Please Don't Talk to the Lifeguard
{{Infobox song
| name = Please Don't Talk to the Lifeguard
| cover =
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| type = single
| artist = Diane Ray
| album = The Exciting Years
| B-side = That's All I Want From You
| released = 1963
| recorded = 1963
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| venue =
| genre = Pop rock
| length = 1:42
| label = Mercury – R 72117
| writer = Sylvia Dee, George Goehring
| producer =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Where Is the Boy?
| next_year = 1963
}}
"Please Don't Talk to the Lifeguard" is a song by American pop singer Diane Ray.{{cite web|title=Song overview|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/please-dont-talk-to-the-lifeguard-mt0004993450|website=Allmusic|publisher=RhythmOne|accessdate=24 December 2016}} It was featured on her 1964 album The Exciting Years,{{cite web|title=Diane Ray – The Exciting Years|url=https://www.discogs.com/Diane-Ray-The-Exciting-Years/release/9306140|website=Discogs|year=1964 |accessdate=24 December 2016}} and reached number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite magazine|title=Diane Renay US chart history|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3ADiane%20Ray&f[1]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Diane%20Ray|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=24 December 2016}}
Original version
Originally released as a single by Andrea Carroll on Epic Records in 1961, Andrea's version lacked the success that Diane's rendition eventually would.
Chart performance
The song debuted on the Hot 100 chart dated August 3, 1963.{{cite magazine|title=Hot 100 from August 3, 1963|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1963-08-03|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=24 December 2016}} It peaked seven weeks later at number 31. "Please Don't Talk to the Lifeguard" spent a total of 9 weeks on the chart. Ray's next single, "My Summer Love",{{cite web|title=Diane Ray Discography|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/370281-Diane-Ray|website=Discogs|accessdate=24 December 2016}} failed to impact any chart, as did her subsequent singles, making her a one-hit wonder.
Inclusion on compilations
References
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