You Don't Know Me (Cindy Walker song)

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"You Don't Know Me" is a song written by Eddy Arnold and Cindy Walker in 1955. It was first recorded by Arnold that year and released as a single on April 21, 1956, on RCA Victor. The best-selling version of "You Don't Know Me" was recorded 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. The first version to make the Billboard charts was recorded by Jerry Vale in 1956, peaking at number 14 on the pop chart. Arnold's version charted two months later. It was released as an RCA Victor single, 47–6502, backed with "The Rockin' Mockin' Bird" which reached number 10 on the Billboard country chart. 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. In June 2026, CBS News included the Ray Charles rendition in its list of the 250 essential American songs of...

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