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"Stay" is the shortest recording ever to reach Number One on 
the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States - at 1:39, although 
the label read 1:50. 

Later versions of "Stay" recorded by The Four Seasons (1964), 
and Jackson Browne (1978) also reached the Top 20, each selling 
over one million copies in the United States alone.
At the end of 1963, British band "The Hollies" covered "Stay", which 
gave the group their debut Top Ten hit single in the UK, peaking at #8. 

The inclusion of "Stay" on the soundtrack to the film "Dirty Dancing" 
in 1987 led to the song selling even more records than it had during 
its original release in 1960.  

A 1961 recording by "Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs", "May I", 
also released by Herald Records, eventually became another 
million selling record.  

Maurice Williams continued recording, touring, and releasing 
music through the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. 
Maurice still tours, performing at over 150 show-dates per year
and is still very active in the music industry.

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Lyrics: "Stay"
Written by: Maurice Williams BMI
Performed by: Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs

Stay
Just a little bit longer
Please please please please please
Tell me that you're going to
Now your daddy don't mind
And your mommy don't mind
If we have another dance 
Just one more time
Oh won't you stay
Just a little bit longer
Please let me hear you say
That you will
Won't you place your
Sweet lips to mine
Won't you say you love me
All the time

Oh yeah just a little bit longer
Please please please please please
Tell me your going to
Come on come on come on stay
Come on come on come on stay 
Come on come on come on stay
Come on come on come on stay

Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs - Stay (Remember "Dirty Dancing") (MASTER/1962)

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