Please Don't Go (Donald Peers song)

"Please Don't Go"
Single by Donald Peers
B-side	"I've Lost My Love"
Released	1968
Genre	Pop
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Les Reed Jackie Rae

"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.^[4]

Eddy Arnold had a 1969 top-ten hit with the song in the United States.^[5]

Charts

Chart (1969)	Peak position
Ireland (IRMA)[6]	3
UK Singles (OCC)[4]	3

References

1. The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Lincoln, Abe-Primettes. Guinness Pub. 1995. p. 3216. ISBN 9781561591763.
2. Larkin, Colin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music. Virgin. p. 368. ISBN 9780753501498.
3. "Donald Peers on Top of the Pops, Man out of Time". Wales Arts Review. December 4, 2014.
4. "Donald Peers: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
5. "Eddy Arnold". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
6. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Donald Peers". Irish Singles Chart.