| Don't Throw It All Away | |
| Cover: | Don't_Throw_It_All_Away_-_Gary_Benson.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Gary Benson |
| B-Side: | This House |
| Released: | September 1975 |
| Genre: | Soft rock |
| Label: | State |
| Producer: | Steve Edgley[1] |
"Don't Throw It All Away" is a song written by British musician Gary Benson and first released by the Shadows on their 1975 album Specs Appeal. Benson released his version as a single later the same year, which reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart in the fall of 1975.[2]
Australian pop singer Lori Balmer covered the song in 1976, reaching No. 66 in Australia.
| Don't Throw It All Away | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Dave & Sugar |
| Album: | That's the Way Love Should Be |
| B-Side: | "Queen of My Heart" |
| Released: | February 1977 |
| Recorded: | November 1976 |
| Studio: | RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, Tennessee |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:09 |
| Label: | RCA |
| Producer: | Jerry Bradley Charley Pride |
| Prev Title: | I'm Gonna Love You |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Next Title: | That's the Way Love Should Be |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
A country version by Dave & Sugar on their That's the Way Love Should Be LP, released in 1977, was the first of two American charting versions. Co-produced by Charley Pride, the song became the group's third U.S. top 10 hit, reaching number five on both the American and Canadian Country charts.[5] It was also a top 40 hit on the Easy Listening charts of both nations.[6] [7]
| Chart (1977) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[8] | 34 | |
| Canada RPM Country Tracks[9] | 5 | |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[10] | 32 |
| Don't Throw It All Away | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Stacy Lattisaw |
| Album: | Sneakin' Out |
| B-Side: | Down for You |
| Released: | 1982 |
| Genre: | R&B, soul |
| Length: | 3:58 |
| Label: | Cotillion/Atlantic |
| Producer: | Narada Michael Walden[11] |
| Prev Title: | Feel My Love Tonight |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | Attack of the Name Game |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
Stacy Lattisaw covered "Don't Throw It All Away" in 1982. It was the first of three charting singles from her Sneakin' Out LP. The song peaked at number 101 on the Billboard Pop chart and reached the top 10 on the R&B chart.[12]
| Chart (1982) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100[13] | 101 | |
| US Billboard R&B | 9 |
. David Kent (historian) . . Australian Chart Book . St Ives, N.S.W. . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6.
. Joel Whitburn . 1993 . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 . Record Research . 65.
. Joel Whitburn . 1993 . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 . Record Research . 65.
