Why Don't You Believe Me?

"Why Don't You Believe Me?" is a popular song written by Lew Douglas, King Laney, and Roy Rodde and published in 1952.

"Why Don't You Believe Me?"
Single by Joni James
from the album Joni James' Award Winning Album
Published1952
Released1952 (1952)
LabelMGM
Songwriter(s)
Joni James singles chronology
"You Belong to Me"
(1952)		 "Why Don't You Believe Me?"
(1952)		 "Purple Shades"
(1952)

A recording by Joni James (MGM Records catalog number 11333) reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1952. Competing versions by Patti Page (Mercury Records catalog number 70025, reaching chart position #4) and Margaret 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".[1] On the Cash Box Best-Selling Record list, where all versions were combined, the song also reached No. 1 that year.

A later version by The Duprees reached No. 37 in 1963. Donna Stark (RCI Records catalog number 2341) reached No. 92 on the Billboard country music charts in 1980.

Recorded versions
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See also
  • List of number-one singles of 1952 (U.S.)

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research.
  2. "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
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