Don't Be Angry

"Don't Be Angry"
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"
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
The Crew-Cuts singles chronology
"Sh-Boom" (1954) "Don't Be Angry" (1955) "Earth Angel" (1955)

"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.^[1] It also went to #25 on the US Best Seller list. ^[2]

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.

Cover versions

• Another song of the same title was written by Walter Donaldson in the 1920s, and played as a Fox-Trot.
• A recording by The Crew Cuts was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 70597. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on April 30, 1955. On the disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #14. On the Best Seller chart, it peaked at #14 and lasted 8 weeks. On the Juke Box chart, it peaked at #19. The flip side was "Chop Chop Boom."
• The song was covered by Bad Manners on their 1981 album Gosh It's... Bad Manners.
• Nick Curran released a cover version of the song on his album "Doctor Velvet" on February 4, 2003.^[3]

References

1. Obituary in The Independent
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 89.
3. "Discography on allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-10-15.