<P> "Little Things Mean a Lot" is a popular song written by Edith Lindeman (lyrics) and Carl Stutz (music), published in 1953 . Lindeman was the leisure editor of the Richmond Times - Dispatch, and Stutz, a disc jockey from Richmond, Virginia . Stutz and Lindeman are also known for writing Perry Como's 1959 hit, "I Know" (which reached No. 47 on the U.S. Billboard chart and No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart). </P> <P> The best known recording of "Little Things Mean a Lot," by Kitty Kallen (Decca 9 - 29037), reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard chart in 1954, and also reached No. 1 on the Cash Box chart the same year . Billboard ranked it as the No. 1 song of 1954 . In addition, the track climbed to the top spot in the UK Singles Chart in September of that same year . </P> <P> A cover of the song was done by Alma Cogan with orchestra conducted by Frank Cordell in London on May 22, 1954 . Cogan's recording was released by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 10717 and reached No. 11 in the UK . The flip side was "Canoodlin' Rag ." </P> <P> Harry James recorded a version in 1955 on his album Jukebox Jamboree (Columbia CL 615). </P>

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