Please Don't Stop Loving Me (Elvis Presley song)

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"Please Don't Stop Loving Me"
Single by Elvis Presley
from the album Frankie and Johnny
A-side "Frankie and Johnny"
B-side "Please Don't Stop Loving Me"
Released1966
RecordedMay 13, 1965
Genre Rock and Roll, Pop
Length2:02
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s) Joy Byers
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"Tell Me Why" / "Blue River"
(1966)
"Please Don't Stop Loving Me"
(1966)
"Love Letters"
(1966)

"Please Don't Stop Loving Me" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1966 motion picture Frankie and Johnny . It was also in 1966 released as a B-side to "Frankie and Johnny", the title song of the same movie. Both songs charted on the Billboard Hot 100. [1] "Please Don't Stop Loving Me'" peaked in it at number 45 on the week of April 23, 1966. [2] The song also reached the top 10 in Israel. [3]

Contents

Musical style and lyrics

The song was published by Elvis Presley Music, Inc. According to the book Elvis Films FAQ, "Please Don't Stop Loving Me" was influenced by the song "Non ho l'età (Per amarti)" ("I'm Too Young to Love You"), with which Gigliola Cinquetti won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1964. The book states that "although the chorus is completely different in "Please Don't Stop Loving Me," the similarity between the melody and the verses is striking". [4]

Charts

Chart (1966)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [2] 45

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References

  1. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (26 March 1966). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 20–. ISSN   0006-2510.{{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. 1 2 "Elvis Presley - Chart history (Hot 100)". Billboard . Retrieved 2016-12-14.
  3. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (9 July 1966). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 46–. ISSN   0006-2510.{{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  4. Paul Simpson (1 October 2013). Elvis Films FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the King of Rock 'n' Roll in Hollywood. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. pp. 386–. ISBN   978-1-4803-6689-3.