Don't Ask Me Why (Elvis Presley song)

"Don't Ask Me Why"
Single by Elvis Presley
from the album King Creole
A-side"Hard Headed Woman"
ReleasedJune 10, 1958
RecordedJanuary 16, 1958
Composer(s)Ben Weisman
Lyricist(s)Fred Wise
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" / "Doncha' Think It's Time"
(1958) 		"Hard Headed Woman" / "Don't Ask Me Why'"
(1958) 		"One Night"
(1958)

"Don't Ask Me Why" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1958 motion picture King Creole.

It was written by Fred Wise (lyrics) and Ben Weisman (music).[1][2]

In 1958 the song was released on a single as a flipside to "Hard Headed Woman",[3][4] another song from the same movie.[5] In the United States "Don't Ask Me Why" peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Hard Headed Woman" was number 1 for two weeks.[6]

The single "Hard Headed Woman / Don't Ask Me Why" was among the most popular singles of the whole year 1958 in the United States: Billboard ranked it number 49 on the year-end Popular chart (a recapitulation of the Billboard's Pop Singles chart for the year) and number 17 on the year-end Country and Western chart (a recapitulation of the Billboard's C&W chart).[7] The single was certified Planinum by the RIAA.[8][9]

  1. ^ James L. Neibaur (4 April 2014). The Elvis Movies. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 39–. ISBN 978-1-4422-3074-3.
  2. ^ David F. Lonergan (2005). Hit Records, 1950-1975. Scarecrow Press. pp. 48–. ISBN 978-0-8108-5129-0.
  3. ^ Ernst Jorgensen (22 April 2014). Elvis Presley: A Life In Music. St. Martin's Press. pp. 632–. ISBN 978-1-4668-6855-7.
  4. ^ James Gregory (6 June 2016). The Elvis Presley Story. Edizioni Savine. pp. 198–. ISBN 978-88-96365-97-7.
  5. ^ Richard Aquila (1989). That Old-time Rock & Roll: A Chronicle of an Era, 1954-1963. University of Illinois Press. pp. 124–. ISBN 978-0-252-06919-2.
  6. ^ "Elvis Presley - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Billboard 15 December 1958 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Elvis Presley: The King of Rock 'n' Roll. epubli. 1989. pp. 78–. ISBN 9780881766653. GGKEY:5FFUR579ZGT. Don't Ask Me Why Elvis Presley.
  9. ^ Peter E. Berry (1977). ... and the Hits Just Keep on Comin'. Syracuse University Press. pp. 246–. ISBN 978-0-8156-0135-7.