Don't Throw Your Love Away

"Don't Throw Your Love Away" is a song written by Billy Jackson and Jimmy Wisner that was originally released in 1963 by The Orlons. It was the B-side to "Bon-Doo-Wah", which peaked at No.55 in the US charts.

"Don't Throw Your Love Away"
Single by The Orlons
A-side	"Bon-Doo-Wah"
Released	November 1963
Genre	R&B
Length	2:04
Label	Cameo C-287
Songwriter(s)	Billy Jackson / Jimmy Wisner
The Orlons singles chronology
"Crossfire!" (1963) "Bon-Doo-Wah" / "Don't Throw Your Love Away" (1963) "Shimmy Shimmy" (1964)

"Don't Throw Your Love Away"
Single by The Searchers
from the album It's the Searchers
B-side	"I Pretend I'm With You"
Released	April 1964
Recorded	1963
Studio	Pye Studios, London
Genre	Merseybeat
Length	2:17
Label	Pye 7N15630 (UK)^[1] Kapp 593 (USA)
Songwriter(s)	Billy Jackson / Jimmy Wisner^[1]
Producer(s)	Tony Hatch^[1]
The Searchers singles chronology
"Needles and Pins" (1964) "Don't Throw Your Love Away" (1964) "Someday We're Gonna Love Again" (1964)

Cover Versions

• The Searchers released it in April 1964^[1] and went to No.1 on the UK Singles Chart^[2][3] and the Irish Singles Chart; No.4 in Denmark, No.6 on 24 July 1964 on WLS,^[4] and No.16 on 11 July 1964 on the Hot 100.^[5]
• Elvis Costello and Amsterdam recorded a version of the song for Liverpool – The Number Ones Album released in 2008.^[6]

See also

• List of number-one singles of 1964 (Ireland)
• List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK)

References

1. Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 78. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
2. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 162–3. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
3. . The-searchers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
4. "Silver Dollar Survey". WLS. 1964-07-24.
5. "Hot 100". Billboard. 1964-07-11.
6. . Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2022.