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When You Leave, Don't Slam the Door

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"When You Leave, Don't Slam the Door"
Single by Tex Ritter
B-side"Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?"
ReleasedSeptember 2, 1946 (1946-09-02)
RecordedJuly 31, 1946 (1946-07-31)[1]
GenreCountry
Length3:01
LabelCapitol 296
Songwriter(s)Joe Allison

"When You Leave, Don't Slam the Door" is a country music song written by Joe Allison, performed by Tex Ritter, and released on the Capitol label (catalog no. 296). In October 1946, it reached No. 3 on the Billboard folk chart.[2] It was also ranked as the No. 23 record in Billboard's 1946 year-end folk juke box chart.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Capitol 100 - 499, 78rpm numerical listing discography". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 269. ISBN 0823076326.
  3. ^ "Year's Most-Played Folk Records on Nation's Juke Boxes". The Billboard. January 4, 1947. p. 55.