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I Really Don't Want To Know
"I Really Don't Want to Know" is a popular song written by Don Robertson (music) Howard Barnes (lyrics). The song was published in 1953. The best-known version of the song was recorded by Les Paul and Mary Ford in 1953, one of the top 100 songs of 1954, reaching the No. 11 in the charts. Ronnie Dove version Ronnie Dove recorded the song on Diamond Records in the summer of 1966. It peaked at number 22 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 12 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart. Chart positions Other versions *Tommy Edwards's version hit the pop top 20 in 1960, peaking at No. 18. *Eddy Arnold's version was a number one country song in 1954, and was on his album ''You Gotta Have Love'' (1960). *Johnny Burnette - for his album ''Dreamin'' (1960) * Solomon Burke - a single release. (1962). *Andy Williams released a version on his 1963 album, ''Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests''. *Connie Francis - for her album ''Country Music – Connie Style'' (1962). *Kay Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Music
Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training.Popular Music. (2015). ''Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia'' It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional or "folk" music. Art music was historically disseminated through the performances of written music, although since the beginning of the recording industry, it is also disseminated through recordings. Traditional music forms such as early blues songs or hymns were passed along orally, or to smaller, local audiences. The original application of the term is to music of the 1880s Tin Pan Alley period in the United States. Although popular music sometimes is known as "pop music", the two terms are not interchangeable. Popular music is a generic term for a wide variety of genres of music that appeal to the tastes of a large segment of the population, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
