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Elvis Songs: Don't Ask Me Why

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Everything you ever wanted to know about this 1958 Elvis ballad from King Creole! Get the back-story, download it, check out the videos, and give us your opinion about it!

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Basic Stats

(Just the facts, ma'am!)

Click to download Don't Ask Me Why now!Written by: Fred Wise, Ben Weisman

Recorded: January 16, 1958, Radio Recorders, Hollywood
Released master is take 12.

Single:w/ "Hard Headed Woman", 47-7280, June 1958 (million-seller)
Also re-released as Gold Standard Series, 447-0623, 1961

Highest U.S. Charts Positions:
#28 on Billboard's Top 100
#2 on Rhythm & Blues chart

1st LP release: King Creole - August 1958

My Spin

(Just my opinion. Give us yours!)

The flip side to popular rocker "Hard Headed Woman", "Don't Ask Me Why" did alright itself on the charts in 1958.

Stay tuned, I'll write some more soon. Meanwhile, dig the links and stuff!

Other Spins

(What did the critcs and fans say?)

"Don't Ask Me Why" is more sure of itself [comparing to "Dixieland Rock"]; a slow throbbing ballad, well sung.

Robert Matthew-Walker, Elvis Presley - A Study In Music, 1979

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Fred Wise and Ben Weisman Links

Fred Wise
- Wikipedia
Ben Weisman
- Wikipedia
Interview with Ben Weisman
- from Elvis Australia
Fred Wise
- from The Elvis Compositors site, which lists his songs for Elvis.
Ben Weisman
- from The Elvis Compositors site, which lists his songs for Elvis.

"Don't Ask Me Why" Videos

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"Don't Ask Me Why" Lyrics

I'll go on loving you
Don't ask me why
Don't know what else to do
Don't ask me why

How sad my heart would be
If you should go
Though you're not good for me
I want you so

It's not the kind
Of love I dream about
But it's the kind
That I can't live without

You're all I'm longing for
Don't say good-bye
I need you more and more
Don't ask me why
I need you more and more
Don't ask me why

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