Don't Hang Up (song)

For other songs of the same name, see Don't Hang Up.
"Don't Hang Up"
Single by The Orlons
from the album All The Hits by The Orlons
B-side"The Conservative"
ReleasedOctober 3, 1962 (1962-10-03)
GenreR&B
Length2:19[1]
LabelCameo-Parkway
Songwriter(s)Dave Appell, Kal Mann[2]
Producer(s)Dave Appell, Kal Mann
The Orlons singles chronology
"The Wah-Watusi"
(1962) 		"Don't Hang Up"
(1962) 		"South Street"
(1963)

"Don't Hang Up" is a 1962 hit single produced by Cameo-Parkway Records and performed by the American R&B music group the Orlons. The tune was originally issued in the US as the flip-side to "The Conservative", however, according to RPFiller on 45cat, "A Philadelphia DJ flipped it and the B-side became the hit."[3] Which is born out by the 45 showing the catalogue number C - 231 followed by a B. The song is also credited under the Ariola Records label. The song was a number four hit on the Billboard Pop chart and reached number three on its R&B chart. One of the group's biggest songs during their career, "Don't Hang Up" remains an icon of the early 1960s era of popular music[4] and was awarded gold disc status for selling over one million copies.[5]

Chart performance

Chart Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[6][7] 4
US R&B Singles[6][7] 3
CAN CHUM Chart[8] 23
UK Singles Chart[7] 39

Credits

  • Written by Dave Appell & Kal Mann
  • Executive producer: Bernie Lowe
  • Lead vocals: Rossetta Hightower
  • Backing vocals: Marlena Davis & Shirley Brickley
  • Support vocals: Steve Caldwell[9]

References

  1. ^ "The Best of the Orlons Cameo Parkway 1961-1966". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  2. ^ "discogs.com". discogs.com. October 1962. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  3. ^ https://www.45cat.com/record/c231us [bare URL]
  4. ^ "The Orlons Page". Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  5. ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins. pp. 149 & 164. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
  6. ^ a b "The Orlons at History of Rock". Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  7. ^ a b c "The Orlons Bio & History". Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  8. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - November 12, 1962".
  9. ^ "The Best of the Orlons (1961-1966)". Discogs. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
  10. ^ "Dennis the Menace credits". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 2009-06-10.