You Don't Know What Love Is

"You Don't Know What Love Is" is a popular song of the Great American Songbook, written by Don Raye (lyrics) and Gene de Paul (music) for the Abbott and Costello picture Keep 'Em Flying (1941), in which it was sung by Carol Bruce.[1] The number was deleted from the film prior to release.[1] The song was later included in Behind the Eight Ball (1942), starring the Ritz Brothers.[1] "You Don't Know What Love Is" was again sung by Carol Bruce; it was her third and final film until the 1980s.[2]

This article is about the song written by Gene de Paul. For the song by the White Stripes of the same name, see You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told).
"You Don't Know What Love Is"
Song
Written1941
Composer(s)Gene de Paul
Lyricist(s)Don Raye

After Miles Davis recorded an instrumental version of the song in 1954, it became a jazz standard, with Dinah Washington releasing the definitive vocal version a year later. Other noteworthy recordings were made by Billie Holiday and Sonny Rollins.[2]

Other versions

Further reading
  • Hischak, Thomas S. The Tin Pan Alley Song Encyclopedia, Greenwood Press, 2002. ISBN 0313319928

References
  1. Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. pp. 466–468. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
  2. Wilson, Jeremy. "'You Don't Know What Love Is' (1941)", JazzStandards.com, accessed October 15, 2017
  3. "Charlie Rouse - Yeah! (Vinyl, LP, Mono) Discogs". Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  4. "The Nina Simone Database". Retrieved December 21, 2018.


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