| "Don't Destroy Me" | ||||
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| Single by "Crash" Craddock | ||||
| from the album Boom Boom Baby | ||||
| B-side | Boom Boom Baby | |||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Format | 45 record | |||
| Recorded | 1959 | |||
| Genre | Rockabilly | |||
| Length | 2:46 | |||
| Label | Columbia Coronet |
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| Writer(s) | Mann/Sharpiro | |||
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Don't Destroy Me is a rockabilly song written by Mann/Sharpiro. It was originally recorded by "Crash" Craddock in 1959. Don't Destroy Me was his first hit song in the United States, he would later become a popular country singer in the 1970s. The song stayed on the charts for one week at #94. It and the flipside of the record, Boom Boom Baby, were big hits in Australia in 1959-1960.