You Don't Know What Love Is
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This article is about the song written by Gene de Paul. For the song by the White Stripes of the same name, see You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told).
"You Don't Know What Love Is" is a popular song of the Great American Songbook, written by Don Raye (lyrics) and Gene de Paul (music) for the Abbott and Costello film Keep 'Em Flying (1941), in which it was sung by Carol Bruce.[1] The song was deleted from the film prior to release.[1] The song was later included in Behind the Eight Ball (1942), starring the Ritz Brothers.[1] "You Don't Know What Love Is" was again sung by Carol Bruce; it was her third and final film until the 1980s.[2]
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"You Don't Know What Love Is" | |
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Written | 1941 |
Composer(s) | Gene de Paul |
Lyricist(s) | Don Raye |
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After Miles Davis recorded an instrumental version of the song in 1954, it became a jazz standard, with Dinah Washington releasing the definitive vocal version a year later. Other noteworthy recordings were made by Billie Holiday and Sonny Rollins.[2]