Carmen McRae sings You Don't Know Me

Another lost classics in the 50s. Jerry Vale first made this a hit in 1956, and numerous vocalists recorded this afterwards, Carmen McRae was one of them. I write the lyrics below:

You give your hand to me, and then you say hello,
And I can hardly speak, my heart is beating so,
And anyone could tell, you think you know me well,
But you don't know me.

No, you don't know the one, who dreams of you at night,
And longs to kiss your lips, and longs to hold you tight,
To you I'm just a friend, that's all I've ever been,
But you don't know me.

For I never knew the art of making love,
Though my heart aches with love for you.
Afraid and shy, I let my chance go by,
The chance you might have loved me too.

You give your hand to me, and then say goodbye pal,
I watch you walk away, beside the lucky gal,
You'll never never know, the one who loves you so,
No, you don't know me.

You give your hand to me, and then you say goodbye,
I watch you walk away, and then I want to cry,
You'll never never know, the one who loves you so,
No, you don't know me.

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Music

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• You
• Don't
• Know
• Me
• sung
• by
• Carmen
• McRae

[nancyfloressantos]

Nice version.

[patrickdcyau]

Thank you.

[nickellodeon55]

Cashbox listed this version as a co-best seller (along with Jerry Vale) for several weeks in 1956. It, interestingly, never ranked in Billboard's Top 100.

[kleineDamee]

I can't stop crying with her music!