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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?" | |||
Released | 1959 | |||
Genre | R&B, classic pop | |||
Length | 2:28 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bobby Worth | |||
Della Reese singles chronology | ||||
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"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.
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]