Dear Lonely Hearts

Dear Lonely Hearts is a 1962 studio album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Belford Hendricks.^[1] The LP peaked at number 24 on the Billboard albums chart.^[4] The title track reached number two for two weeks on the Easy Listening charts and number 13 on the Hot 100 singles chart.^[5]

Dear Lonely Hearts
Studio album by Nat King Cole
Released	December 1962
Recorded	June 19, November 12, 13, 1962
Studio	Capitol (New York)
Genre	Country pop
Length	29:08
Label	Capitol
Producer	Lee Gillette
Nat King Cole chronology
Ramblin' Rose (1962) Dear Lonely Hearts (1962) More Cole Español (1962)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Gaslight Records	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]

Track listing

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

• Nat King Cole – vocal
• Belford Hendricks – arranger, conductor