Don't Let Go (Jesse Stone song)

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

"Don't Let Go"
Single by Isaac Hayes
from the album Don't Let Go
B-side	"You Can't Hold Your Woman"
Released	August 1979
Genre	R&B
Length	7:16 (album version) 3:57 (single version)
Label	Polydor
Songwriter	Jesse Stone
Producer	Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes singles chronology
"Just the Way You Are" (1979) "Don't Let Go" (1979) "Do You Wanna Make Love" (1979)

"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 number 2 on the R&B charts and number 13 on the pop charts. ^[1]

Cover versions

• In 1964 The Four Seasons recorded this song on their Dawn and 11 Other Great Songs album. Lead vocal by Nick Massi.
• In 1974 Mel Tillis and Sherry Bryce recorded the song. The MGM single reached number 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 number 56 on the US charts in 1975 ^[2] and number 85 in Canada. ^[3]
• In 1978 Tony Orlando as a disco single and on his album Tony Orlando. It was ranked number 9 on the Canadian Dance chart for August 5, 1978. ^[4]
• In 1979 Isaac Hayes recorded a disco version of the song peaking at number 11 on the soul chart and number 18 on the Hot 100. ^[5] The song was Hayes' most successful entry on the disco chart, peaking at number 3. ^[6] In Canada, the song reached number 9 in the Dance charts ^[7] and number 57 in the Pop charts. ^[8]
• In 1990 Jeff Lynne recorded a cover of the song for his album Armchair Theatre.
• In 1991 a seventeen minute rendition of the song was included on the Jerry Garcia Band's self-titled debut live album, Jerry Garcia Band .

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 243.
2. Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen's "Don't Let Go" Chart Position" Retrieved June 17, 2012.
3. "RPM Top 100 Singles - April 5, 1975" (PDF).
4. "RPM Top 30 Dance - August 5, 1978" (PDF).
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.
7. "RPM Top 30 Dance - December 29, 1979" (PDF).
8. "RPM Top 100 Singles - March 1, 1980" (PDF).