Shirley Bassey - You'll Never Know (1961 Recording)

1961 (Shirley Bassey's recording of this wonderful song peaked at #6 on the UK Charts) ABOUT this song: "You'll Never Know" is a popular song with music written by Harry Warren and the lyrics by Mack Gordon. The song is based on a poem written by a young Oklahoma war bride named Dorothy Fern Norris. The song was introduced in the 1943 movie Hello, Frisco, Hello where it was sung by Alice Faye. The song won the 1943 Academy Award for Best Original Song, one of nine nominated songs that year. It was also performed by Faye in the 1944 film Four Jills in a Jeep. It was recorded in 1943 by, among others, Frank Sinatra and Dick Haymes. Haymes' version was a number one hit for four weeks on the R&B charts that year. Sinatra recorded his version at his first recording session at Columbia as a solo artist. (He had recorded at Columbia in 1939 as a member of Harry James's band.) It was arranged and conducted by Alec Wilder with the Bobby Tucker Singers providing accompaniment. Sinatra's version charted for 16 weeks starting July 24 and spent two weeks at number 2. In Britain, the recording by Vera Lynn was popular during the ongoing Second World War. Rosemary Clooney recorded the song with Harry James in 1952, and a version was recorded in 1954 by Big Maybelle. Bette Midler performed the song for the Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook. Shirley Bassey reached #6 on the UK charts with her 1961 single The song was the first song that Barbra Streisand ever recorded, in 1955 when she was 13 years old. It was the opening song on her 4-CD box-set Just for the Record (1991). The collection closed with another version of the song, sung as a duet by Streisand at age 45 (recorded April 21, 1988) and herself as a girl in that first recording. Doris Day recorded a version in her two-album set Hooray for Hollywood in 1958. LYRICS: You'll never know just how much I love you You'll never know just how much I care And if I tried, I still couldn't hide My love for you You ought to know Or haven't I told you so? A million or more times You went away and my heart went with you I speak your name in my every prayer (My every prayer) If there is some other way To prove that I love you, I swear, I don't know how You'll never know if you don't know now You'll never know just how much I love you You'll never know just how much I care (How much I care) If there is some other way To prove that I love you, I swear, I don't know how You'll never know if you don't know now (You'll never know) If you don't know now Special Thanks to Pieter, Astrid and others from the Shirley Bassey blog, Tal from the Diamond Bassey website, and all those who have contributed wonderful pictures of Shirley!