I Don't Want to Go On Without You
"I Don't Want To Go On Without You" | |
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Single by The Drifters | |
Released | June 1964 |
Genre | Soul, pop |
Label | Atlantic 2237 |
Songwriter(s) | Bert Berns and Jerry Wexler |
Producer(s) | Bert Berns |
"I Don't Want to Go On Without You" is a soul ballad written by Bert Berns and Jerry Wexler and produced by Bert Berns for The Drifters in 1964.
Covers
"I Don't Want to Go On Without You" has been covered by Nazareth, The Escorts (1965), The Moody Blues, The Searchers, Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles, Van Morrison and many others.
Dusty Springfield gave an acclaimed performance of "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" on show 4 of her first television series Dusty on 8 September 1966. It has been praised as a highlight of her well-received first series. The performance was included on the Dusty Springfield DVD release Live at the BBC on 8 October 2007.
History
Originally intended to be the A-side to "Under the Boardwalk", the song was recorded in May 1964 under the direction of songwriter and producer Bert Berns. The night before the session, The Drifters' lead singer, Rudy Lewis, died of a heroin overdose. Longtime Drifters tenor Charlie Thomas took over the vocal.
References
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- Clyde McPhatter
- Gerhart Thrasher
- Andrew Thrasher
- Bill Pinkney
- Willie Ferbee
- Walter Adams
- Ben E. King
- Doc Green
- Beary Hobbs
- Rudy Lewis
- Charlie Thomas
- Tommy Evans
- Eugene Pearson
- Johnny Terry
- Johnny Moore
- Bobby Hendricks
- Rudy Ivan
- Jimmy Lewis
- Ray Lewis
- Louis Price
- Maurice Cannon
- Prentiss McNeil
- "Adorable"
- "At the Club"
- "Dance with Me"
- "Drip Drop"
- "Honey Love"
- "I Count the Tears"
- "I Don't Want to Go On Without You"
- "I Gotta Get Myself a Woman"
- "(If You Cry) True Love, True Love"
- "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies"
- "Like Sister and Brother"
- "Lonely Winds"
- "Lucille"
- "Money Honey"
- "On Broadway"
- "Please Stay"
- "Saturday Night at the Movies"
- "Save the Last Dance for Me"
- "Some Kind of Wonderful"
- "Steamboat"
- "Sweets for My Sweet"
- "There Goes My Baby"
- "This Magic Moment"
- "Treasure of Love"
- "Under the Boardwalk"
- "Up on the Roof"
- "Vaya con Dios"
- "What'cha Gonna Do"
- "When My Little Girl Is Smiling"
- Discography
- Category:The Drifters