Save the Last Dance for Me

"Save the Last Dance for Me"
Single by The Drifters
from the album Save the Last Dance for Me
B-side"Nobody But Me"
ReleasedAugust 1960
Recorded1960
Genre
Length2:34
LabelAtlantic
SongwritersDoc Pomus, Mort Shuman
ProducerJerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
The Drifters singles chronology
"Lonely Winds"
(1960)
"Save the Last Dance for Me"
(1960)
"I Count the Tears"
(1960)
Official audio
"Save the Last Dance for Me" on YouTube

"Save the Last Dance for Me" is a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, first recorded in 1960 by American musical group the Drifters with Ben E. King on lead vocals. It has since been covered by several artists, including Tommy Leonetti, the DeFranco Family, Dolly Parton, and Michael Bublé.