1950 HITS ARCHIVE: Dearie - Guy Lombardo (Kenny Gardner & trio, vocal)

Dearie (Hilliard-Mann) by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians, vocal by Kenny Gardner and The Lombardo Trio By the following year, major record hits would become a thing of the past for the (still-popular) Lombardo orchestra, but in 1950 this tune from “The Copacabana Show Of 1950” was one of six tracks by the band to reach the top-10 on at least one of Billboard’s singles charts. See also the posted versions by Ray Bolger-Ethel Merman and Jo Stafford-Gordon MacRae. THE 1950 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1950 (some were recorded in 1949).