1960 Songs: Save the Last Dance for Me

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Sixty five trips around the sun. That’s nearly 24,000 spins of the earth in days. I should be dizzy! Oh, wait, I am dizzy. That’s what I’m doing this month: celebrating my birthday by celebrating songs that were released the year I was born. This song got a lot of spins in its time, and since, so it’s probably dizzy, too. Here’s today’s song from 1960. Save the Last Dance for Me - The Drifters And you’re thinking, hey, didn’t you use them last month in the 70-year-old songs? Yes, thanks for noticing! The song last month was “Steamboat,” the first song of the Ben E. King era as the lead vocalist. This song was the last single released before King left the band. And this song has made the rounds. Growing up in country music, I remember Buck Owens singing it. Heck, Randy Meisner even covered it on his first post-Eagles album (best left unheard). But there’s nothing like those sweet voices of The Drifters to entice you to the dance floor. Oh, and speaking of “dance floor,” this song was written by Doc Pomus from personal experience: he had polio, and he couldn’t dance with his wife at their wedding. So she danced with everyone else while he watched. Now you know. Save the Last Dance for Me Written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman Recorded by The Drifters From Save the Last Dance for Me, 1960 You must tell him no: