Ray Stevens audio: "You Don't Know Me"...

It's me once more!! Here we are on the final day of June...you know what that means?? It means tomorrow is July...and you know what that means?? It means that the Ray Stevens box set, Iconic Songs of the 20th Century, will be released by month's end. The release date is July 23rd. The box set will feature CD copies of the digital albums from earlier this year: Great Country Ballads, Melancholy Fescue, Slow Dance, and Nouveau Retro. One of the songs on the fourth digital album is his rendition of "You Don't Know Me", a song written by Cindy Walker. The song was a huge hit for Eddy Arnold and was later brought back by Ray Charles and then later on it became a big hit for Mickey Gilley and was covered later on by Willie Nelson. The song's been recorded by dozens of recording artists over the decades. Cindy Walker wrote the lyrics based upon a title and idea by Eddy Arnold...and he's given co-writer credit. The song, as mentioned, was first a hit for Eddy Arnold. Jerry Vale, a pop music crooner, had a hit with it among non-country music audiences. Lenny Welch, Ray Charles, Ray Pennington, and Mickey Gilley are the other performers to have a hit with the song. Ray Stevens recorded his version of "You Don't Know Me" for Nouveau Retro on Curb Records and here it is...