More (1956 song)
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More is a popular song with music by Alex Alstone and lyrics by Tom Glazer, published in 1956. (Not to be confused with the identical titled melody from the soundtrack of "Mondo Cane", 1963
More (Theme from Mondo Cane)
"More " is a film score song written by Riz Ortolani and Nino Oliviero for the 1962 Mondo film Mondo cane. Originally composed as an instrumental and titled "Ti guarderò nel cuore", lyrics were later provided by Marcello Ciorciolini, which were adapted into English by Norman Newell...

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The best known version of the song was recorded by Perry Como
Perry Como
Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with them in 1943. "Mr...

 on May 8, 1956. It was issued as a single (RCA Victor catalog number
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 20-6554 on 78rpm, 47-6554 on 45rpm in the U.S., HMV
HMV
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 POP-240 in the UK) and reached #4 on the U.S.
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 charts and #10 on the UK
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 charts. The flip side of both releases was Glendora
Glendora (song)
"Glendora" is a popular song written by Ray Stanley and published in 1956. It was recorded on May 8, 1956 by Perry Como. It was released by RCA Victor in the United States and by RCA in France ; it was released in the United Kingdom by HMV .The song deals with a man's unusual attraction to...

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It was also issued on an extended play
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 album, With a Song In My Heart.

A recording of the song was also made in the United Kingdom
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 by Jimmy Young
Jimmy Young (disc jockey)
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. It was issued by UK Decca Records
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 as catalog number F 10774 and reached #4 on the UK charts in 1956.

Donald Braswell II
Donald Braswell II
Donald Braswell II is an American actor, classical crossover tenor and composer. Braswell was on a fast track to become an internationally acclaimed opera singer when he suffered a car accident in 1995 that made him unable to speak for almost two years...

 recorded this song on his 2007 album New Chapter
New Chapter
New Chapter is the first studio album from American actor, composer and tenor Donald Braswell II, who has entertained audiences both internationally as well as shore to shore in the United States in concerts, television appearances, inspirational speaking and radio. He was also a finalist in the...

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