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| "You Don't Know Me" | |
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| Single by Eddy Arnold | |
| B-side | The Rockin' Mockin' Bird |
| Released | 1956 |
| Format | 45 vinyl single |
| Recorded | 1955 |
| Genre | Country Music |
| Length | 2:34 |
| Label | RCA Victor |
| Writer(s) | Eddy Arnold Cindy Walker |
"You Don't Know Me" is a song written by Cindy Walker and Eddy Arnold in 1955. It was first recorded by Arnold that year and released as a single on April 21, 1956 on RCA Victor.[1] The first version of the song to make the Billboard charts was by Jerry Vale in 1956, peaking at #14 on the pop chart. Arnold's version charted two months later, released as an RCA Victor single, 47-6502, backed with "The Rockin' Mockin' Bird", which reached #10 on the Billboard country chart. Cash Box magazine, which combined all best-selling versions at one position, included a version by Carmen McRae that never appeared in the Billboard Top 100 Sides listing.
The best-selling version of the song is by Ray Charles, who took it to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1962, after releasing the song on his #1 album Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music. This version also topped the "Easy listening" chart for three weeks in 1962, and was used in the 1993 comedy film Groundhog Day. The song also became the twelfth number one country hit for Mickey Gilley in 1981.[2]
The song has been performed or recorded by hundreds of artists, including Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, and Willie Nelson. Charles re-recorded the song with Diana Krall on his #1 album of duets, Genius Loves Company, the only song common to both of Charles' two #1 albums. It was sung by Meryl Streep in the 1990 movie Postcards from the Edge, and by John Legend in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Robert Downey Jr also performs this song as Blake Allen in the James Toback movie Two Girls and a Guy.
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Notable recorded versions [edit]
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This article may contain excessive, poor, or irrelevant examples. (February 2011) |
- Eddy Arnold (1955)
- Jerry Vale (1956)
- Lenny Welch (1960)
- Patti Page (1961) on album Somethin' Country
- Ray Charles (1962); (2004) on albums Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music and Genius Loves Company
- Jackie Wilson (1965) on album Spotlight On Jackie Wilson and on the soundtrack of Two Girls And A Guy
- Jan Howard (1964)
- The Band (1964) on album Crossing the Great Divide
- Manfred Mann (1965) on album Mann Made
- Ricky Nelson (1965) on album Best Always
- Elvis Presley (1967)
- Bette Midler (1977) on album Broken Blossom
- Kenny Loggins (1977) on album Celebrate Me Home
- Mickey Gilley (1981)
- Juice Newton (1984) on the album Can't Wait All Night
- Richard Manuel (1985) on album Whispering Pines: Live at the Getaway
- Bob James & David Sanborn (1986) on album Double Vision
- The Heptones (1986) on CD Changing Times
- Don McLean (1989) on album For the Memories Vols I & II
- Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (1990) on album Ka 'Ano'i
- Charlie Rich (1992) on album Pictures And Paintings
- Emmylou Harris (1993) on album Cowgirl's Prayer
- Allen Toussaint (1994) on album Bluesiana Hot Sauce
- Diane Schuur and B.B. King (1994) on album Heart To Heart
- Van Morrison (1995) on album Days Like This (duet with his daughter Shana Morrison)
- David Sanborn (1995) on album Love Songs
- Steven Houghton (1997) on album Steven Houghton
- Jann Arden (1997) for the soundtrack of My Best Friend's Wedding
- Patricia Barber (2000) on album nightclub
- Anne Murray (2002) on album Country Croonin'
- Janis Siegel (2003) on album Friday Night Special
- Michael Bolton (2003)
- Harry Connick Jr (2004) on album Only You
- Peter Cincotti (2004)
- Michael Bublé (2005) on album It's Time (
listen (help·info)) - John Scofield (2005) with Aaron Neville on album That's What I Say: John Scofield Plays the Music of Ray Charles
- Willie Nelson (2006) on album You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
- Russell Watson (2007) on album That's Life
- Leon Jackson (2008) on his debut album, Right Now.
- Michael McDonald (2008) on album Soul Speak
- Matt Giraud and Anna Wilson (2010)
- Michael Grimm on his self-titled album (2011)
- Lulu Roman (of Hee Haw fame) on her album At Last (2013)
Chart performance [edit]
Eddy Arnold [edit]
| Chart (1956) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 10 |
Ray Charles [edit]
| Chart (1962) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard R&B Singles | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles | 1 |
| U.K. Singles | 9 |
Elvis Presley [edit]
| Chart (1968) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 44 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles | 34 |
Mickey Gilley [edit]
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 55 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 12 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 6 |
References [edit]
- ^ Second Hand Songs: You Don't Know Me.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 137.
External links [edit]
| Preceded by "Roses Are Red (My Love)" by Bobby Vinton |
"Billboard" Easy Listening number-one single by Ray Charles August 25, 1962 (three weeks) |
Succeeded by "Ramblin' Rose" by Nat "King" Cole |
| Preceded by "Older Women" by Ronnie McDowell |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single by Mickey Gilley September 19, 1981 |
Succeeded by "Tight Fittin' Jeans" by Conway Twitty |
| Preceded by "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)" by John Denver |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single September 26-October 3, 1981 |
Succeeded by "Midnight Hauler" by Razzy Bailey |
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