Stay in My Corner

"Stay in My Corner"
Single by The Dells
from the album It's Not Unusual (original)
There Is (re-recording)
A-side "Stay in My Corner"
B-side "It's Not Unusual" (original)
"Love is So Simple" (re-recording)
Released 1965 (1965) (original)
1968 (1968) (re-recording)
Format 7"
Recorded 1965 (original)
1967 (re-recording)
Genre Soul
Label Vee-Jay (original)
Cadet (re-recording)
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Bobby Miller
Certification Gold

"Stay in My Corner" is a 1965 soul (music) song by The Dells. It was released as a single on the Vee-Jay label and peaked in the top 30 on the R&B singles chart. Three years later, The Dells rerecorded "Stay in My Corner" on the Cadet label and took the new version of the song to number one for three weeks on the R&B charts. The single was the most successful of their career and crossed over to the pop charts as well..[1]

The songwriters were Wade Flemons, Robert Eugene Miller, and Barrett Strong.[2]

Chart positions

Chart (1965) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles 23

Chart positions

Chart (1968) (re-recording) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 10
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles 1
Preceded by
"Grazing in the Grass" by Hugh Masekela
Billboard Hot R&B Singles number-one single
August 10, 1968 – August 24, 1968 (three weeks)
Succeeded by
"You're All I Need To Get By" by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 153.
  2. "BMI Repertoire Search". Retrieved 2012-07-27.
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