Please Don't Go (Donald Peers song)

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"Please Don't Go"
Single by Donald Peers
B-side "I've Lost My Love"
Released1968
Genre Pop
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)

"Please Don't Go" is a popular song written by Les Reed and Jackie Rae, and recorded by the Welsh singer Donald Peers. [1] The melody of the song was adapted from a classical piece, "Barcarolle" from the opera The Tales of Hoffmann by Offenbach. [2] [3]

It was the first top 10 UK Singles Chart (compiled since 1952) entry for Peers, an old-style singer popular in the 1940s. It entered the UK Singles Chart on 24 December 1968, reaching number three on 11 March 1969. [4]

Eddy Arnold had a 1969 top-ten hit with the song in the United States. [5]

Charts

Chart (1969)Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA) [6] 3
UK Singles (OCC) [4] 3

References

  1. ↑ The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Lincoln, Abe-Primettes. Guinness Pub. 1995. p. 3216. ISBN   9781561591763.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music. Virgin. p. 368. ISBN   9780753501498.
  3. ↑ "Donald Peers on Top of the Pops, Man out of Time". Wales Arts Review. December 4, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Donald Peers: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  5. ↑ "Eddy Arnold". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  6. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Donald Peers". Irish Singles Chart.


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