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"Tell Me Why" is a popular song written by Marty Gold with the lyrics by Al Alberts. The song was published in 1951. The first version of the song released was a recording by Jerry Gray and his orchestra, released by Decca company in 1951, 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 ...
The group signed to the Back Beat label, a subsidiary of Duke/Peacock in 1957, and recorded three singles, generally upbeat doo-wop tracks: "Tell Me Why", "Lover Doll", and "Dance Girl Dance". [1] The group then signed to Capitol Records in 1958. Helfand left the group at this time, and was replaced by new bass Paul Schneller.
"Tell Me Why" is a popular song, written by Titus Turner in 1956. [1] It is a slow, strong rhythm and blues ballad, and has a melody reminiscent of "Just a Closer Walk with Thee". [citation needed] The first hit version was by Marie Knight, a black R&B singer, on the Mercury's subsidiary label, Wing. [1] It was a local hit in New Orleans and Texas.
"Tell Me Why" (1951 song), song written by Al Alberts and Marty Gold, popularized by The Four Aces and by Eddie Fisher "Tell Me Why" (1956 song), song written by Titus Turner, popularized by Marie Knight, and later by Elvis Presley
Tell Me Why (1956 song) (Love Is) The Tender Trap; There She Is, Miss America; Three Coins in the Fountain (song) Till There Was You; To the Ends of the Earth (song) Travellin' Light (Cliff Richard song) True Love (Cole Porter song) True Love Ways; The Twelfth of Never
The style of music this group played was country and western, and it was with the group that Haley recorded his first singles for the Cowboy Records label in 1948. The group disbanded in 1949, and Haley went on to form The Saddlemen, which later became Bill Haley & His Comets .
After leaving Laurie Records, The Belmonts continued to record throughout the 1960s on the Sabina, United Artists and Dot labels. The trio had six songs on the US Top 100 between 1961 and 1963. Their greatest, "Tell Me Why", released in May 1961 on the Sabrina (aka Sabina) label, reached #18 in the US and #14 in Canada. [7]
The birth of soul music occurred during the 1950s, and the genre would come to dominate the US R&B charts by the early 1960s. Soul artists of the 1950s include Sam Cooke and James Brown. [8] Jazz music was revolutionized during the 1950s with the rise of bebop, hard bop, modal jazz, and cool jazz.