Don't Hang Up (song)

Don't Hang Up (song)
"Don't Hang Up"
Single by The Orlons
from the album The Wah-Watusi
Released 1962
Format 7" single[1]
Genre R&B
Length 2:19[2]
Label Cameo-Parkway
Writer(s) Dave Appell, Kal Mann
Producer Dave Appell, Kal Mann
The Orlons singles chronology
"The Wah-Watusi"
(1962)
"Don't Hang Up"
(1962)
"South Street"
(1963)

"Don't Hang Up" is a 1962 hit single produced by Cameo-Parkway Records and performed by the American R&B music group The Orlons. The song is also credited under the Ariola Records label. The song was a number-four hit on the Billboard Pop chart and reached number three on its R&B chart. One of the group's biggest songs during their career, the song achieved notoriety again in the 1990s, when it was included in the 1993 family comedy film Dennis the Menace.[3] "Don't Hang Up" remains an icon of the early 1960s era of popular music.[4]

Chart performance

Chart Position
U.S. R&B[5][6] 3
U.S. Pop[5][6] 4
UK Singles Chart[6] 39

Credits

  • Written by Dave Appell & Kal Mann
  • Executive producer: Bernie Lowe
  • Lead vocals: Rossetta Hightower
  • Backing vocals: Marlena Davis & Shirley Brickley
  • Support vocals: Steve Caldwell[7]

References


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