The King Cole Trio (featuring Jack Costanzo on bongos) recorded the song July 26, 1949. ``Boulevard of Broken Dreams'' is a signature song of Tony Bennett who was signed by Mitch Miller to Columbia Records on the strength of Bennett's 1949 demo of the song. In his debut Columbia session on 17 April 1950 at CBS 30th Street Studio Bennett - backed by the Marty Manning orchestra - recorded ``Boulevard of Broken Dreams'' to serve as Bennett's major label debut single release on 27 April 1950.
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