When You Leave, Don't Slam the Door

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"When You Leave, Don't Slam the Door"
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Single by Tex Ritter
Released1946
Genre Country
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Joe Allison

"When You Leave, Don't Slam the Door" is a country music song written by Joe Allison, performed by Tex Ritter, and released on the Capitol label (catalog no. 296). In October 1946, it reached No. 3 on the Billboard folk chart. [1] It was also ranked as the No. 23 record in Billboard's 1946 year-end folk juke box chart. [2]

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References

  1. Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 269. ISBN   0823076326.
  2. "Year's Most-Played Folk Records on Nation's Juke Boxes". The Billboard. January 4, 1947. p. 55.