Don't Hang Up (song)

For other songs of the same name, see Don't Hang Up.

"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

1. ^ "THE ORLONS - DON'T HANG UP (SONG)". australian-charts.com. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Orlons&titel=Don%27t+Hang+Up&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
2. ^ "The Best of the Orlons Cameo Parkway 1961-1966". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r802638. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
3. ^ "Dennis the Menace credits". Yahoo! Movies. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800190009/cast. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
4. ^ "The Orlons Page". http://www.tsimon.com/orlons.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "The Orlons at History of Rock". http://www.history-of-rock.com/orlons.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
6. ^ ^{a b c} "The Orlons Bio & History". http://www.theorlons.com/pb/wp_6214d94f/wp_6214d94f.html. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 
7. ^ "The Best of the Orlons (1961-1966)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/Orlons-The-Best-Of-The-Orlons-1961-1966/release/843348. Retrieved 2009-06-10.