"Don't Be Angry" | |
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Single by Nappy Brown | |
Released | 1955 |
Recorded | 1955 |
Genre | R&B, soul, blues |
Writer(s) | Nappy Brown, Rose Marie McCoy, Fred Mendelsohn |
"Don't Be Angry" | ||||
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Single by The Crew-Cuts | ||||
Released | 1955 | |||
Recorded | 1955 | |||
Genre | Vocal Pop, Doo-wop, R&B, Traditional pop music, Jump blues, Big band | |||
Length | 02:11 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Writer(s) | Nappy Brown, Rose Marie McCoy, Fred Mendelsohn | |||
The Crew-Cuts singles chronology | ||||
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"Don't Be Angry" is a popular song written by Nappy Brown, Rose Marie McCoy, and Fred Mendelsohn and published in 1955. Brown released it in 1955, reaching #2 on the Billboard R&B charts. It also went to #25 on the US Best Seller list.
A different song with the same title was written and made into a top 10 (#4) country hit in 1964 by Stonewall Jackson. It was covered by Billy "Crash" Craddock in 1973 reaching #33, and more successfully by Donna Fargo reaching #3 in 1977.