Never Let Me Go (Johnny Ace song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Never Let Me Go

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Johnny Ace

| album = Memorial

| B-side = "Burley Cutie" {{small|(Instrumental)}}

| released = 1954

| recorded = 1953

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| venue =

| genre = R&B, Blues

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=55}}

| label = Duke

| writer = Joseph Scott

| producer = Johnny Board, Johnny Otis

| prev_title =

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| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Johnny Ace

| type = singles

| prev_title = Please Forgive Me

| prev_year = 1954

| title = Never Let Me Go

| year = 1954

| next_title = Pledging My Love

| next_year = 1955

}}

{{Extra chronology

| artist = Luther Vandross

| type = single

| prev_title = Heaven Knows

| prev_year = 1993

| title = Never Let Me Go'

| year = 1993

| next_title = "Endless Love" {{small|(Mariah Carey)}}

| next_year = 1994

}}

}}

"Never Let Me Go" is a blues ballad song by American R&B/blues singer Johnny Ace, written by Joseph Scott and released in 1954 under Duke Records. The song is featured on the albums My Songs and Memorial.{{Discogs release|991146|Memorial Album For Johnny Ace|type=album}} "Never Let Me Go" was one of his eighth consecutive top ten R&B hits in a row, including "My Song", "Cross My Heart," "Please Forgive Me," "The Clock," "Pledging My Love," "Saving My Love for You," and "Anymore". The song was R&B hit and peaked to No. 9 in October 1954 on Billboards Rhythm & Blues Records chart.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=7}}