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'"Here"' is a popular song, with music written by Harold Grant and lyrics by Dorcas Cochran, published in 1954. (Most sources show music and lyrics by both, but Cochran was a lyricist[http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?id=88932 Dorcas Cochran on Internet Broadway Database] and Grant a composer.) The melody was adapted from the operatic aria, "'Caro nome,'" from the opera 'Rigoletto' by Giuseppe Verdi.
A hit version was recorded by Tony Martin on December 26, 1953. This recording was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-5665. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on March 17, 1954 and lasted 16 weeks on the chart, peaking at #7.
The song was also recorded by The Four Belles with Larry Clinton's orchestra and by Jimmy Young at about the same time, and by Robert Goulet in 1961.
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Category:1954 songs
Category:Songs with lyrics by Dorcas Cochran
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