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

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, arranged by Belford Hendricks. The LP peaked at number 24 on the ''Billboard'' albums chart. The title track reached number two for two weeks on the

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charts and number 13 on the

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singles 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?" ( Chester Conn, Nathan "Ned" Miller) – 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" ( Artie Kaplan, 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" ( Con Conrad, Davis) – 2:23 # " All by Myself" (

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) – 2:15 # "Who's Next in Line?" ( Clyde Otis, Rose Marie McCoy) – 2:21 # "It's a Lonesome Old Town" (Charles Kisco, C. Tobias) – 2:03

Personnel

– vocal * Belford Hendricks –

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, conductor

References

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