Don't Throw Your Love Away
1963 song by Billy Jackson and Jimmy Wisner
"Don't Throw Your Love Away" | ||||
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Single by The Orlons | ||||
A-side | "Bon-Doo-Wah" | |||
Released | November 1963 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 2:04 | |||
Label | Cameo C-287 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Billy Jackson / Jimmy Wisner | |||
The Orlons singles chronology | ||||
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"Don't Throw Your Love Away" | ||||
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Single by The Searchers | ||||
from the album It's the Searchers | ||||
B-side | "I Pretend I'm With You" | |||
Released | April 1964 | |||
Recorded | 1963 | |||
Studio | Pye Studios, London | |||
Genre | Merseybeat | |||
Length | 2:17 | |||
Label | Pye 7N15630 (UK)[1] Kapp 593 (USA) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Billy Jackson / Jimmy Wisner[1] | |||
Producer(s) | Tony Hatch[1] | |||
The Searchers singles chronology | ||||
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"Don't Throw Your Love Away" is a song written by Billy Jackson and Jimmy Wisner that was originally released in 1963 by The Orlons. It was the B-side to "Bon-Doo-Wah", which peaked at No.55 in the US charts.
Cover Versions
- The Searchers released it in April 1964[1] and went to No.1 on the UK Singles Chart[2][3] and the Irish Singles Chart; No.4 in Denmark, No. 3 on Canada's CHUM Chart,[4] No.6 on 24 July 1964 on WLS,[5] and No.16 on 11 July 1964 on the Hot 100.[6]
- Elvis Costello and Amsterdam recorded a version of the song for Liverpool – The Number Ones Album released in 2008.[7]
See also
- List of number-one singles of 1964 (Ireland)
- List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK)
References
- ^ a b c d Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 78. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 162–3. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Discography". The-searchers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - July 20, 1964".
- ^ "Silver Dollar Survey". WLS. 1964-07-24.
- ^ "Hot 100". Billboard. 1964-07-11.
- ^ "Number One Project". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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