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.

WORDS BY RAY EVANS & JAY LIVINGSTON, MUSIC BY HENRY MANCINI
COPYRIGHT 1964


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