"You Don't Know " is a 1961 single by

Helen Shapiro Helen Kate Shapiro (born 28 September 1946) is a British pop and jazz singer and actress. While still a teenager in the early 1960s, she was one of Britain's most successful female singers. With a voice described by AllMusic as possessing "th ...

. It was written by John Schroeder and

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and released on the Columbia (EMI) label in the United Kingdom on 29 June 1961. "You Don't Know" topped the

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for three weeks beginning on 10 August. The single sold over a million copies and earned Shapiro a gold disc.

International chart positions

Cover versions

*In Japan, where Shapiro's version also became popular in 1962, the song was

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in Japanese by

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, who had also covered Shapiro's earlier hit "

Don't Treat Me Like a Child "Don't Treat Me Like a Child" is the 1961 debut single of then fourteen-year-old Helen Shapiro, and was written by John Schroeder and Mike Hawker. The song was recorded at Abbey Road, with a nine piece band under the direction of Martin Slavin. ...

References

1961 singles Helen Shapiro songs Songs written by John Schroeder (musician) Columbia Graphophone Company singles 1961 songs Song recordings produced by Norrie Paramor Songs written by Mike Hawker (songwriter) Irish Singles Chart number-one singles Number-one singles in New Zealand UK Singles Chart number-one singles {{1960s-pop-song-stub