You Do n't Know What Love is - Wikipedia You Do n't Know What Love is This article is about the song written by Gene de Paul. For the song by the White Stripes of the same name, see You Do n't Know What Love Is ( You Just Do as You 're Told ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( May 2017 ) `` You Do n't Know What Love Is '' Song Written 1941 Composer ( s ) Gene de Paul Lyricist ( s ) Don Raye `` You Do n't Know What Love Is '' is a popular song of the Great American Songbook, written by Don Raye ( lyrics ) and Gene de Paul ( music ) for the Abbott and Costello picture Keep ' Em Flying ( 1941 ), in which it was sung by Carol Bruce. The number was deleted from the film prior to release. Universal later added the song into the Raye / de Paul score of one of its B musicals, the 60 - minute Behind the Eight Ball ( 1942 ), starring the Ritz Brothers and re-teaming Carol Bruce and Dick Foran from `` Keep ' Em Flying ''. `` You Do n't Know What Love Is '' was again sung by Carol Bruce ; it was her third and final film until the 1980s. After Miles Davis recorded the song in the 1950s, it became a jazz standard, with noteworthy recordings by Billie Holiday, Sonny Rollins and many others. Notable recordings Sortable table Date Main recording artist Featured vocalists ( or instrumental ) Album title, notes 1941 Earl Hines and His Orchestra feat. Billy Eckstine Billy Eckstine 1941 Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald 10 '' shellac single ( Decca ) 1941 Harry James and His Orchestra Dick Haymes 10 '' shellac single ( Columbia ) 1945 Billy Eckstine Orchestra Billy Eckstine 1952 Billy Eckstine with the MGM Orchestra Billy Eckstine 1949 - 54 Teddi King ( instrumental ) In the Beginning, 1949 -- 1954 ( compilation, 2000 ) 1954 Miles Davis All Stars ( instrumental ) Walkin ' 1955 Chet Baker ( Quartet ) Chet Baker Chet Baker Sings and Plays 1955 Dinah Washington Dinah Washington For Those in Love with a septet arranged by Quincy Jones 1956 J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding ( instrumental ) Jay and Kai + 6 : The Jay and Kai Trombone Octet 1956 Anita O'Day Anita O'Day An Evening with Anita O'Day with a quartet 1956 Sonny Rollins ( Quartet ) ( instrumental ) Saxophone Colossus, a hard bop classic 1956 George Shearing Quintet ( instrumental ) Black Satin ( Capitol ) 1957 Dick Haymes with orchestra cond. by Ian Bernard Dick Haymes Moondreams ( Capitol ), The Complete Capitol Collection ( 2006 ) 1957 Specs Powell and Co. ( instrumental ) Movin In, big band arranged by Ray Copeland 1958 Billie Holiday with orch. led by Ray Ellis Billie Holiday Lady in Satin, arrangements by Ellis 1958 Patti Page Patti Page The Waltz Queen ( 1958 version ). 1959 Chris Connor Chris Connor Witchcraft 1959 Andy Williams Andy Williams Lonely Street 1960 Linda Lawson Linda Lawson Introducing Linda Lawson 1960 Helen Merrill Helen Merrill Parole e musica 1960 Mal Waldron ( instrumental ) Left Alone 1960 Lennie Tristano ( instrumental ) The New Tristano 1961 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers ( instrumental ) Art Blakey ! ! ! ! ! Jazz Messengers ! ! ! ! ! 1961 Eric Dolphy ( instrumental ) The Latin Jazz Quintet 1962 John Coltrane ( instrumental ) Ballads 1962 Nancy Wilson Nancy Wilson Hello Young Lovers 1961 Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye 1964 Eric Dolphy ( instrumental ) Last Date 1965 Lennie Tristano ( instrumental ) Concert in Copenhagen ( released 1998 ) 1966 Booker Ervin ( instrumental ) Heavy ! ! ! 1966 Eric Kloss ( instrumental ) Grits & Gravy 1968 Lee Konitz with Joe Henderson ( instrumental ) Duets 1969 Larry Coryell ( instrumental ) Lady Coryell 1977 Tony Bennett with Bill Evans Tony Bennett Together Again 1989 George Benson George Benson Tenderly 1989 June Tabor June Tabor Some Other Time Pharoah Sanders ( instrumental ) Welcome To Love 1991 Roy Hargrove ( instrumental ) Public Eye 1991 Wynton Marsalis ( instrumental ) Standard Time, Vol. 2 : Intimacy Calling Chuck Brown ( and Eva Cassidy ) Chuck Brown The Other Side 1993 Giorgia Todrani Giorgia Todrani Natural Woman ( Live in Rome ) 1993 Cassandra Wilson Cassandra Wilson Blue Light ' til Dawn Keith Jarrett ( Standards Trio ) ( instrumental ) Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note, paired with his own composition `` Muezzin '' 1995 Rachelle Ferrell Rachelle Ferrell First Instrument Miki Howard Miki Howard Ca n't Count Me Out 1999 Etta James Etta James Heart of a Woman 2000 John Martyn John Martyn Glasgow Walker Kurt Elling Kurt Elling Flirting with Twilight 2002 The Czars John Grant X Would Rather Listen to Y Than Suffer Through a Whole C of Z 's ( EP ) 2002 Jimmy Scott Jimmy Scott But Beautiful 2003 Eyran Katsenelenbogen Eyran Katsenelenbogen It 's Reigning Kats & Dogs & Bogen 2003 Chucho Valdés ( instrumental ) New Conceptions 2009 Diamanda Galás Diamanda Galás You Do n't Know What Love Is 2011 John Scofield ( Quartet ) ( instrumental ) A Moment 's Peace 2011 Wily Bo Walker Quintet feat. Teddy Charles Wily Bo Walker You Do n't Know What Love Is 2013 Eliane Elias Eliane Elias I Thought About You 2014 Curtis Stigers Curtis Stigers Hooray for Love 2014 Andrew Cohen feat. Joan Osborne Joan Osborne Rite of Passage Further reading Hischak, Thomas S. The Tin Pan Alley Song Encyclopedia, Greenwood Press, 2002. ISBN 0313319928 References ^ Jump up to : Wilson, Jeremy. `` ' You Do n't Know What Love Is ' ( 1941 ) '', JazzStandards.com, accessed October 15, 2017 Jump up ^ `` Harry James And His Orchestra -- ' You Do n't Know What Love Is / ' Make Love to Me ' '', Discogs.com, accessed October 15, 2017 Jump up ^ See listing here This pop standards - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 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Question: who wrote you don't know what love is
Answer: Don Raye (lyrics) and Gene de Paul (music)