custom meta fields

this is probably a really simple question buti can’t seem to get it to work as i’m not that familiar with php.

i have three custom fields that i want to display the values of but not the keys. the three keys are date, artist and description. the values would display on the single post page only.
i was trying to use <?php get_post_custom_values(); ?> but nothng is showing up.

when is use <?php the_meta(); ?> the keys and the values both show up but i don’t want the keys.

can someone tell me what the write code is that i should be dropping into my single.php template? sorry am such a programming retard..