Love the song Tenderly? Composed by Walter Gross with lyrics by Jack Lawrence and published in 1946, the ballad was first recorded by Dick Farney, the Brazilian singer and pianist in June 1947. Sarah Vaughan was next in July. Then came everyone else as the song became a standard, starting with a string of big bands in the late 1940s and then small jazz …
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