Dear Heart
1964



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Highlights
  • Written for the 1964 Warner Bros. film Dear Heart starring Glenn Ford, Geraldine Page and Angela Lansbury.
  • The annual postmasters' convention is the setting for a love story. She is a single woman who never thought she'd be involved in an affair. He is a womanizing salesman trying to decide whether or not he wants to be engaged.
  • In the film, sung by the chorus.
  • Academy Award nomination for Best Song, 1964.
  • Golden Globe Awards nomination for Best Song in a Motion Picture, 1965.



Recording History
Mitch Miller
Russ Morgan
Henry Mancini his Orchestra and Chorus, Dear Heart and Other Songs About Love, RCA Victor Records, #LSP-2990
Byron Motley
Gordon Jenkins
Sarah Vaughan, Sarah Vaughan Sings The Mancini Songbook, Mercury Records, #R61009
Wayne Johnson
Rene Paulo
George Feyer
The Po' Boys
Eddie Fischer
Teddy Randazzo
John Fox
Lawrence Welk and his Orchestra
Bobbi Martin
The Ray Charles Singers
John Gary
George Shearing
The LeRoy Holmes Orchestra
Al Martino
Kitty Wells
Manhattan Pops
Trini Lopez
Marty Gold and his Orchestra
Mantovani and his Orchestra
Andy Williams, Dear Heart, Columbia Records, #CL 2338
The McGuire Sisters with orchestra
Johnny Maddox
Ralph Marterie
Monica Mancini
Frank Chacksfield
Roger Williams
Hi Babit
Jack Jones
Don Costa
Sammy Kaye
Baja Marimba Band
Floyd Cramer
Brenda Lee
Pat Boone
Nancy Wilson
Dan and Dale
Peggy Lee
Teresa Brewer
Al Caiola and his Orchestra
Bobby Darin
Sounds Orchestra
The Anita Kerr Quartet, We Dig Mancini, RCA Victor Records, #LSP-3428,
Jimmy Dean
Lenny Dee
Chet Avery
Billy Storm
Kai Winding
Ferrante & Teicher
Billy Strange
Harry Simone
Frank Sinatra
Jerry Vale
Sy Zentner
Ethel Smith
Joanie Sommers and Laurindo Almeida, Softly, The Brazilian Sound, Warner Bros. Records, #W1575
Lyrics
Dear heart, wish you were here
To warm this night.
My dear heart, it seems like a year
Since you've been out of my sight.

A single room, a table for one
It's a lonesome town all right
But soon I'll kiss you hello
At our front door,

And dear heart, I want you to know
I'll leave your arms never more.

But soon I'll kiss you hello
At our front door.

And dear heart, I want you to know
I'll leave your arms never more.
DEAR HEART From the Warner Bros. production Dear Heart, Northridge Music Inc. and M. Witmark & Sons, 1964. Words by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, Music by Henry Mancini (Special Picture Release)