Don't Play That Song (You Lied)

Album: Don't Play That Song! (1962)
Charted: 11
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Ahmet Ertegun, Betty Nelson
    Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 2

  • Eddie from Memphis, TennesseeWho played bass guitar on the original studio recording of Aretha Franklin's "Don't Play That Song For Me"? Was it a guy whose first name was Tommy? Please answer. Thank You
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1962 {May 20th} Ben E. King's "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)" peaked at #2 for 4 weeks on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles* chart, the four weeks it was at #2, the #1 record for those four weeks was "I Can't Stop Loving You" by Ray Charles...
    "Don't Play That Song" reached #11 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart...
    Between 1960 and 1980 the Henderson, North Carolina native, as a solo artist, had twenty five records on the Hot R&B Singles chart, five made the Top 10 with two reaching #1, "Stand By Me" for 4 weeks in 1961 and "Supernatural Thing - Part One" for 1 week in 1975...
    Besides the above three records, his other two Top 10 records were "Amor" {#10 in 1961},and "Do It In The Name Of Love" {#4 in 1975}...
    Two of his twenty five charted records were duets with the Average White Band, "Get It Up" {#21 in 1977} and "A Star In The Ghetto" {#25 in 1977}...
    Ben E. King, born Benjamin Earl Nelson, passed away at the age of 76 on April 30th, 2015...
    May he R.I.P.
    * And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the Hot R&B Singles' Top 10 on May 20th, 1962:
    At #3. "Soldier Boy" by The Shirelles
    #4. "Mashed Potato Time" by Dee Dee Sharp
    #5. "The One Who Really Loves You" by Mary Wells
    #6. "Night Train" by James Brown and The Famous Flames
    #7. "Any Day Now" by Chuck Jackson
    #8. "I Found A Love" by The Falcons
    #9. "Soul Twist" by King Curtis
    #10. "Snap Your Fingers" by Joe Henderson
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