Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson and Kahn song) Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson and Kahn song) "Love Me or Leave Me" is a popular song written in 1928 by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn. The song was introduced in the Broadway play "Whoopee!", which opened in December 1928. Ruth Etting's performance of the song was so popular that she was also given the song to sing in the play "Simple Simon", which opened in February 1930. The original version of the song, the biggest-selling at the time, was recorded by Ruth Etting on December 17, 1928. It was issued by Columbia Records as catalog number
Love Me (Leiber/Stoller song) music artist Davis Daniel on his 1991 debut album "Fighting Fire with Fire". American country band the Little Willies covered the song on their 2006 album "The Little Willies". A live version of the song was released by country singer Billy "Crash" Craddock on 2009's "Live -n- Kickin'". The song was included in the musical revue "Smokey Joe's Cafe", as a medley with "Don't". Actor and comedian Jorge Garcia sang "Love Me" in the Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series, season 5) episode "Ua helele’i ka hoku" ("Fallen Star") which originally aired in April, 2015. Love Me (Leiber/Stoller song) "Love Me"