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"Don't Be Angry" Single by Nappy Brown Released 1955 Recorded 1955 Genre R&B, soul, blues Writer(s) Nappy Brown, Rose Marie McCoy, Fred Mendelsohn "Don't Be Angry" Single by The Crew-Cuts Released 1955 Recorded 1955 Genre Vocal Pop, Doo-wop, R&B, Traditional pop music, Jump blues, Big band Length 02:11 Label Mercury The Crew-Cuts singles chronology "Sh-Boom"
(1954)"Don't Be Angry"
(1955)"Earth Angel"
(1955)"Don't Be Angry" is a popular song written by Nappy Brown, Rose Marie McCoy, and Fred Mendelsohn and published in 1955. Brown released it in 1955, reaching #2 in the Billboard charts.[1]
A different song with the same title was written and made into a top 10 (#4) country hit in 1964 by Stonewall Jackson. It was covered by Billy "Crash" Craddock in 1973 reaching #33, and more successfully by Donna Fargo reaching #3 in 1977.
Cover versions
- A recording by The Crew Cuts was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 70597. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on April 30, 1955. On the disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #14. On the Best Seller chart, it peaked at #14 and lasted 8 weeks. On the Juke Box chart, it peaked at #19. The flip side was "Chop Chop Boom."
- The song was covered by Bad Manners on their 1981 album Gosh It's... Bad Manners.
- Another song of the same title was written by Walter Donaldson in the 1920s, and played as a Fox-Trot.
References
Categories:- 1955 songs
- The Crew-Cuts songs
- Songs written by Nappy Brown
- Songs written by Rose Marie McCoy
- Songs written by Fred Mendelsohn
- 1950s pop song stubs
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