Please Stay (Burt Bacharach song)

"Please Stay", also known as "(Don't Go) Please Stay", is one of songwriter Burt Bacharach's early pop hits. It is an early hit of The Drifters featuring the new lead singer Rudy Lewis, who replaced Ben E. King and features Dionne Warwick's sister Dee Dee Warwick and Doris Troy on background vocals. This song, along with "Some Kind of Wonderful" and "Sweets for My Sweet", were recorded in the same session.

"Please Stay"
Single by The Drifters
from the album Save the Last Dance for Me
B-side"No Sweet Lovin'"
Released1961
Length2:14
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard
The Drifters singles chronology
"Some Kind of Wonderful"
(1961)
"Please Stay"
(1961)
"Sweets for My Sweet"
(1961)

Backing musicians

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Chart performance

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In the US, "Please Stay" went to No. 13 on the R&B sides chart, and No. 14 on the Hot 100.[1]

Notable cover versions

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The song has been covered extensively:

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 173.
  2. ^ "RPM Magazine - June 15, 1968 - Page 5" (PDF).
  3. ^ Brian Currin. "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (B)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 2014-06-07.