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.
Love Me Tender (film) The King", and "Love Me Tender: The Birth & Boom of the Elvis Hit". Also part of the disc are original trailers for "Love Me Tender", "Flaming Star" and "Wild in the Country". Love Me Tender (film) Love Me Tender is a 1956 American black-and-white CinemaScope motion picture directed by Robert D. Webb, and released by 20th Century Fox on November 15, 1956. The film, named after the song, stars Richard Egan, Debra Paget, and Elvis Presley in his acting debut. It is in the Western genre with musical numbers. As Presley's movie debut, it was the only time in