''Dear Lonely Hearts'' is a 1962
studio album
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by
Nat King Cole
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, arranged by
Belford Hendricks. The title track went to #2 for two weeks on the
Easy Listening
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charts and #13 on the
Hot 100
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.
The LP peaked at #24 on the Billboard album chart.
Track listing
# "Dear Lonely Hearts" (
Bob Halley, E.J. Anton) – 3:08
# "
Miss You" (
Charles Tobias,
Harry Tobias
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Born in New York City, United States, but raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, ...
) – 2:32
# "Why Should I Cry Over You?" (
Chester Conn Chester Conn ''(né'' Master Chester Cohn; April 14, 1894 in San Francisco, California – April 4, 1973 in Flushing, Queens) was an American composer of popular music and music publisher.
Early life and career
Chester was born to David Cohn and ...
,
Nathan "Ned" Miller
Nathan "Ned" Miller (August 2, 1899 – January 26, 1990) was a British-born American songwriter, composer, music publisher, and actor who wrote the hit songs, "Why Should I Cry Over You", (a waltz ballad) in 1922, "Sunday" (a jazz standard) in 1 ...
) – 2:26
# "
Near You
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Background
The recording by Francis Craig (the ...
" (
Francis Craig
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, Kermit Goell) – 2:16
# "Yearning (Just for You)" (
Benny Davis
Benny Davis (August 21, 1895 - December 20, 1979) was a vaudeville performer and writer of popular songs.
Biography
Davis started performing in vaudeville in his teens. He began writing songs when working as an accompanist for Blossom Seeley. In ...
,
Joe Burke) – 2:30
# "My First and Only Lover" (
Artie Kaplan
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, Paul Kaufman,
Jack Keller) – 2:25
# "All Over the World" (Al Frisch, C. Tobias) – 2:25
# "
Oh, How I Miss You Tonight
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Oth ...
" (Davis,
Joe Burke,
Mark Fisher
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) – 2:24
# "Lonesome and Sorry" (
Con Conrad
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Biography
Conrad was born in Manhattan, New York, and published his first song, "Down in Dear Old New Orleans", in 1912. Conrad p ...
, Davis) – 2:23
# "
All by Myself
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" (
Irving Berlin
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Born in Imperial Russi ...
) – 2:15
# "Who's Next in Line?" (
Clyde Otis
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,
Rose Marie McCoy
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) – 2:21
# "It's a Lonesome Old Town" (Charles Kisco, C. Tobias) – 2:03
Personnel
Performance
*
Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's music career began after he dropped out of school at the age of 15, and continued f ...
–
vocal
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*
Belford Hendricks –
arranger
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,
conductor
References
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1962 albums
Nat King Cole albums
Capitol Records albums
Albums conducted by Belford Hendricks
Albums arranged by Belford Hendricks