Release Me
~ Song
Annotation
First recording and first release by Eddie Miller and His Oklahomans (December 1949 / January 1950)
Annotation last modified on 2026-07-08 07:26 UTC.
Relationships
| additional writer: | W.S. Stevenson |
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| writer: | Harris (James Pebworth; Guitarist - songwriter Wrote the standard "Release Me" along with Eddie Miller (3) and Robert Yount. In most cases one or both of his pseudonyms Dub Williams and Robert Harris are credited on the releases.) Miller (US country music songwriter) Williams (pseudonym used by James Pebworth) Young (songwriter) |
| publisher: | Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK) Four Star Sales Roschelle Publishing Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/3858 [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q3181412 [info] |
| later translated versions: | Saanhan mennä luotas pois |
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Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recordings | ||||
| 1954-01-19 | Release Me | cover | Kitty Wells | 2:50 |
| 1954 | Release Me | cover | Kitty Wells | 2:51 |
| 1959-03 | Release Me | cover | Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:09 |
| 1962 | Release Me | cover | Esther Phillips | 3:18 |
| 1963-06-20 | Release Me | cover | The Everly Brothers | 2:22 |
| 1967-06-08 | Release Me | cover | Peggy Lee | 2:58 |
| 1967-07-15 – 1967-07-16 | Release Me | cover | The Glenn Miller Orchestra | 3:10 |
| 1970-01-31 | Release Me | cover and live | Esther Phillips | 4:49 |
| 1970-02-01 – 1970-02-23 | Release Me (live, 1970‐02‐01–1970‐02‐23: International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 3:10 |
| 1970-02-18 | Release Me (live, 1970-02-18 (rehearsal): International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 1:47 |
| 1970-02-18 | Release Me | cover | Elvis Presley | 1:48 |
| 1970-02-18 | Release Me (live, 1970-02-18: International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 3:10 |
| 1970-02-18 | Release Me (live, 1970-02-18: International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 3:12 |
| 1970-02-18 | Release Me (live, 1970-02-18: International Hotel Theatre, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 3:04 |
| 1970-02-18 | Release Me (live, 1970-02-18: International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 3:10 |
| 1970-02-18 | Release Me (live, 1970-02-18: International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 3:11 |
| 1970-02-18 | Release Me (live, 1970-02-18: International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 3:19 |
| 1970-02-18 | Release Me (live, 1970-02-18 (dinner): International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 2:53 |
| 1970-02-18 | Release Me (and Let Me Love Again) (live, 1970-02-18: International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 3:39 |
| 1970-02-18 | Release Me (and Let Me Love Again) (live, 1970-02-18: International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 3:39 |
| 1970-02-18 | Release Me (and Let Me Love Again) (live, 1970‐02‐18: International Theater, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 3:15 |
| 1970-02-18 | Release Me (and Let Me Love Again) (live, 1970‐02‐18: International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 3:44 |
| 1970-02-18 | Release Me (and Let Me Love Again) (live, 1970-02-18: International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 3:12 |
| 1970-02-19 | Release Me (live, 1970-02-19 (dinner): International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 3:27 |
| 1970-02-19 | Release Me (live, 1970-02-19 (midnight): International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 3:11 |
| 1970-02-19 | Release Me (and Let Me Love Again) (live, 1970-02-19: International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 3:05 |
| 1970-08-26 | Release Me (live, 1970-08-26: Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 1:54 |
| 1971-01-28 | Release Me (live, 1971-01-28 (dinner): International Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 2:54 |
| 1972-03-31 | Release Me | cover | Elvis Presley | 2:31 |
| 1972-03-31 | Release Me (and Let Me Love Again) | cover | Elvis Presley | 2:38 |
| 1972-04-14 | Release Me (live, 1972-04-14: Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 2:32 |
| 1972-04-14 | Release Me (and Let Me Love Again) | cover and live | Elvis | 3:04 |
| 1972-04-14 | Release Me (and Let Me Love Again) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 3:04 |
| 1972-12-31 | Please Release Me (live, 1972-12-31, Dalton, Georgia) | cover and live | Jerry Lee Lewis | 4:01 |
| 1973-05-13 | Release Me (live: Sahara Tahoe, Stateline, NV, USA) | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 0:34 |
| 1975-06-01 | Release Me | cover and live | Elvis | 2:27 |
| 1975-06-01 | Release Me | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 2:25 |
| 1977-02-18 | Release Me | cover and live | Elvis Presley | 3:22 |
| 1979 | Release Me | cover and instrumental | Roland Cedermark | 3:07 |
| 1980 – 1981 | Please Release Me (live, 1980/81: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) | cover and live | Tom Jones | 2:29 |
| 1981 | Release Me (live, 1981: The Tom Jones Show, Vancouver, Canada) | cover and live | Tom Jones | 2:20 |
| 1990 | Please Release Me | cover and live | Engelbert Humperdinck | 2:55 |
| 1996-04 | Please Release Me | cover | The Mike Flowers Pops | 4:07 |
| 1997-05-31 | Release Me (and Let Me Love Again) | cover and live | Patti Page | 3:32 |
| Medley (A. Please Release Me; B. Darling I Loathe You) | cover and medley | The Toy Dolls | 3:58 | |
| Please Release Me | cover | Engelbert Humperdinck | ?:?? | |
| Please Release Me | cover | Gerry van Houtert | 3:29 | |
| Please Release Me | cover | The Toy Dolls | 3:56 | |
| Please Release Me | cover | Jerry Lee Lewis feat. Gillian Welch | 3:40 | |
| Please Release Me | cover | Engelbert Humperdinck | 3:26 | |
| Please Release Me | cover | Tony Versace | 3:25 | |
| Please Release Me | cover | Dolly Parton | 3:12 | |
| Please Release Me | cover | Roger Miller | 2:21 | |
| Please Release Me | cover | Dolly Parton | 2:10 | |
| Please Release Me | cover | Engelbert Humperdinck | ?:?? | |
| Please Release Me | cover | Craig Giles | 3:18 | |
| Please Release Me (Darling I Loathe You) | cover | The Toy Dolls | 3:55 | |
| Please Release Me (Let Me Go) | cover | Engelbert | 3:29 | |
| Please Release Me (Let Me Go) | cover | Engelbert Humperdinck | 3:29 | |
| Release Me | cover | Dolly Parton | 2:11 | |
| Release Me | cover | Engelbert Humperdinck | 3:19 | |
| Release Me | cover | Eddy Arnold | 2:56 | |
| Release Me | cover | Frank Ferrari | 3:33 | |
| Release Me | cover | Engelbert Humperdinck | ?:?? | |
| Release Me | cover | Daniel O’Donnell | 3:20 | |
| Release Me | Eef Barzelay | 3:11 | ||
| Release Me (live) | cover and live | Dolly Parton | 2:10 | |
| Release Me (live) | cover and live | Dolly Parton | 2:15 | |
| Release Me | cover | Dolly Parton | 2:15 | |
| Release Me | cover | Kitty Wells | 2:45 | |
| Release Me (stereo) | cover | Lucille Starr | 2:33 | |
| Release Me | cover | Esther Phillips | 3:19 | |
| Release Me | cover | Tony Christie | 3:23 | |
| Release Me | cover | Ray Price | 3:37 | |
| Release Me | cover | Frank Ashton | 3:30 | |
| Release Me | cover | Frank Evans | 3:30 | |
| Release Me | cover | Eilert Pilarm | 2:52 | |
| Release Me | cover | Engelbert Humperdinck with Wynonna | 3:21 | |
| Release Me | cover | Engelbert Humperdinck | 3:15 | |
| Release Me | cover | Frank Evans | 3:30 | |
| Release Me | Engelbert Humperdinck | 3:20 | ||
| Release Me | Engelbert Humperdinck | 3:17 | ||
| Release Me | cover | Engelbert Humperdinck | 2:20 | |
| Release Me | Engelbert Humperdinck | ?:?? | ||
| Release Me | cover | Arthur Prysock | 3:02 | |
| Release Me | cover | Engelbert Humperdinck | 3:20 | |
| Release Me | cover | [unknown] | ?:?? | |
| Release Me | cover | Glenn Miller | 2:39 | |
| Release Me | cover | Pam Miller | 3:01 | |
| Release Me | cover | Tom Jones | 2:18 | |
| Release Me (live, 1985-06: Royal Albert Hall, London, England) | cover and live | Engelbert Humperdinck | 2:52 | |
| Release Me | cover | Esther Phillips | 3:19 | |
| Release Me | cover | Liz Anderson | 2:04 | |
| Release Me | cover | Tennessee Ernie Ford | ?:?? | |
| Release Me | cover | Tennessee Ernie Ford | ?:?? | |
| Release Me | cover | Tennessee Ernie Ford | ?:?? | |
| Release Me | cover | Tennessee Ernie Ford | ?:?? | |
| Release Me | cover | Tennessee Ernie Ford | 2:54 | |
| Release Me | cover | Tennessee Ernie Ford | 2:42 | |
| Release Me | cover | Stumpus Maximus & the Good Ol’ Boys | 3:31 | |
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