Vic Dana

Birth name: Samuel Mendola
Born: August 26, 1942
Country: United States
IPI: 00007409995 4 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Starting his show business career as a tap dancer, he moved to Los Angeles at the suggestion of Sammy Davis, Jr. to advance his opportunities. With the decline of dance as a popular form of entertainment, Dana commenced a singing career.
Ranking: 1732nd most covering performer

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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
(A Girl Needs) To Love and Be Loved	Vic Dana	September 1962	Mark Wynter
Blue Ribbons (For Her Curls)	Vic Dana	January 1965	(3 artists)
Frenchy	Vic Dana	November 1964	Lill-Babs
Golden Boy	Vic Dana	June 1961	Tony Brady
I Will	Vic Dana	February 1962	(61 artists)
Little Altar Boy	Vic Dana	October 1961	(8 artists)
Looking for Me	Vic Dana	September 1962	(3 artists)
Mama Come and Get Your Baby Boy REL	Vic Dana	April 1970	Dewayne Blackwell Originally by Johnny Darrell REC
Once I Had a Heart	Vic Dana - Arranged & conducted by Tommy Oliver	1965	(2 artists)
Proud	Vic Dana	February 1962	Johnny Crawford

Covers by Vic Dana

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
1000 rosarote Pfeile	Vic Dana	November 1968	Leapy Lee Covered by (2 artists)
Abilene	Vic Dana	1966	Bob Gibson [US]
A Cottage for Sale	Vic Dana	January 1962	The Revelers [US1]
A Lifetime Lovin' You	Vic Dana	September 1967	The Innocence [US]
A Little Bit Later on Down the Line	Vic Dana	1967	Carl Dobkins, Jr.
All die Worte	Vic Dana	May 1967	Frankie Randall
Almost Persuaded	Vic Dana	1967	David Houston [US1]
A Million and One	Vic Dana	July 1966	Billy Walker
And We Were Lovers (Theme from "The Sand Pebbles")	Vic Dana	May 1967	Andy Williams
Angeline	Vic Dana	April 1970	Buzz Clifford
A Satisfied Mind	Vic Dana	1966	Red Hays
A Taste of Honey	Vic Dana	1965	Billy Dee Williams PRF, Bobby Scott REC,REL
Ave Maria	Vic Dana	1966	(unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
Best I Ever Had	Vic Dana	1975	Z.Z. Hill
Blame It on My Youth	Vic Dana	May 1962	Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Terry Shand
Call Me Irresponsible	Vic Dana arranged & conducted by Ernie Freeman	April 1964	Frank Sinatra REL, Jackie Gleason BRD
Charade	Vic Dana arranged & conducted by Ernie Freeman	April 1964	Henry Mancini and His Orchestra with Chorus
Close Your Eyes	Vic Dana	May 1962	Freddie Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Elmer Feldkamp
Crazy Arms	Vic Dana	1966	Kenny Brown and Marilyn Kaye and The Arkansas Ramblers
Cry Me a River	Vic Dana	January 1962	Julie London
Crystal Chandeliers	Vic Dana	November 1965	Carl Belew
Danke schoen	Vic Dana	November 1963	Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
Diane	Vic Dana arranged & conducted by Ernie Freeman	April 1964	James Melton
Distant Drums	Vic Dana	1967	Roy Orbison REL, Jim Reeves [US] REC
Don't Take Your Love from Me	Vic Dana - Arranged & conducted by Tommy Oliver	1965	Mildred Bailey
Down by the Riverside	Vic Dana	November 1964	Fisk University Jubilee Singers
Du Sollst Mein Schicksal Sein vic dana	Vic Dana	1969	Unverified
Fraulein	Vic Dana	1967	Bobby Helms
Garden in the Rain	Vic Dana	October 1964	George Metaxa
Get Me to the Church on Time	Vic Dana	May 1962	Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dilworth, Rod McLennan REC,REL, Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dilworth, Rod McLennan and Cast PRF
Glad to Be Unhappy	Vic Dana	January 1962	Doris Carson PRF, Bea Wain with Orchestra under the direction of Walter Gross REC
Grown Up Games	Vic Dana	December 1966	Neil Sedaka - Arranged and conducted by Artie Butler
Half and Half	Vic Dana	April 1970	Mac Davis
Happy Ending	Vic Dana	May 1962	Danny Kaye with Quintet and Orchestra directed by Dave Terry
He'll Have to Go	Vic Dana	1966	Billy Brown
Hello, Dolly!	Vic Dana arranged & conducted by Ernie Freeman	April 1964	Louis Armstrong and The All Stars REC, Carol Channing and David Hartman PRF
Her Face	Vic Dana	August 1966	Jerry Orbach PRF, The Paul Smith Ensemble REL
Hey, Look Me Over	Vic Dana	May 1962	Rosemary Clooney REL, Lucille Ball, Paula Stewart PRF
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo	Vic Dana	November 1964	Dinah Shore with Frank De Vol's Orchestra and Chorus
I Believe in You	Vic Dana	May 1962	Robert Morse, Charles Nelson Reilly and Paul Reed REC,REL,PRF
I'd Trade All of My Tomorrows (For Just One Yesterday)	Vic Dana	1965	Jenny Lou Carson REL, Wesley Tuttle and His Texas Stars REC
If I Never Knew Your Name	Vic Dana	December 1969	Neil Diamond
I'll Be Around	Vic Dana	1965	Mills Brothers REL, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers REC
I'll Be Home for Christmas	Vic Dana	1966	Bing Crosby
I'll Be Seeing You	Vic Dana	1965	Tamara PRF, Mitchell Ayres and His Fashions in Music - Vocal Refrain by Mary Ann Mercer REC,REL
I'll Get By	Vic Dana	1965	Ted Wallace & His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by The Radio Imps
I'll Remember You	Vic Dana	1965	Don Ho
I'll See You in My Dreams	Vic Dana	1965	Isham Jones, Guest Conductor with Ray Miller's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Bessinger
I Love You Drops	Vic Dana	1966	Bill Anderson [US1]
I'm Confessin'	Vic Dana - Arranged & conducted by Tommy Oliver	1965	Fats Waller and His Buddies - Vocal Refrain by Orlando Roberson, Chester Gaylord "The Whispering Serenader"
I'm in the Mood for Love	Vic Dana	1965	Frances Langford BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Luther REC
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	Vic Dana	1966	Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
I'm Yours	Vic Dana	November 1964	Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
I Need You Now	Vic Dana	June 1964	Joni James with The Jack Halloran Choir
It Had to Be You	Vic Dana	1965	The Ambassadors [US2]
It's a Most Unusual Day	Vic Dana	May 1962	Jane Powell
(It's No) Sin	Vic Dana	November 1964	Four Aces featuring Al Alberts
It Was Night	Vic Dana	November 1964	Silvia Telles Covered by Robin Aleman
I Was the One	Vic Dana	November 1963	Elvis Presley
Kiss Away	Vic Dana	1965	Ronnie Dove
La notte dell'addio	Vic Dana con orchestra diretta da Giulio Libano	1966	Iva Zanicchi
Le cose che tu vuoi	Vic Dana	1965	Unverified
Let the Good Times In	Vic Dana	February 1968	Unverified
Little Drummer Boy	Vic Dana	1966	The Trapp Family Singers
Lollipops and Roses	Vic Dana	May 1962	Jack Jones
Love After Midnight	Vic Dana	1965	Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra, Patti Page
Love Is All We Need	Vic Dana	June 1964	Jimmy Breedlove - Orchestra under the direction of Jesse Stone
Make the World Go Away	Vic Dana	1965	Timi Yuro REL, Ray Price REC
Marie	Vic Dana - Arranged & conducted by Tommy Oliver	1965	The Troubadours - Vocal Refrain by Lewis James
Moonlight and Roses (Bring Mem'ries of You)	Vic Dana - Arranged & conducted by Tommy Oliver	1965	Mark Andrews [US1], Henry Halstead and His Orchestra
Moon River	Vic Dana	January 1962	Audrey Hepburn BRD, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra and Chorus REC,REL
More	Vic Dana	July 1963	Riz Ortolani e Nino Oliviero, Steve Lawrence
My Heart Belongs to Only You	Vic Dana arranged & conducted by Ernie Freeman	April 1964	Bette McLaurin with "The Striders" & Eddie Wilcox Orch.
My Heart Cries for You	Vic Dana arranged & conducted by Ernie Freeman	April 1964	(unknown), Guy Mitchell - Orch. & Chorus under the direction of Mitch Miller REL, Dinah Shore with Henri René's Orchestra and Chorus REC
My Romance	Vic Dana	May 1962	Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
Nature Boy	Vic Dana	January 1962	King Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol
O Come All Ye Faithful	Vic Dana	1966	(unknown), (unknown)
O Holy Night	Vic Dana	1966	Emily Laurey, (unknown)
O Little Town of Bethlehem	Vic Dana	1966	(unknown)
On a Slow Boat to China	Vic Dana	November 1964	Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Al Hendrickson
Once in a While	Vic Dana	1965	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet
Ramona	Vic Dana	November 1964	Dolores Del Rio BRD, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REC,REL
Rebecca	Vic Dana	April 1970	Longbranch/Pennywhistle
Red Red Wine	Vic Dana	April 1970	Neil Diamond
Red Roses for a Blue Lady	Vic Dana	January 1965	John Laurenz
Room Full of Roses	Vic Dana	November 1965	Dick Haymes
Say You're Mine Again	Vic Dana - Arranged & conducted by Tommy Oliver	1965	The Three Dons and Ginny Greer
Sea of Heartbreak	Vic Dana	1966	Don Gibson
Shangri-La	Vic Dana arranged & conducted by Ernie Freeman	April 1964	Matty Malneck and His Orchestra
Silver Bells	Vic Dana	1966	Bing Crosby and Carol Richards REL, Bob Hope & Marilyn Maxwell REC
Softly, as I Leave You	Vic Dana	August 1966	Mina [IT], Matt Monro
Someone to Watch over Me	Vic Dana	January 1962	Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
So Much in Love	Vic Dana	November 1963	The Tymes
So What's New?	Vic Dana	December 1966	Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass, Peggy Lee - Orchestra arranged and conducted by Bob Bain
Stairway to the Stars	Vic Dana	October 1964	Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Harry Babbitt
Sunshine on a Cold Morning	Vic Dana	April 1970	Fountain of Youth
That Old Feeling	Vic Dana - Arranged & conducted by Tommy Oliver	1965	Virginia Verrill BRD, Lennie Hayton and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Paul Barry REC,REL
That's All	Vic Dana	May 1965	Nat "King" Cole
The Christmas Song	Vic Dana	1966	Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
The End of the World	Vic Dana	November 1963	Skeeter Davis
The Girl in My Dreams	Vic Dana	February 1961	The Cliques
The More I See You	Vic Dana arranged & conducted by Ernie Freeman	April 1964	Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Buddy Di Vito REC, Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REL
The Prisoner's Song	Vic Dana	November 1963	Vernon Dalhart
The Shelter of Your Arms	Vic Dana arranged & conducted by Ernie Freeman	April 1964	Sammy Davis Jr.
The Story Behind My Tears	Vic Dana	June 1961	Kenny Lynch
Thinking of You	Vic Dana - Arranged & conducted by Tommy Oliver	1965	Mary Eaton & Oscar Shaw PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lewis James REC,REL
Through a Long and Sleepless Night	Vic Dana	May 1962	Dorothy Patrick [dubbed by Eileen Wilon] & Hugh Marlowe [dubbed by Ken Darby] PRF, Dinah Shore REL
Tutti han bisogno di amare	Vic Dana	1965	Unverified
Welcome Home Mr. Blues	Vic Dana	1967	Hank Locklin
What'll I Do	Vic Dana - Arranged & conducted by Tommy Oliver	1965	Grace Moore & John Steel PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
What Now My Love (Et maintenant)	Vic Dana	November 1965	Gilbert Bécaud - Orch. dir. : Raymond Bernard, Jane Morgan
When a Boy Falls in Love	Vic Dana	November 1963	Mel Carter
When My Dreamboat Comes Home	Vic Dana - Arranged & conducted by Tommy Oliver	1965	Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal refrain by Lebert Lombardo
Where Has All the Love Gone	Vic Dana	February 1969	Tompall and The Glaser Brothers
Who Would Think That I Would Marry Margaret?	Vic Dana	April 1970	The Turtles
Wiederseh'n	Vic Dana	May 1967	Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
Wonderful World REL	Vic Dana	1968	Cliff Richard
Yesterday	Vic Dana	1965	The Beatles
You Are My Destiny	Vic Dana	February 1969	Paul Anka arranged and conducted by Don Costa
Young and Warm and Wonderful	Vic Dana	January 1962	Tony Bennett
You're My Everything	Vic Dana	1965	Jeanne Aubert & Lawrence Gray PRF, Victor Arden–Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC,REL
You're Nobody 'Till Somebody Loves You	Vic Dana	November 1963	Nat "King" Cole REC, Russ Morgan and His Orchestra REL
You Were Meant for Me	Vic Dana	1965	Earl Burtnett and His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra REC, Charles King BRD

Songs written by Vic Dana

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Back in the Race	Glen Campbell, Vic Dana	Glen Campbell	June 20, 1967	Covered by (8 artists)
She'll Throw Stones at You	Vic Dana, Al Cartee, George Soule	Freddie Hart and The Heartbeats	March 1976	Covered by (4 artists)

Adapted songs

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
Billy, I've Got to Go to Town	Vic Dana	Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town	Geraldine Stevens	Covered by Maria Dallas

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Crystal Chandelier	Vic Dana	1965	Dolton Records
Foreign Affairs	Vic Dana	May 1967	Liberty
If I Never Knew Your Name	Vic Dana	April 1970	Liberty
Moonlight and Roses	Vic Dana - Arranged & conducted by Tommy Oliver	1965	Dolton Records
More	Vic Dana	November 1963	Dolton Records
Now!	Vic Dana	November 1964	Dolton Records
On the Country Side	Vic Dana	1967	Sunset [US2]
Red Roses for a Blue Lady	Vic Dana	1965	Dolton Records
Shangri-La	Vic Dana arranged & conducted by Ernie Freeman	April 1964	Dolton Records
This Is Vic Dana	Vic Dana	January 1962	Dolton Records
Town & Country	Vic Dana	1966	Dolton Records
Vic Dana Sings Little Altar Boy and Other Christmas Songs	Vic Dana	1966	Dolton Records
Warm and Wild	Vic Dana	May 1962	Dolton Records
Warm & Wonderful	Vic Dana	August 1966	Sunset [US2]

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1000 rosarote Pfeile	Vic Dana	November 1968	Liberty
(A Girl Needs) To Love and Be Loved	Vic Dana	September 1962	Dolton Records
A Good Year for Girls	Vic Dana	September 1962	Dolton Records
A Lifetime Lovin' You	Vic Dana	September 1967	Liberty
All die Worte	Vic Dana	May 1967	Liberty
A Million and One	Vic Dana	July 1966	Dolton Records
A Voice in the Wind	Vic Dana	November 1963	Dolton Records
Best I Ever Had	Vic Dana	1975	MGM
Bring a Little Sunshine (to My Heart)	Vic Dana	May 1965	Dolton Records
Crystal Chandelier	Vic Dana	November 1965	Dolton Records
Garden in the Rain	Vic Dana	October 1964	Dolton Records
Grown Up Games	Vic Dana	December 1966	Dolton Records
If I Never Knew Your Name	Vic Dana	December 1969	Liberty
I Will	Vic Dana	February 1962	Dolton Records
La notte dell'addio	Vic Dana	1966	Liberty
Little Altar Boy	Vic Dana	October 1961	Dolton Records
Love Is All We Need	Vic Dana	June 1964	Dolton Records
Moonlight and Roses (Bring Mem'ries of You)	Vic Dana - Arranged & conducted by Tommy Oliver	August 1965	Dolton Records
More	Vic Dana	July 1963	Dolton Records
Red Red Wine	Vic Dana	May 1970	Liberty
Red Roses for a Blue Lady	Vic Dana	January 1965	Dolton Records
Someone New	Vic Dana	February 1961	Dolton Records
The Story Behind My Tears	Vic Dana	June 1961	Dolton Records
Wonderful World	Vic Dana	1968	Liberty
You Are My Destiny	Vic Dana	February 1969	Liberty

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