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