''Dear Lonely Hearts'' is a 1962 studio album by

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, arranged by Belford Hendricks. The title track went to #2 for two weeks on the

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charts and #13 on the Hot 100. The LP peaked at #24 on the Billboard album chart.

Track listing

# "Dear Lonely Hearts" ( Bob Halley, E.J. Anton) – 3:08 # " Miss You" ( Charles Tobias, Harry Tobias) – 2:32 # "Why Should I Cry Over You?" (

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) – 2:26 # " Near You" ( Francis Craig, Kermit Goell) – 2:16 # "Yearning (Just for You)" (

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, Joe Burke) – 2:30 # "My First and Only Lover" (

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, Paul Kaufman, Jack Keller) – 2:25 # "All Over the World" (Al Frisch, C. Tobias) – 2:25 # " Oh, How I Miss You Tonight" (Davis, Joe Burke,

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) – 2:24 # "Lonesome and Sorry" (

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, Davis) – 2:23 # "

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" (

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) – 2:15 # "Who's Next in Line?" ( Clyde Otis,

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) – 2:21 # "It's a Lonesome Old Town" (Charles Kisco, C. Tobias) – 2:03

Personnel

Performance

– vocal * Belford Hendricks – arranger, conductor

References

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