| Why Don't You Believe Me? | |
| Published: | by Brandom Music Co., Chicago[1] |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Joni James |
| Album: | Joni James' Award Winning Album |
| Recorded: | [2] |
| Length: | 2:55 |
| Label: | MGM 11333 |
| Prev Title: | You Belong to Me |
| Prev Year: | 1952 |
| Next Title: | Purple Shades |
| Next Year: | 1952 |
| Why Don't You Believe Me | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Duprees |
| B-Side: | My Dearest One |
| Released: | August 1963 |
| Recorded: | 1963 |
| Genre: | Doo-wop |
| Length: | 2:39 |
| Label: | Coed |
| Prev Title: | I Gotta Tell Her Now |
| Prev Year: | 1963 |
| Next Title: | Have You Heard |
| Next Year: | 1963 |
"Why Don't You Believe Me?" is a popular song written by Lew Douglas, King Laney, and Roy Rodde and published in 1952.[1]
A recording by Joni James (MGM Records catalog number 11333) reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts for four weeks in September 1952. Competing versions by Patti Page (Mercury Records catalog number 70025, reaching chart position No. 4) and Margaret Whiting (Capitol Records catalog number 2292, reaching chart position No. 29) also charted in 1952. The B-side to Page's version was the well-known song "Conquest".[3] On the Cash Box Best-Selling Record list, where all versions were combined (co-chart), the song also reached No. 1 that year.