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

"Don't Let Go"
Single by Roy Hamilton
A-side	"The Right to Love"
Released	1958
Recorded	November 26, 1957
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	2:31
Label	Epic Records
Songwriter(s)	Jesse Stone
Producer(s)	Otis Blackwell
Roy Hamilton singles chronology
"Everybody's Got a Home but Me" (1955) "Don't Let Go" (1958) "Pledging My Love" (1958)

Cover versions

• In 1958 Jim Dale covered the song on the B-side of 'Sugartime' (Parlophone R 4402)
• In 1960 Frank Deaton and the Mad-Lads covered the song as a single.
• In 1962 Clyde McPhatter released a version of the song on his Little Bitty Pretty One album.
• In 1963 Jimmy Witherspoon released a version of the song on his Evenin' Blues album.
• In 1964 The 4 Seasons released a version on their Dawn (Go Away) album.
• In 1965 Jerry Lee Lewis released a version on his album, The Return of Rock.[2]
• In 1966 Steve Alaimo released a version on his Where the Action Is album.
• In 1974 Mel Tillis and Sherry Bryce recorded the song. The MGM single reached #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 #56 on the US charts in 1975[3] and #85 in Canada.[4]
• In 1976, the Manhattan Transfer released a recording of this song on their second album, Coming Out.
• In 1976 The Jerry Garcia Band recorded this song at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco which was later released on an album entitled Don't Let Go.
• In 1978 Tony Orlando as a disco single and on his album Tony Orlando. It was ranked #9 on the Canadian Dance chart for August 5, 1978.[5]
• In 1979 Jerry Lee Lewis again recorded the song on his Jerry Lee Lewis album.[6]
• In 1979 Isaac Hayes recorded a disco version of the song peaking at #11 on the soul chart and #18 on the Hot 100.[7] The song was Hayes' most successful entry on the disco chart, peaking at #3.[8] In Canada, the song reached #9 in the Dance charts[9] and #57 in the Pop charts.[10]
• In 1981, Cold Chisel recorded a live version of the song on their Swingshift album.
• In 1988 Asleep at the Wheel on the album "Western Standard Time"
• In 1989 Carl Perkins recorded the song for his album Born to Rock.
• In 1990 Jeff Lynne, of Electric Light Orchestra, recorded a cover of the song for his first solo album, Armchair Theatre.
• In 2013, Cliff Richard included it in his album The Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll Songbook

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