RCA 47  7150                        Black Label – Dog On Top

Side A.  Don’t

Side B.  I Beg Of You

Don't was number 1 on the Hot 100 chat when it entered on January 7th 1958, it remained on the chart for twenty weeks. On January 25th this song entered both the Country & Rhythm & Blues chart, it was number 2 on the Country chart, it stayed on this chart for eighteen weeks and number 4 on the Rhythm & Blues chart where it stayed on the chart for ten weeks. 

I Beg Of You entered the Hot 100 chart on January 7th at the number 8 slot, this also stayed on the chart for twenty weeks, the Country chart had this track at number 2 on January 25th, it remained for eighteen weeks, it was number 4 on the Rhythm & Blues chart remaining on the chart for ten weeks.

Released in the UK by RCA in February 1958 and reached the number 2 slot in the chart when it entered the chart on March 6th 1958, catalogue No. RCA 1043, with black label and a triangular centre, and later released with round centers.

Matrix numbers: H2PW-5529-5S A7 / H2WW-0259-5S B6

 Released in 1958 by RCA Records on 78 RPM
Re-released by RCA Records on 45 RPM on the Gold Standard Series label.

Recording Dates

 Don't - Recorded 6th September 1957, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA

I Beg Of You - Recorded 23rd February 1957, Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA

Musicians:-

Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore - Guitar,   Bill Black - Bass,   D.J. Fontana - Drums, Dudley Brooks - Piano,   The Jordanaires – Vocals

Release Date:-

US:- January 7th 1958

UK:- February 1958

Chart Position:-

US:- 1

UK:- 2