"Don't" was recorded on September 6, 1957 at Radio Recorders of Hollywood. The
session goal was to record a Christmas album and Elvis wasn't really into the
material. "Don't" had been written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and sent to
him earlier that summer. It was at this session that Elvis first added the
soprano voice of Millie Kirkham to sing with his regular back-up group The
Jordanaires. Scotty Moore, Bill Black, D.J. Fontana and Dudley Brooks played the
session.
Take 7 of "Don't" was shipped on January 7, 1958 with "I Beg Of You" as the
other side. In its 20-week run on Billboard's pop singles chart it reached #1
for 5 weeks. It had an 18-week run on the country chart, peaking at #2. In its
10-week run on the R&B chart it peaked at #4. It peaked at #2 on the British pop
singles chart in an 11-week run.