| Never Let Me Go | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Johnny Ace |
| Album: | Memorial |
| B-Side: | "Burley Cutie" |
| Released: | 1954 |
| Recorded: | 1953 |
| Genre: | R&B, Blues |
| Label: | Duke |
| Producer: | Johnny Board, Johnny Otis |
"Never Let Me Go" is a blues ballad song by American R&B/blues singer Johnny Ace, written by Joseph Scott and released in 1954 under Duke Records. The song is featured on the albums My Songs and Memorial. "Never Let Me Go" was one of his eighth consecutive top ten R&B hits in a row, including "My Song", "Cross My Heart," "Please Forgive Me," "The Clock," "Pledging My Love," "Saving My Love for You," and "Anymore". The song was R&B hit and peaked to No. 9 in October 1954 on Billboards Rhythm & Blues Records chart.[1]
US Vinyl, 10", 78 RPM Single (1954)
R&B/soul singer-songwriter Luther Vandross recorded a cover of the song for his 1993 album of the same name; the saxophone solo on this version is performed by Kirk Whalum.
Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "LV wraps those golden vocal cords around a more tried and true R&B ballad—the likes of which his legion of fans have come to love. He is aided by an arrangement that is chock full of stately piano lines, as well as a lush sax solo and a slow, swaying rhythm base."[2]