimo released a version on his Where the Action Is album.
• 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.[3]
• 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.[4]
• In 1979 Isaac Hayes recorded a disco version of the song peaking at #11 on the soul chart and #18 on the Hot 100.[5] The song was Hayes' most successful entry on the disco chart, peaking at #3.[6]
• In 1981, Cold Chisel recorded a live version of the song on their Swingshift album.
• 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 2013, Cliff Richard included it in his album The Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll Songbook

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 243.
2. Jerry Lee Lewis, The Return of Rock Retrieved June 17, 2012.
3. Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen's "Don't Let Go" Chart Position" Retrieved June 17, 2012.
4. Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis (1979). Retrieved August 30, 2013.
5. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 265.
6. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 119.