"Broken Hearted Melody" is a popular song written by Hal David and Sherman Edwards.
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.
The song was also released in the UK, where it first entered the charts on September 11, 1959, and spent 11 weeks there, also peaking at No.