Don't Throw Your Love Away

"Don't Throw Your Love Away"
"Don't Throw Your Love Away"
Single by The Searchers
from the album It's the Searchers
B-side	"I Pretend I'm With You"
Released	April 1964
Recorded	1963
Studio	Pye Studios, London
Genre	Merseybeat
Length	2:17
Label	Pye 7N15630 (UK); Kapp 593 (USA)
Songwriter(s)	Billy Jackson / Jimmy Wisner
Producer(s)	Tony Hatch
The Searchers singles chronology

"Don't Throw Your Love Away"
"Don't Throw Your Love Away"
Single by The Orlons
A-side	"Bon-Doo-Wah"
Released	November 1963
Genre	R&B
Length	2:04
Label	Cameo C-287
Songwriter(s)	Billy Jackson / Jimmy Wisner
The Orlons singles chronology

"Don't Throw Your Love Away" is a song written by Billy Jackson and Jimmy Wisner that was originally released in 1963 by The Orlons. It was the B-side to "Bon-Doo-Wah", which peaked at No.55 in the US charts.

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The Searchers released it in April 1964^[1] and went to No.1 on the UK Singles Chart^[2]^[3] and the Irish Singles Chart; No.4 in Denmark, No. 3 on Canada's CHUM Chart,^[4] No.6 on 24 July 1964 on WLS,^[5] and No.16 on 11 July 1964 on the Hot 100.^[6]
Elvis Costello and Amsterdam recorded a version of the song for Liverpool – The Number Ones Album released in 2008.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 78. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 162–3. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ "Discography". The-searchers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
^ "CHUM Hit Parade - July 20, 1964".
^ "Silver Dollar Survey". WLS. 1964-07-24.
^ "Hot 100". Billboard. 1964-07-11.
^ "Number One Project". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

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[500_Number_One_Hits-1] Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 78. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-2] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 162–3. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[3] "Discography". The-searchers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-05.

[4] "CHUM Hit Parade - July 20, 1964".

[5] "Silver Dollar Survey". WLS. 1964-07-24.

[6] "Hot 100". Billboard. 1964-07-11.

[7] "Number One Project". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

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Don't Throw Your Love Away

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