Let Me Go, Lover!

Let Me Go, Lover!

"Let Me Go, Lover!", a popular song, was written by Jenny Lou Carson and Al Hill, a pseudonym used by Fred Wise, Kathleen Twomey, and Ben Weisman. It is based on an earlier song called "Let Me Go, Devil," about alcoholism. It was featured on the television program "Studio One" on November 15, 1954, and caught the fancy of the public. Joan Weber sang the song on the tv production and was pregnant at the time. A result of the program was to illustrate how efficiently a song could be promoted by introducing it to the public via radio or a tv production. The recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 40366. Mitch Miller stocked national record stores the week before the program and because of its availability the record sold over 100,000 the first week of its release. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on December 4, 1954.

By January of 1955, Weber's record of the song had hit #1 on all the Billboard charts (the Disk Jockey chart, the Best Seller chart, and the Juke Box chart). It was also quickly covered by a number of other singers. One artist to "cover" it was Lucille Ball. In the March 18th, 1955 episode of "I Love Lucy," entitled Bull Fight Dance, Lucy sings a snatch of the song with a lot of verve and feeling. Such was the song's popularity.

Among the cover versions was one by Patti Page. This recording was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 70511. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on December 18, 1954. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #8; on the Best Seller chart, at #24; on the Juke Box chart, at #12.

Another cover, by Teresa Brewer and The Lancers, was recorded on November 18, 1954 and released by Coral Records as catalog number 61315. It reached #6 on the Billboard chart and #9 on the United Kingdom chart.

On the Cash Box Best-Selling Records chart, all the versions were combined, and the song was also a #1 hit on that chart.

Recorded versions

*Teresa Brewer and The Lancers (1955)
*June Carter (1954)
*Billy Fury (1983)
*Sunny Gale (1955)
*Karen Kelly (1970)
*Kathy Kirby (1964)
*Peggy Lee (1955)
*Patti Page (1954)
*Eileen Scott with Herbie Layne’s Orchestra (1954)
*Hank Snow (1955)
*Joan Weber (1954)
*Ruby Murray (1955)
*Dean Martin (1955)
*Santiago g, 2007, There For You, the EP (www.myspace.com/nmsantiago)
*Jimmy Wakely (1954)

References

*Rogers, Arnold & Langley, Jerry (2005). "Many Tears Ago: The Life and Times of Jenny Lou Carson". Nova/Nashville Books. ISBN 0-9628452-4-8


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