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[Steve]

Don't

Don't

(Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller)

Don't, don't, that's what you say
Each time that I hold you this way,
When I feel like this and I want to hold you,
baby, don't say don't.

Don't, don't leave my embrace
For here in my arms is your place
When the night grows cold and I want to hold you,
baby, don't say don't.

If you think that this is just a game
I'm playing
If you think that I don't mean
ev'ry word I'm saying
Don't, don't, don't, don't,
Don't feel that way
I'm your love and yours I will stay

This you can believe
I will never leave you
Heaven knows I won't
Baby, don't say don't

First Lp Release:

50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong, Elvis' Gold Records, Vol. 2 -- December 1959 --

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First Single Release:

Don't/I Beg Of You -- January 1958 --

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Discographies & Chart Info

Did You Know?

"Don't" was recorded on September 6, 1957, at Radio Records, Just after Elvis finished recording "Silent Night".
This was the first session that featured a female voice (Millie Kirkham)
Twenty-six takes were recorded; Take #7 was the one released.
Reportedly, the last take was taped with the studio lights turned off and Elvis lying on the floor.

On the set of 'Jailhouse Rock' Elvis asked Mike Stoller (who played the role as Elvis' piano player) if he and Jerry Leiber would write a love song for him.
They wrote "Don't" on the weekend and on Monday when it was played for Elvis he smiled and said, "that's real pretty, that's just what I wanted".
Advance orders for the record were over a million.


Takes:

H2PB 5529 September 6 1957

Take 01

Take 02

Take 03

Take 04

Take 05

Take 06

Take 07 M 2:54

Take 08

Take 09

Take 10

Take 11

Take 12

Take 13

Take 14

Take 15

Take 16

Take 17

Take 18

Take 19

Take 20

Take 21

Take 22

Take 23

Take 24

Take 25

Take 26


Musicians:

Guitar :
Scotty Moore

Guitar :
Elvis Presley

Bass :
Bill Black

Drums :
D.J. Fontana

Piano :
Dudley Brooks

Backup Vocals :
Millie Kirkham

Backup Vocals :
The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker, Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews and Hugh Jarrett

Studio :
Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California,

Producer :
Steve Sholes

Engineer :
Thorne Nogar

[Suspicious Minds]

Don't was written by Leiber and Stoller in 1957.
Apparently Elvis asked them to write a special love song just for him.
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