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Little Things Mean A Lot
KittyKallen
Lyrics by Edith Lindeman
Music by Carl Stutz
lyrics
Blow me a kiss from across the room
Say I look nice when I'm not
Touch my hair as you pass my chair
Little things mean a lot
Give me your arm as we cross the street
Call me at six on the dot
A line a day when you're far away
Little things mean a lot
Don't have to buy me diamonds and pearls
Champagne, sables or such
I never cared much for diamonds and pearls
'Cause honestly honey, they just cost money
Give me your hand when I've lost the way
Give me your shoulder to cry on
Whether the day is bright or gray
Give me your heart to rely on
Send me the warmth of a secret smile
To show me you haven't forgot
For always and ever, now and forever
Little things mean a lot
Give me your hand when I've lost the way
Give me your shoulder to cry on
Whether the day is bright or gray
Give me your heart to rely on
Send me the warmth of a secret smile
To show me you haven't forgot
That always and ever, now and forever
Little things mean a lot
Kitty Kallen (born May 25, 1922) is an American popular singer who performed with a number of big bands in the 1940s, and scored her biggest hit, a number #1 in 1954 with the song "Little Things Mean a Lot".
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"Little Things Mean a Lot"
is a popular song written by Edith Lindeman (lyrics)
and Carl Stutz (music), published in 1953. Lindeman was the leisure editor
of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and
Stutz, a disc jockey from Richmond, Virginia.[ Stutz
and Lindeman are also known for writing Perry Como's
1959 hit, "I Know" (which reached No.47 on the U.S. Billboard chart and
No.13 on the UK Singles Chart).
The best
known recording of
"Little Things Mean a Lot," by Kitty Kallen (Decca 9-29037), reached No.1 on the U.S. Billboard chart in 1954, and also reached No.1 on
the Cash Box chart
the same year. Billboard ranked it as the No.
1 song of 1954. In addition, the track climbed to the top spot in
the UK Singles Chart in
September of that same year.
A cover of the song was done by Alma Cogan with orchestra conducted
by Frank Cordell in London on May 22, 1954. Cogan's recording
was released by EMI on the His Master's Voice label
as catalog number B 10717 and reached No. 11 in the UK. The flip side was "Canoodlin' Rag."
Harry James recorded a version in 1955 on
his album Jukebox Jamboree (Columbia CL 615).
The song reached the Top 40 again in the U.S. in 1960 when a
recording by Joni James reached
No.35. "Little Things Mean a Lot" was a U.S. C&W hit in 1978 for Margo Smith, whose version reached No.3
C&W and also charted at No.37 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[3] In 1985 a remake of the song
by Dana reached
No.27 in Ireland. "Little Things Mean a Lot" has also been recorded
by Cilla Black, Anita Bryant, Patty Duke, Julie London, Susan Maughan, Cliff Richard, Bettye Swann, the Teddy Bears and Little
Shoes Big Voice for a 2013 Axa television
advert in the UK. The song was also recorded in 1976 by Gene
Rondo and TT Ross.
Otto
Leisner wrote lyrics for a Danish rendering entitled "Småting
kan sige alt", which was recorded by Raquel Rastenni, accompanied by Harry
Felbert's sextet, conducted by Harry Felbert; and recorded in Copenhagen in
1954. The song was released on His Master's Voice X 8211.
It was arranged by Børge Nordlund.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Things_Mean_a_Lot
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