Stay (Maurice Williams song)

"Stay"
"Stay"
Single by Jackson Browne
from the album Running on Empty
B-side	"Rosie"
Released	1978
Recorded	1977
Venue	Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland
Genre	Soft rock
Length	3:28
Label	Asylum
Songwriter(s)	Maurice Williams
Producer(s)	Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne singles chronology

"Stay"
"Stay"
Single by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
B-side	"Do You Believe"
Written	1953
Released	August 1960
Recorded	1960
Genre	Doo-wop
Length	1:36
Label	Herald
Songwriter(s)	Maurice Williams
Producer(s)	Phil Gernhard

"Stay" is a 1960 song by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs and topped the charts in the United States, number 14 in the United Kingdom and number 4 in New Zealand. It went on covered by The Dave Clark Five, The Hollies, Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen and Cyndi Lauper.

Jackson Browne version

The Jackson Browne released a version for his fifth studio album Running on Empty. The song is a follow-up track to The Load-Out. It made number 20 in the United States, number 10 in New Zealand, number 12 in the United Kingdom, number 58 in Australia and number 19 in Canada.

References

↑ "Soft Rock Music Songs". AllMusic.

[1] "Soft Rock Music Songs". AllMusic.

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The Four Seasons
Frankie Valli Tommy DeVito Bob Gaudio Nick Massi Charles Calello Joe Long Gerry Polci Don Ciccone Lee Shapiro
Albums	Sherry & 11 Others (1962) The 4 Seasons Greetings (1962) Golden Hits of the 4 Seasons (1963) Working My Way Back to You and More Great New Hits (1966) The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette (1969) Chameleon (1972) Closeup (1975) Who Loves You (1975) Valli (1976) Lady Put the Light Out (1977) Frankie Valli... Is the Word (1978) The Very Best of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons (2002)
Singles	"Bermuda" "Sherry" "Big Girls Don't Cry" "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" "Walk Like a Man" "Ain't That a Shame" "Candy Girl" "New Mexican Rose" "Dawn (Go Away)" "Stay" "Ronnie" "Alone (Why Must I Be Alone)" "Rag Doll" "Silence Is Golden" "Save It for Me" "Sincerely" "Big Man in Town" "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" "Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)" "Since I Don't Have You" "Girl Come Running" "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" "Let's Hang On!" "Don't Think Twice" "Working My Way Back to You" "Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'bout Me)" "On the Good Ship Lollipop" "I've Got You Under My Skin" "The Proud One" "Tell It to the Rain" "Beggin'" "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" "C'mon Marianne" "Lonesome Road" "Watch the Flowers Grow" "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" "The Night" "My Eyes Adored You" "Swearin' to God" "I Can't Live a Dream" "Who Loves You" "Our Day Will Come" "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" "Silver Star" "We're All Alone" "Native New Yorker" "I Need You" "Grease" "Spend the Night in Love"
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The Hollies
Allan Clarke Graham Nash Tony Hicks Bobby Elliott Eric Haydock Terry Sylvester Bernie Calvert Mikael Rickfors Peter Howarth Carl Wayne Ian Parker
Studio albums	Stay with The Hollies Here I Go Again In The Hollies Style Hollies Would You Believe? Bus Stop For Certain Because Evolution Butterfly Dear Eloise / King Midas in Reverse Hollies Sing Dylan Hollies Sing Hollies Confessions of the Mind Distant Light Romany Hollies Another Night Write On Russian Roulette A Crazy Steal Five Three One - Double Seven O Four What Goes Around...
Live albums	Hollies Live Hits
Extended plays	The Hollies Just One Look Here I Go Again I'm Alive
Compilations	The Hollies' Greatest Hits Hollies' Greatest The Hollies' Greatest Hits The Hollies: 20 Golden Greats
Box sets	Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years: The Complete Hollies April 1963 – October 1968
Singles	"Searchin'" "Stay" "Just One Look" "Here I Go Again" "Yes I Will" "I'm Alive" "Look Through Any Window" "If I Needed Someone" "I Can't Let Go" "Bus Stop" "Stop Stop Stop" "On a Carousel" "Carrie Anne" "King Midas in Reverse" "Jennifer Eccles" "Listen to Me" "Sorry Suzanne" "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" "I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top" "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" "The Air That I Breathe" "Sandy (4th July, Asbury Park)" "Heartbeat" "Stop! In the Name of Love"
Other songs	"Tell Me to My Face"
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The Dave Clark Five (DC5)
Dave Clark Mike Smith Lenny Davidson Rick Huxley Denis Payton
Songs	"I Knew It All the Time" "Do You Love Me" "Glad All Over" "Bits and Pieces" "Stay" "Can't You See That She's Mine" "Any Way You Want It" "Because" "I Like It Like That" "Catch Us If You Can" "Over and Over" "You Got What It Takes" "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" "Everybody Knows" "The Red Balloon" "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" "Good Old Rock 'n' Roll" "Loving You" "Here Comes Summer"
UK albums	A Session with The Dave Clark Five Everybody Knows (UK) If Somebody Loves You The Dave Clark Five Play Good Old Rock & Roll
US albums	Glad All Over The Dave Clark Five Return! American Tour Coast to Coast Weekend in London Having a Wild Weekend I Like It Like That Try Too Hard Satisfied with You 5 by 5 You Got What It Takes Everybody Knows (US)
UK compilations	Glad All Over Again
US compilations	The Dave Clark Five History of The Dave Clark Five
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Jan and Dean
Jan Berry Dean Torrence
Albums	Carnival of Sound (2010)
Singles	"Baby Talk" "Clementine" "Gee" "Heart and Soul" "A Sunday Kind of Love" "Who Put the Bomp" "Frosty the Snowman" "She's Still Talkin' Baby Talk" "Linda" "Surf City" "Honolulu Lulu" "Drag City" "Dead Man's Curve" "The New Girl In School" "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" "Ride the Wild Surf" "Sidewalk Surfin'" "You Really Know How to Hurt a Guy" "I Found a Girl" "Norwegian Wood" "Batman!" "Popsicle" "School Days" "Louisiana Man" "Yellow Balloon" "Tijuana" "Vegetables" "In the Still of the Night" "Gonna Hustle You" "Blue Moon" "Oh What a Beautiful Morning"
Songs	"Julie" "Stay"
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Andrew Gold
Studio albums	Andrew Gold (1975) What's Wrong with This Picture? (1976) All This and Heaven Too (1978) Whirlwind (1980)
Compilation albums	Thank You for Being a Friend: The Best of Andrew Gold (1997)
Singles	"Stay" (1976) "Lonely Boy" (1977) "I'm on My Way" (1978) "Thank You for Being a Friend" (1978) "Never Let Her Slip Away" (1978)
Other songs	"Spooky Scary Skeletons" (1996)
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Jackson Browne
Studio albums	Jackson Browne For Everyman Late for the Sky The Pretender Hold Out Lawyers in Love Lives in the Balance World in Motion I'm Alive Looking East The Naked Ride Home Time the Conqueror Standing in the Breach Downhill from Everywhere
Live albums	Running on Empty Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2 Love Is Strange: En Vivo Con Tino
Compilations	The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne The Very Best of Jackson Browne
Singles	"Doctor, My Eyes" "Rock Me on the Water" "Redneck Friend" "Take It Easy" "Walking Slow" "Fountain of Sorrow" "Here Come Those Tears Again" "The Pretender" "Running on Empty" "The Load-Out/Stay" "You Love the Thunder" "Boulevard" "That Girl Could Sing" "Hold On Hold Out" "Somebody's Baby" "Lawyers in Love" "Tender Is the Night" "For a Rocker" "You're a Friend of Mine" "For America" "In the Shape of a Heart" "Lives in the Balance" "I'm Alive"
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Bruce Springsteen
E Street Band Bruce Springsteen Garry Tallent Roy Bittan Max Weinberg Steven Van Zandt Nils Lofgren Patti Scialfa Soozie Tyrell Charles Giordano Jake Clemons Ernest Carter Clarence Clemons Danny Federici Vini Lopez David Sancious
Studio albums	Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973) The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (1973) Born to Run (1975) Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) The River (1980) Nebraska (1982) Born in the U.S.A. (1984) Tunnel of Love (1987) Human Touch (1992) Lucky Town (1992) The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) The Rising (2002) Devils & Dust (2005) We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006) Magic (2007) Working on a Dream (2009) Wrecking Ball (2012) High Hopes (2014) Western Stars (2019) Letter to You (2020) Only the Strong Survive (2022)
Live albums	Live 1975–85 (1986) In Concert/MTV Plugged (1993) Live in New York City (2001) Hammersmith Odeon London '75 (2006) Live in Dublin (2007) Springsteen on Broadway (2018) The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts (2021)
Bruce Springsteen Archives	Apollo Theater 3/09/12 (2014) The Agora, Cleveland 1978 (2015) Tower Theater, Philadelphia 1975 (2015) Nassau Coliseum, New York 1980 (2015) Brendan Byrne Arena, New Jersey 1984 (2015) LA Sports Arena, California 1988 (2015) Schottenstein Center, Ohio 2005 (2015) Ippodromo delle Capannelle, Rome 2013 (2015) Arizona State University, Tempe 1980 (2015) The Christic Shows 1990 (2016) HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY, 11/22/09 (2016) Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO, 8/23/08 (2017) Olympiastadion, Helsinki, July 31, 2012 (2017) Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 10/20/09 (2017) Palace Theatre, Albany 1977 (2017) Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY 1977 (2017) King's Hall, Belfast March 19, 1996 (2017) The Summit, Houston, TX December 8, 1978 (2017) The Live Series: Songs of the Road (2018) The Live Series: Songs of Friendship (2019) The Live Series: Songs of Hope (2019) The Live Series: Songs of Love (2019) The Live Series: Songs from Around the World (2019) The Live Series: Songs Under Cover (2020)
Soundtracks	Western Stars – Songs from the Film (2019)
Compilations	Greatest Hits (1995) 18 Tracks (1999) The Essential Bruce Springsteen (2003) Greatest Hits (2009) The Promise (2010) Collection: 1973–2012 (2013) Chapter and Verse (2016)
Box sets	The Born in the U.S.A. 12" Single Collection (1985) Tracks (1998) The Collection (2004) Born to Run: 30th Anniversary Edition (2005) The Collection 1973–1984 (2010) The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story (2010) The Album Collection Vol. 1 1973–1984 (2014) The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (2015)
EPs	Live Collection (1987) Chimes of Freedom (1988) Blood Brothers (1996) PBS Exclusive (2007) Magic Tour Highlights (2008) American Beauty (2014)
Singles	"Blinded by the Light" (1973) "Spirit in the Night" (1973) "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" (1974) "Born to Run" (1975) "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" (1976) "Prove It All Night" (1978) "Badlands" (1978) "The Promised Land" (1978) "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" (1979) "Hungry Heart" (1980) "Fade Away" (1981) "Sherry Darling" (1981) "The River" (1981) "Cadillac Ranch" (1981) "Point Blank" (1981) "Atlantic City" (1982) "Open All Night" (1982) "Dancing in the Dark" (1984) "Cover Me" (1984) "Born in the U.S.A." (1984) "I'm on Fire" (1985) "Glory Days" (1985) "I'm Goin' Down" (1985) "My Hometown" (1985) "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (1985) "War" (1986) "Fire" (1987) "Brilliant Disguise" (1987) "Tunnel of Love" (1987) "One Step Up" (1988) "Tougher Than the Rest" (1988) "Spare Parts" (1988) "Human Touch" (1992) "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)" (1992) "Better Days" (1992) "Streets of Philadelphia" (1994) "Secret Garden" (1995) "The Ghost of Tom Joad" (1996) "Sad Eyes" (1999) "The Rising" (2002) "Lonesome Day" (2002) "Waitin' on a Sunny Day" (2003) "Devils & Dust" (2005) "Radio Nowhere" (2007) "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" (2008) "Working on a Dream" (2008) "My Lucky Day" (2008) "The Wrestler" (2009) "We Take Care of Our Own" (2012) "Death to My Hometown" (2012) "High Hopes" (2013) "Just Like Fire Would" (2014) "Hello Sunshine" (2019) "There Goes My Miracle" (2019) "Tucson Train" (2019) "Western Stars" (2019) "Letter to You" (2020) "Ghosts" (2020) "I'll See You in My Dreams" (2020)
Charting songs	"Be True" (1981) "Ramrod" (1981) "Nebraska" (1982) "Johnny 99" (1982) "No Surrender" (1984) "Bobby Jean" (1984) "Stand on It" (1985) "Trapped" (live) (1985) "Because the Night" (live) (1986) "Chimes of Freedom" (live) (1988) "Youngstown" (1995) "American Skin (41 Shots)" (2001) "Pay Me My Money Down" (2006) "Long Walk Home" (2006) "My City of Ruins" (2011) "Rocky Ground" (2012) "The Power of Prayer" (2020)
Other notable songs	"Growin' Up" (1973) "For You" (1973) "Incident on 57th Street" (1973) "The Fever" (1973) "Thunder Road" (1975) "Night" (1975) "Backstreets" (1975) "She's the One" (1975) "Meeting Across the River" (1975) "Jungleland" (1975) "Adam Raised a Cain" (1978) "Racing in the Street" (1978) "Darkness on the Edge of Town" (1978) "Stay" (1979) "The Ties That Bind" (1980) "Independence Day" (1980) "Out in the Street" (1980) "Stolen Car" (1980) "Wreck on the Highway" (1980) "Highway Patrolman" (1982) "Darlington County" (1984) "Working on the Highway" (1984) "Downbound Train" (1984) "Pink Cadillac" (1984) "Jersey Girl" (1986) "Light of Day" (1993) "The New Timer" (1995) "Land of Hope and Dreams" (2012) "Hunter of Invisible Game" (2014) "Chinatown" (2020)
Video releases	Video Anthology / 1978–88 (1989) In Concert/MTV Plugged (1992) Blood Brothers (1996) The Complete Video Anthology / 1978–2000 (2001) Live in New York City (2001) Live in Barcelona (2003) VH1 Storytellers (2005) Wings for Wheels (2005) Hammersmith Odeon London '75 (2005) Live in Dublin (2007) Magic Tour Highlights (2008) London Calling: Live in Hyde Park (2010) The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town (2010) Springsteen & I (2013) Born in the U.S.A. Live: London 2013 (2014) A MusiCares Tribute to Bruce Springsteen (2014) Bruce Springsteen's High Hopes (2014) High Hopes in South Africa (2014) Hunter of Invisible Game (2014)
Concerts	Born to Run tours (1974–77) Darkness Tour (1978) The River Tour (1980–81) Born in the U.S.A. Tour (1984–85) Tunnel of Love Express (1988) Human Rights Now! (1988) Bruce Springsteen 1992–1993 World Tour (1992–93) Ghost of Tom Joad Tour (1995–97) Reunion Tour (1999–2000) Rising Tour (2002–03) Vote for Change (2004) Devils & Dust Tour (2005) Seeger Sessions Band Tour (2006) Magic Tour (2007–08) Working on a Dream Tour (2009) Wrecking Ball World Tour (2012–13) High Hopes Tour (2014) The River Tour (2016) Summer '17 (2017) Springsteen on Broadway (2017–18, 2021) 2023 Tour (2023)
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Cyndi Lauper singles
She's So Unusual	"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" "Time After Time" "She Bop" "All Through the Night" "Money Changes Everything" "When You Were Mine"
True Colors	"True Colors" "Change of Heart" "What's Going On" "Boy Blue" "Maybe He'll Know"
A Night to Remember	"I Drove All Night" "My First Night Without You" "Heading West" "A Night to Remember" "Primitive" "Unconditional Love"
Hat Full of Stars	"Who Let In the Rain" "That's What I Think" "Sally's Pigeons" "Hat Full of Stars"
Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some	"Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" "I'm Gonna Be Strong" "Come on Home"
Sisters of Avalon	"You Don't Know" "Sisters of Avalon" "Ballad of Cleo and Joe"
Merry Christmas ... Have a Nice Life	"Early Christmas Morning"
Shine	"Shine"
At Last	"At Last" "Walk On By"
The Body Acoustic	"Time After Time"
Bring Ya to the Brink	"Set Your Heart" "Same Ol' Story" "Into the Nightlife"
Memphis Blues	"Just Your Fool"
Detour	"Hard Candy Christmas" "Funnel of Love"
Other singles	"You Make Loving Fun" "We Are the World" "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" "Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)" "Another Brick in the Wall" "The World Is Stone" "Disco Inferno" "A Christmas Duel" "Girls Just Wanna Set Your Heart"