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Released on RCA Victor, also Starman (David Bowie), The Passenger (Iggy Pop) and Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie)
Written by Benny Davis, also With These Hands (Tom Jones), Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You (Connie Francis) and Baby Face (Little Richard)
Part of Together Again!, also Four Once More
Written by Harry Akst, also Dinah (Bing Crosby), Baby Face (Little Richard) and Am I Blue (Bette Midler)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Benny Davis wrote 24 songs on fono
Benny Davis’s most frequent co-writer is Abner Silver (5 songs together)
Harry Akst’s most frequent co-writer is Benny Davis (3 songs together)
Harry Akst first appears on fono in 1932, 32 years before this song
Credits
All 8 credits
- Written by
- Benny Davis and Harry Akst
- Performed by
- Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Lionel Hampton and Teddy Wilson
- Part of
- Together Again!
- Released on
- RCA Victor
- Written by
- Benny Davis and Harry Akst
- Performed by
- Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Lionel Hampton and Teddy Wilson
- Part of
- Together Again!
- Released on
- RCA Victor
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Benny Davis
Same writer: Harry Akst
Same label: RCA Victor
Same release: Together Again!
Same writer: Benny Davis
Same writer: Harry Akst
Same label: RCA Victor
Same writer: Harry Akst
Elsewhere
Sources (9)
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1MusicBrainz Dearest was performed by Benny Goodman
2MusicBrainz Dearest was performed by Gene Krupa
3MusicBrainz Dearest was performed by Lionel Hampton
4MusicBrainz Dearest was performed by Teddy Wilson
5MusicBrainz Dearest was written by Benny Davis
6MusicBrainz Dearest was written by Harry Akst
7MusicBrainz Dearest is part of the release Together Again!
Dearest is part of the release Together Again!
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz RCA Victor is the label of the song Dearest
RCA Victor is the label of the song Dearest
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Dearest was released on 1964