Engleburt Humperdink.
The Beatles first recorded Please Please Me on September 11, 1962. That version was rejected for release. They re-recorded the song on November 26, 1962 and that version was first issued in England on the EMI-owned Parlophone label on January 12, 1963.  Report Abuse. Engleburt Humperdink was the original performer of this song----------Please release me let me go, for I don't love you any more.................... sweetjoelx · 9 years ago. Thumbs up. 1. Thumbs down.  Release Me (1946 song). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  Release Me  (sometimes rendered as Release Me (and Let Me Love Again)), is a popular song written by Eddie Miller, Robert Yount, and James Pebworth under the pseudonym Dub Williams, published in 1946. Miller wrote the song in 1946 but could not get anyone to record it for years, so he recorded it himself in 1949. In country music, Release Me became a hit for Jimmy Heap, Kitty Wells, and Ray Price, all in 1954. Even though Price had several major hits beforehand, Release Me is sometimes considered his breakthrough hit. He sang his latest song, Release Me, an old US country hit, on the show and it reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 2 March and stayed there for six weeks, keeping  Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever  by The Beatles off the top of the charts in the process. In country music, Release Me became a hit for Jimmy Heap, Kitty Wells, and Ray Price, all in 1954. Even though Price had several major hits beforehand, Release Me is sometimes considered his breakthrough hit. The song is 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood' and was sung by many, including The Animals, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, and Elvis Costello.    There is also a great version … by Santa Esmerelda   This version is track 10 of the Kill Bill soundtrack.  Submit Corrections Cancel. Please release me let me go. for I don't love you anymore. To waste our lives would be a sin. Release me and let me love again. I have found a new love dear. And I will always want her near. her lips are warm while yours are cold. Release me my darling let me go. for I don't love you anymore. So release me and let me love again. Please release me can't you see. you'd be A fool to cling to me. To live a lie would bring us pain. So release me and let me love again. REVIEWS. This is his first album with that initial gold single -- Release Me.. The CD has 12 tracks including There's a Kind of Hush, This is My Song, MIsty Blue, and Ten Guitars.. This is early Humperdinck, but all the feeling is there. If you can find a copy of this, it is fun to have.  Please Please Me  is a song and the second single released by English rock group the Beatles in the United Kingdom, and the first to be issued in the United States. It was also the title track of their first LP, which was recorded to capitalise on the success of the single. It was originally a John Lennon composition, although its ultimate form was significantly influenced by George Martin. John Lennon: Please Please Me is my song completely. Lennon first conceived Please Please Me as a bluesy, slow tempo song. Lennon recalled: I remember the day I wrote it, I heard Roy Orbison doing . Only the Lonely , or something. And I was also always intrigued by the words to a Bing Crosby song that went, 'Please lend a little ear to my pleas'. Share this page. This is his first album with that initial gold single -- Release Me.. The CD has 12 tracks, including There's a Kind of Hush, This Is My Song, Misty Blue, and Ten Guitars.. This is early Humperdinck, but all the feeling is there. 
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