Don't You Know?

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"Don't You Know?"
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Single by Della Reese
from the album The Classic Della
B-side "Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?"
Released1959 (1959)
Genre R&B, classic pop
Length2:28
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s) Bobby Worth
Della Reese singles chronology
"Sermonette"
(1959)
"Don't You Know?"
(1959)
"And Now"
(1960)

"Don't You Know?" is a 1959 popular song written by Bobby Worth, and hit record for singer Della Reese.

The song was adapted from an aria ("Musetta's Waltz") from Puccini's La bohème . It was Reese's first single on her new label RCA Victor and helped her get a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Female Vocalist.

Previously entitled "You," the song had also been a hit for Sammy Kaye in 1952, reaching number 28.

Chart performance

It became Reese's biggest hit, reaching number 1 on the U.S. R&B chart. [1] "Don't You Know?" went to number 2 on the U.S. Pop chart, where "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin kept it from number 1. [2] It was a follow-up to her previous big hit, "And That Reminds Me". "Don't You Know?" charted in South Africa in 1975, where it peaked at number 2 on Springbok Radio Top 20 in May 1975. The song charted for 14 weeks. [3]

References

  1. Joel Whitburn Presents Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004, 2004 (Record Research) p. 488
  2. "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  3. "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (R)".