To Love a Child
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| “To Love a Child” | |||||
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| Single by Frank Sinatra | |||||
| A-side | To Love a Child | ||||
| B-side | That's What God Looks Like to Me | ||||
| Released | 1982 | ||||
| Format | 45" | ||||
| Recorded | Reprise Records, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California December 5, 1981 |
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| Genre | Swing | ||||
| Length | 3:21 | ||||
| Label | Reprise (US, 45") |
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| Writer(s) | Hal David, Joe Raposo | ||||
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"To Love a Child" is a 1982 popular song composed by Joe Raposo with lyrics by Hal David. It was released as a single by Frank Sinatra.[1] "To Love a Child" was arranged by Don Costa, and featured Costa's daughter, Nikka Costa.[2]
"To Love a Child" was the theme song for the Foster Grandparents program intiated by Nancy Reagan in 1982, and was performed by Reagan and Sinatra at the program's White House launch. All profits from the song and Nancy Reagan's book about the program went to the Foster Grandparents program.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Songs By Sinatra: Records - Singles Page. Songs by Sinatra (2000-07-31). Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
- ^ Frank Sinatra Discography: The Reprise Years. Steve Albin (2004-11-10). Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
- ^ E. Graydon Carter. "By E. Graydon Carter", Time, 1982-11-01. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
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