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Dear Lonely Hearts

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Dear Lonely Hearts
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1962
RecordedJune 19, November 12, 13, 1962
StudioCapitol (New York)
GenreCountry pop
Length29:08
LabelCapitol
ProducerLee Gillette
Nat King Cole chronology
Ramblin' Rose
(1962)
Dear Lonely Hearts
(1962)
More Cole Español
(1962)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Gaslight Records [2]

Dear Lonely Hearts is a 1962 studio album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Belford Hendricks.[3] The title track went to #2 for two weeks on the Easy Listening charts and #13 on the Hot 100.[4] The LP peaked at #24 on the Billboard album chart.

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Dear Lonely Hearts" (Bob Halley, E.J. Anton) – 3:08
  2. "Miss You" (Charles Tobias, Harry Tobias) – 2:32
  3. "Why Should I Cry Over You?" (Chester Conn, Nathan "Ned" Miller) – 2:26
  4. "Near You" (Francis Craig, Kermit Goell) – 2:16
  5. "Yearning (Just for You)" (Benny Davis, Joe Burke) – 2:30
  6. "My First and Only Lover" (Artie Kaplan, Paul Kaufman, Jack Keller) – 2:25
  7. "All Over the World" (Al Frisch, C. Tobias) – 2:25
  8. "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight" (Davis, Joe Burke, Mark Fisher) – 2:24
  9. "Lonesome and Sorry" (Con Conrad, Davis) – 2:23
  10. "All by Myself" (Irving Berlin) – 2:15
  11. "Who's Next in Line?" (Clyde Otis, Rose Marie McCoy) – 2:21
  12. "It's a Lonesome Old Town" (Charles Kisco, C. Tobias) – 2:03

Personnel[edit]

Performance[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Nat "King" Cole - Dear Lonely Hearts". Gaslight Records. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  3. ^ Dear Lonely Hearts at AllMusic
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 59.