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  • The Drifters:Please Stay
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  • Gramophone record
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  • 1961 singles
  • 1961 songs
  • Atlantic Records singles
  • The Drifters songs
  • Westlife songs
  • Lulu (singer) songs
  • Songs with music by Burt Bacharach
  • Songs with lyrics by Bob Hilliard
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  • %22Please Stay%22 (also known as %22(Don't Go) Please Stay%22) is an early hit of The Drifters featuring the new lead singer Rudy Lewis, who replaced Ben E. King. It is one of songwriter Burt Bacharach's early pop hits, featuring Dionne Warwick's sister Dee Dee Warwick and Doris Troy on background vocals. This and %22Some Kind of Wonderful%22 and %22Sweets for My Sweet%22 were all recorded in the same session. The musicians who backed the Drifters on this record include George Barnes and Allan Hanlon on guitar, Abie Baker on Bass, Bobby Rosengarden and Ray Kessler on percussion and Ed Shaughnessey and Gary Chester on drums.The song was covered by The Cryin' Shames (1966, UK #26), Lulu (Melody Fair album, 1970), The Bay City Rollers (1974), Jonathan Butler (1975, SA #2) Elvis Costello on Kojak Variety (1995), Marc Almond (2001) and Zoot Money, who also changed the lyrics.Peter Kember recorded the song with his band Spectrum, released on the 1992 EP True Love Will Find You in the End.%22Please Stay%22 was covered by Welsh singer Duffy for the deluxe edition her debut album, Rockferry, adapting The Cryin' Shames' arrangement.
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  • Burt Bacharach
  • Bob Hilliard
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  • 5714dec825ac0d8aee3c60ef
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  • english
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  • Atlantic Records
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  • The Drifters:Please Stay
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