Whispering Grass Whispering Grass "Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)" is a popular song written by Fred Fisher and his daughter Doris Fisher. The song was first recorded by Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra in 1940. The Ink Spots featuring Bill Kenny also recorded it the same year. A live instrumental version was played and recorded by Johnny Hodges with Duke Ellington and his orchestra in the Cristal Ballroom, Fargo, North Dakota, also in 1940. "Whispering Grass" was a 1975 UK number-one single by Windsor Davies and Don Estelle. Davies and Estelle were actors in the successful sitcom "It Ain't Half Hot
The One I Gave My Heart To issue week, the song debuted on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at number 18 and went on to peak at number 7. The song also peaked within the top 20 on both the Rhyhtmc and Dance charts at number 8 and 18 respectively. Internationally in the UK The One I Gave My heart to peaked within the top 40 at number 30 on the official charts and at number 25 and 3 on the Dance and R&B chats. Elsewhere in Europe the song peaked within the top 20 in the Netherlands on the Tipparade chart. In the Oceania region