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. <sep>, Pronoun: his