Tell Me Why (1951 song)

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"Tell Me Why"
Music by	Marty Gold
Lyrics by	Al Alberts
Published	1951
Language	English
Original artist	The Four Aces
Recorded by	Eddie Fisher Jerry Gray and his orchestra Dinah Washington Bobby Vinton

"Tell Me Why" is a popular song.

The music was written by Marty Gold, the lyrics by Al Alberts. The song was published in 1951.

[edit] Major recorded versions

The hit version of the song was recorded by Alberts' group, The Four Aces, in 1951. It was also recorded a short time later by Eddie Fisher in a version that reached the Top 10.

The recording by The Four Aces was recorded on October 23, 1951, and released by Decca Records as catalog number 27860^[1]. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on September 7, 1951 and lasted 24 weeks on the chart, peaking at #2 ^[2]. The flip side was "A Garden in the Rain," also a big hit for the Aces.

The recording by Eddie Fisher was recorded on December 5, 1951, and released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-4444^[3]. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on December 28, 1951 and lasted 19 weeks on the chart, peaking at #7 ^[2]. The flip side was "Trust in Me."

[edit] Other versions

The song was also covered in a recording by Jerry Gray and his orchestra, released by Decca even before they released the Four Aces' recording, as catalog number 27621, with the flip side "Restringing the Pearls"^[1], by Skeets McDonald (released by Capitol Records as catalog number 1957, with the flip side "Be My Life's Companion"^[4]), and by Dinah Washington (recorded January 1952, released by Mercury Records as catalog number 8267, with the flip side "Wheel of Fortune"^[5]).