Don't Keep Me Hangin' On

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"Don't Keep Me Hangin' On"
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Single by Sonny James
from the album My Love/Don't Keep Me Hangin' On
B-side "Woodbine Valley"
ReleasedJune 1970
Genre Country
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Sonny James
Carole Smith
Producer(s) George Richey
Kelso Herston
Sonny James singles chronology
"My Love"
(1970)
"Don't Keep Me Hangin' On"
(1970)
"Endlessly"
(1970)

"Don't Keep Me Hangin' On" is a 1970 single by Sonny James. It was James's thirty-fourth release to reach the U.S. country singles chart, spending four weeks at number one and a total of fourteen weeks on the chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1970)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks17

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 172.