Background[edit]

Hal David wrote the lyrics for "Broken Hearted Melody", with Sherman Edwards writing the music instead of his better-known collaborator Burt Bacharach. Sarah Vaughan recorded the song in early 1958, left it for over a year before releasing it around the first of July 1959.^[2] It was initially released as the B-side to "Misty", but flipped when "Broken Hearted Melody" proved more popular with the public.^[3] "Broken Hearted Melody" became one of Sarah Vaughan's biggest hits, yielding Vaughan her first million seller.^[4][5] It was also Vaughan's first song to receive a Grammy nomination at the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards for Best Performance By A "Top 40" Artist.^[6] It became part of her concert repertoire for many years afterwards.