"Please Stay", also known as "(Don't Go) Please Stay", is one of songwriter Burt Bacharach's early pop hits. It is an early hit of The Drifters featuring the new lead singer Rudy Lewis, who replaced Ben E. King and features Dionne Warwick's sister Dee Dee Warwick and Doris Troy on background vocals. This song, along with "Some Kind of Wonderful" and "Sweets for My Sweet", were recorded in the same session.
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"Please Stay" | ||||
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Single by The Drifters | ||||
from the album Save the Last Dance for Me | ||||
B-side | "No Sweet Lovin'" | |||
Released | 1961 | |||
Length | 2:14 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard | |||
The Drifters singles chronology | ||||
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In the US, "Please Stay" went to No. 13 on the R&B sides chart, and No. 14 on the Hot 100.[1]
The song has been covered extensively:
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