Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson and Kahn song) Inventions in the middle of the song. Ella Fitzgerald included her rendition on her 1962 Verve release "Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson" which won a Grammy Award in 1963. 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.
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me of the song on the album "The Name Is Love" and as a single. Vinton's version reached No. 43 on "Billboard"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Easy Listening chart. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me was performed by She and Him and is featured on their fourth album "Volume 3", in 2013. Nelson Riddle instrumental orchestral version from the 1961 album "Love Tide". The song gave title for albums by Mel Carter (1965), Johnny Mathis (1977), and Gloria Estefan (1994), and was later referenced by U2's 1995 song "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me". Mel Carter's version was featured in the film named