Dear Hearts and Gentle People ~  album links

Music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Bob Hilliard , 1950 

E.H. Morris & Co. ASCAP

 

1st recording 1959 ~

 

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

Arrangements by Joe Lipman and Jack Andrews

Produced by Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro

 

Recorded in RCA Victor's Studio A, New York City

Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson

Final Recording Time 2:48

 

Recorded April 23rd, 1959   ~  Matrix No. K2PB-2332 Take 5

 

 

 

 

Album issue: RCA-LP12 "Como Swings" LSP-2010 STEREO SEPTEMBER 1959

Album issue: RCA-45RPM EP "Como Swings" UK RCX-170 MONO 1959

Album issue: RCA-LP12 "This is Perry Como Vol.  2" VPS-6067 STEREO 1972

Album issue: RCA-UK-LP12 "The First Thirty Years" LFL4-7522 ELECTRONIC STEREO 1975

Album issue: K-TEL-LP12 "40 Greatest" K-TEL NE-700 STEREO 1975

Album issue: RCA-LP12 "Como Swings" UK STARCALL HY-1035 STEREO 1976

Album issue: RCA-LP12 "20 Greatest Hits Vol. 1" RCA UK NK-89019 STEREO 1983

Album issue: RCA Special Products-LP12 "Beautiful Music Box Set" DML3-0997 MONO 1991

 

Notes: ~ the title of this song was derived from a note in Stephen Foster's handwriting found in his

pocket after his death. Popular recordings by Bing Crosby (Decca), Dinah Shore (Columbia) and

Gordon MacRae (Capitol). The song was on "Your Hit Parade" for fifteen weeks.

Produced by Charles Grean and Lee Schapiro

with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra & Ray Charles

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio A, 24th Street, New York City

Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson.

Recorded April 9th, 16th, 23rd & May 21st, 1959

A Perry Como Discography 

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