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1959 single by "Crash" Craddock

"Don't Destroy Me"

Single by "Crash" Craddock

from the album Boom Boom Baby

B-side

"Boom Boom Baby"

Released

1959

Recorded

1959

Genre

Rockabilly

Length

2:46

Label

Columbia
Coronet

Songwriter(s)

Mann/Sharpiro

"Crash" Craddock singles chronology

"Sweetie Pie/Blabbermouth"
(1959)

"Don't Destroy Me"
(1959)

"I Want That/Since She Turned Seventeen"
(1960)

"Don't Destroy Me" is a rockabilly song written by Barry Mann and Joe Sharpiro and recorded by Billy "Crash" Craddock in 1959. "Don't Destroy Me" was his first hit song in the United States, where it stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week at No. 94.

"Don't Destroy Me" and the flipside of the record, "Boom Boom Baby", were big hits in Australia in 1959-1960. During the 1970s, Craddock became a popular country singer.

References

Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 198.

v t e Billy "Crash" Craddock
Studio albums	I'm Tore Up (1964) Knock Three Times (1971) You Better Move On (1972) Two Sides of "Crash" (1973) Mr. Country Rock (1973) Rub It In (1974) Still Thinkin' 'bout You (1975) Easy as Pie (1976) Crash (1976) Singing Is Believing (1978) Billy "Crash" Craddock (1978) Turning Up and Turning On (1978) Laughing and Crying, Living and Dying (1979) Changes (1980) The New Will Never Wear Off of You (1982) Crash Craddock (1986) Back on Track (1989) Christmas Favorites (2006)
Compilation albums	The Best of Billy "Crash" Craddock (1973) Billy "Crash" Craddock (1973) Greatest Hits Volume One (1974) The First Time (1977) Sings His Greatest Hits (1978) The Best of Billy "Crash" Craddock (1982) Greatest Hits (1983) Boom Boom Baby (1992) Crash's Smashes (1996)
Live albums	Live! (1977) Crash Craddock Live! (1985) Live -n- Kickin' (2009)
Singles	"Don't Destroy Me" "Boom Boom Baby" "Knock Three Times" "Dream Lover" "You Better Move On" "Nothin' Shakin' (But the Leaves on the Trees)" "I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door" "Sweet Magnolia Blossom" "Rub It In" "Ruby Baby" "Still Thinkin' 'bout You" "Easy as Pie" "Broken Down in Tiny Pieces" "A Tear Fell"
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