It was the follow-up single to I Can't Stop Loving You, which held the number 1 position for five weeks. The best-selling version of the song is by Ray Charles, who took it to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 1962, after releasing the song on his number 1 album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. United Recording Studios, Hollywood, California Notable recorded versions "You Don't Know Me"įrom the album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music And soon, she remembered, the lyrics tumbled onto the page. The songwriter promised to let the idea stew in her head for a while. "This is serious, replied Eddy, who proceeded to outline his idea. Walker remembered him saying, "I got a song title for you. "I went up to the Victor suite to tell Steve Sholes good-bye," she explained, "and just as I was leaving, Eddy came in the door." In his book Eddy Arnold: Pioneer of the Nashville Sound, author Michael Streissguth describes how the song came to be: Ĭindy Walker, who had supplied Eddy with "Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me" (a number-one country record in 1949 and Eddy's first Cindy Walker release), recalled discussing the idea for "You Don't Know Me" with Eddy as she was leaving one of Nashville's annual disc-jockey conventions. 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. Arnold's version charted two months later, released as an RCA Victor single, 47-6502, backed with "The Rockin' Mockin' Bird", which reached number 10 on the Billboard country chart. The first version of the song to make the Billboard charts was by Jerry Vale in 1956, peaking at number 14 on the pop chart. The best-selling version of the song is by Ray Charles, who took it to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1962, after releasing the song on his number 1 album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. "You Don't Know Me" was first recorded by Arnold that year and released as a single on Apon RCA Victor. " You Don't Know Me" is a song written by Cindy Walker based on a title and storyline given to her by Eddy Arnold in 1955.
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