Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (I Don't Know Why (I Just Do))

I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) (1931)

AKA	I Don't Know Why (I Love You Like I Do)

Rank	464

Music	Fred Ahlert

Lyrics	Roy Turk

Here are the top ten...

Year	Rank	Title
1930	1	“Body and Soul”
1939	2	“All the Things You Are”
1935	3	“Summertime”
1944	4	“'Round Midnight”
1935	5	“I Can't Get Started (with You)”
1937	6	“My Funny Valentine”
1942	7	“Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)”
1930	8	“What Is This Thing Called Love?”
1933	9	“Yesterdays”
1946	10	“Stella by Starlight”

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Additional information for "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)" may be found in:


David Ewen American Songwriters: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary H. W. Wilson Hardcover: 489 pages
1 paragraph including the following types of information: history.


Thomas S. Hischak The Tin Pan Alley Song Encyclopedia Greenwood Press Hardcover: 552 pages
1 paragraph including the following types of information: film productions, history and performers.


Robert Gottlieb, Robert Kimball Reading Lyrics Pantheon Hardcover: 736 pages
Includes the following types of information: song lyrics.