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Let Me Go Lover
"Let Me Go, Lover!", a popular music, popular song, was written by Jenny Lou Carson and Al Hill, a pen name used by Fred Wise (lyricist), Fred Wise, Kay Twomey, Kathleen Twomey, and Ben Weisman. It is based on an earlier song called "Let Me Go, Devil", about alcoholism. Background "Let Me Go, Lover" was first featured on the television program ''Studio One (American TV series), Studio One'' on November 15, 1954, and caught the fancy of the public. The episode was a murder mystery that revolved around a hit record and a disc jockey. Producer Felix Jackson asked Columbia Records' Mitch Miller for a recording to use in the show, and Miller provided Joan Weber's version of "Let Me Go, Lover". Miller took advantage of the recording's exposure on national television and sent copies of the record to 2,000 disc jockeys, who began to play it on their radio stations. Weber was pregnant when she recorded the song. A result of the program was to illustrate how efficiently a song could be pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Weber
Joan Weber (December 12, 1935 – May 13, 1981) was an American popular music singing, singer. Early years Weber was raised in Paulsboro, New Jersey, and marriage, married to George Verfaillie, a young bandleader. She was pregnant in 1954 when she was introduced to Eddie Joy, a manager, who in turn introduced her to Charles Randolph Grean, an A&R worker for RCA Records, RCA and Dot Records in New York City, New York. Career Grean gave a Demo (music), demo of Weber singing "Marionette" to Mitch Miller, the head of artists and repertoire at Columbia Records. Miller took "Let Me Go, Devil" and had it rewritten by Jenny Lou Carson and Al Hill as "Let Me Go, Lover!" for Weber, who recorded it on the Columbia label (with "Marionette" as the B-side). The song was performed on the television show, ''Studio One (American TV series), Studio One'' and caught the public's fancy, reaching #1 in the United States and #16 in the United Kingdom in 1955. It sold over one million copies, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |