Please Don't Go | |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Donald Peers |
B-Side: | I've Lost My Love |
Released: | 1968 |
Genre: | Pop |
Label: | Columbia |
"Please Don't Go" is a popular song written by Les Reed and Jackie Rae, and recorded by the Welsh singer Donald Peers.[1] The melody of the song was adapted from a classical piece, "Barcarolle" from the opera The Tales of Hoffmann by Offenbach.[2] [3]
It was the first top 10 UK Singles Chart (compiled since 1952) entry for Peers, an old-style singer popular in the 1940s. It entered the UK Singles Chart on 24 December 1968, reaching number three on 11 March 1969.
Eddy Arnold had a 1969 top-ten hit with the song in the United States.[4]