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Original 45 rpm single — Red Bird Record Label #10-072, 1966
I Wonder If She Loves Me by The Do's and The Don'ts was released on the Red Bird Record Label in 1966, written by Roger Booth (single #10-072). The band members on this recording are: Dick Burns, Guitar; Roger Booth, Drums and Vocals; Dick Sherman, Bass Guitar; and Zelda Sherman, Hammond Organ.
I Wonder If She Loves Me was listed in the ‘Spotlight Singles’ of the July 2, 1966, issue of Billboard Magazine. Billboard quote: “Predicted to reach the top 60 of the HOT 100 chart” and “No newcomer to the Rock and Roll scene, the group has a hot single sure to score high in the teen-age market.” Record World Magazine listed it among Singles Coming Up, reaching #35 in the August 20 & 27 issues.
Written by Roger Booth • © 1966 The Do's & The Don'ts
I wonder if she loves me, I wonder if she cares,
I wonder if she really feels that way,
I wonder who she thinks about, on her lonely days
I hope it's me and no one else I pray
I wonder if she wants me, I wonder if she knows,
My love for her will last throughout the years,
I wonder if she realize, when if we are wed,
I'll never give her cause for pain or tears
I know, that I, should tell her,
Exact, -ly how, I feel,
But I am so uncertain, what the outcome may reveal
I think I'll go tomorrow, and tell her of my love,
No better yet, I think I'll go today,
And if she does reject me, I don't know what I'll do
I guess I'll always love her, anyway
(keyboard lead)
And if she does reject me, I don't know what I'll do
I guess I'll always love her, anyway, Yes I will...
I guess I'll always love her, anyway, Evermore...
I guess I'll always love her, anyway, All my life...
I guess I'll always love her, anyway
The Do's & The Don'ts trace their roots to 1959, when the band was founded in Cedar Rapids, Iowa as The Escorts. Through the early 1960s, The Escorts built a devoted following across Iowa and the Midwest region, playing rock and roll and doo-wop at ballrooms, teen dances, and clubs from Des Moines to Duluth.
By the mid-1960s the band had become The Do's & The Don'ts and signed with Red Bird Records in New York — the same label known for hits by The Shangri-Las and The Dixie Cups. Their 1966 single I Wonder If She Loves Me charted simultaneously across four Midwest radio markets, peaking at #4 on KIOA Des Moines and #4 on WEBC Duluth in August 1966.
In 1997, the band was inducted into the Iowa Rock 'n' Roll Music Association Hall of Fame — among the first bands ever honored. The Do's & Don'ts continue to perform 50s and 60s rock and roll across Eastern Iowa. Read more on Wikipedia.