- Why Don't You Believe Me?
"Why Don't You Believe Me?" is a popular
song written byLew Douglas ,King Laney , andRoy Rodde and published in 1952.A recording by
Joni James (MGM Records catalog number 11333) reached #1 on the Billboard charts in 1952. Competing versions byPatti Page (Mercury Records catalog number 70025, reaching chart position #4) andMargaret Whiting (Capitol Records catalog number 2292, reaching chart position #29) also charted in 1952. The b-side to Page's version was the well-known song Conquest. [cite book
last = Whitburn
first = Joel
authorlink = Joel Whitburn
title = Top Pop Records 1940-1955
publisher = Record Research
location = Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
year = 1973 ] On the Cash Box Best-Selling Record list, where all versions were combined, the song also reached #1 that year.A later version by
The Duprees reached #37 in 1963.Donna Stark (RCI Records catalog number 2341) reached #92 on the Billboardcountry music charts in 1980.Recorded versions
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Pat Boone
*Lillian Brooks
*Bing Crosby
*Vic Damone (1965 single)
*Dolly Dawn
*The Duprees
*Maureen Evans
*The Five Crowns
*Bobby Goldsboro
*Claude Gray & the Graymen
*Betty Harris withEnoch Light Orchestra
*Red Ingle
*Joni James
*Damita Jo
*The Kalin Twins
*Mickey Katz
*Herb Lance
*Brenda Lee
*Wade Legge
*Liane & The Boheme Bar Trio
*Guy Lombardo
*Joe Loss withRose Brennan
*Dean Martin
*Jane Morgan
*Patti Page
*Norrie Paramor with Jim Allan
*Jimmy Roselli
*Lita Roza
*Semprini
*Charlie Shaffer
*Sharkey and His Kings of Dixieland
*Jennie Smith
*Sountrac
*Donna Stark
*Nancy Umeki akaMiyoshi Umeki
*Jerry Vale
*June Valli
*Bobby Vinton
*Robin Ward
*Lawrence Welk
*Margaret Whiting
*Jimmy Young References
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