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((Refimprove|date=April 2021))
((Infobox song
| name       = Tell Me Why
| cover      = Tell Me Why 45 Knight.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| B-side     = As Long As I Love
| artist     = Marie Knight
| album      =
| released   = 1956
| format     =
| recorded   = 1955
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Rhythm and blues]]
| length     = 2:09
| label      = [[Wing Records|Wing]]
| writer     = Titus Turner
| producer   =
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title =
| next_year  =
))

((short description|Song by Elvis Presley))
((Infobox song
| name        = Tell Me Why
| cover       = Elvis_Presley_Tell_Me_Why_Picture_Sleeve.jpeg 
| alt         =
| type        = single
| artist      = [[Elvis Presley]]
| album       = 
| B-side      = [[Blue River (song)|Blue River]]
| released    = December 14, 1965 
| recorded    = January 12, 1957 
| studio      = [[Radio Recorders]], [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]]
| venue       =
| genre       = [[Rock and roll]], [[Pop music|pop]]
| length      = 
| label       = [[RCA Victor]]
| writer      =[[Titus Turner]] 
| producer    =
| prev_title  =[[Santa Claus Is Back in Town]] 
| prev_year   = 
| title       =
| title2      = 
| next_title  =[[Joshua Fit The Battle (Elvis Presley song)]] 
| next_title2 = 
| next_year   = 
))

"'''Tell Me Why'''" is a [[popular music|popular]] [[song]], [[songwriter|written]] by [[Titus Turner]] in 1956.<ref name="auto">((Cite web|url=http://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/w90069|title=78 Record: Marie Knight - Tell Me Why (1956)|access-date=5 May 2021|website=45worlds.com))</ref> It is a slow, strong [[rhythm and blues]] [[ballad]], and has a melody reminiscent of "[[Just a Closer Walk with Thee]]".((Citation needed|date=February 2010))
The first [[hit single|hit]] version was by [[Marie Knight]], a black R&B singer, on the [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]'s subsidiary [[record label|label]], Wing.<ref name="auto"/> It was a local hit in  [[New Orleans]] and [[Texas]]. 

==1956 recordings==
When the song attracted attention, it went on to become a moderate hit for [[Gale Storm]]<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/hl1100|title=78 Record: Gale Storm - Tell Me Why (1956)|access-date=5 May 2021|website=45worlds.com))</ref> and [[The Crew-Cuts]] in 1956<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/70890|title=78 Record: The Crew-Cuts - Tell Me Why (1956)|access-date=5 May 2021|website=45worlds.com))</ref> 

==Elvis Presley recording== 
In 1966, "Tell Me Why" was a hit for [[Elvis Presley]]. Presley recorded the track in 1957, but it was not released at that time. It was issued in late 1965 during a period in which his label, [[RCA Victor]], was issuing previously unreleased archival recordings,<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/rca1489|title=Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires - Tell Me Why|access-date=5 May 2021|website=45cat.com))</ref> to make up for the fact Presley was, at the time, recording exclusively film soundtracks (see the 1965 album, ''[[Elvis for Everyone!]]'' which includes another 1957 outtake and one track dating back to 1954). It reached number 33 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] and became a [[Music recording sales certification|gold record]].

''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' described Presley's version as a "slow blues rocker [that] is revived and released in the U.S. with top of the chart action anticipated," after being a "proven hit" in England.<ref name=bb>((cite news|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2021-03-08|date=December 25, 1965|page=16|title=Spotlight Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard%201965-12-25.pdf))</ref> The track reached number 15 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in December 1965.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/tell-me-why/|title=tell me why &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=5 May 2021))</ref>

===Chart performance===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1965-66)
!Peak<br>position
|-
|UK Singles ([[The Official Charts Company]])
|align="center"|15
|-
|align="left"|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>((cite book |title=  Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=672))</ref>
|align="center"|33
|}

((listen|filename=Tell Me Why (Marie Knight).ogg|title=Tell me Why))

==References==
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[[Category:1956 singles]]
[[Category:Elvis Presley songs]]
[[Category:Rhythm and blues songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Titus Turner]]
[[Category:1956 songs]]
[[Category:1950s ballads]]


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