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