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Song equanimous past Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt with lyrics past Gus Kahn

"Dream a Lilliputian Dream of Me"
Vocal
Published 1931 by Davis, Coots & Engel
Genre
  • Vocal jazz
  • pop
Composer(s)
  • Fabian Andre
  • Wilbur Schwandt
Lyricist(due south) Gus Kahn

"Dream a Little Dream of Me" is a 1931 song with music by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt and lyrics past Gus Kahn.[ane] Information technology was first recorded in February 1931 past Ozzie Nelson and also by Wayne Male monarch and His Orchestra, with vocals past Ernie Birchill. A popular standard, it has seen more than than 60 other versions recorded, with 1 of the highest chart ratings by The Mamas & The Papas in 1968 with Cass Elliot on atomic number 82 vocals.

Early on recordings [edit]

"Dream a Little Dream of Me" was recorded by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra, with vocal by Nelson, on Feb 16, 1931, for Brunswick Records. Two days later, Wayne King and His Orchestra, with vocal by Ernie Birchill, recorded the vocal for Victor Records. "Dream a Little Dream of Me" was also an early on signature tune of Kate Smith. In summertime 1950, vii recordings of "Dream a Fiddling Dream of Me" were in release, with the versions by Frankie Laine and Jack Owens reaching the U.s.a. elevation 20 at respectively numbers 18 and 14: the other versions were past Cathy Mastice, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan, Vaughn Monroe, Dinah Shore and a duet by Bob Crosby and Georgia Gibbs. Other traditional pop acts to record "Dream a Niggling Dream of Me" include Louis Armstrong, Barbara Carroll, Nat King Cole, Doris Twenty-four hour period, Joni James, and Dean Martin.

The song was again recorded in 1968 by Mama Cass Elliot with The Mamas & the Papas, and then past Anita Harris. More 40 other versions followed, including by the Mills Brothers, Sylvie Vartan, Henry Mancini, The Beautiful South, Anne Murray, Erasure, Michael Bublé, Tony DeSare, Eddie Vedder and Italian song group Blue Penguin.

The Mamas & the Papas version [edit]

"Dream a Little Dream of Me"
The Mamas and the Papas - Dream a Little Dream of Me.jpg
Single by The Mamas and the Papas
from the album The Papas & The Mamas
B-side "Midnight Voyage"
Released June 1968
Genre Pop
Length iii:14
Label Dunhill
Composer(s) Fabian Andre
Wilbur Schwandt
Lyricist(southward) Gus Kahn
Producer(south) Lou Adler
The Mamas and the Papas singles chronology
"Safe in My Garden"
(1968) 		"Dream a Little Dream of Me"
(1968) 		"For the Love of Ivy"
(1968)
Sound sample
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"Dream a Little Dream of Me" was recorded for the Mamas & the Papas April 1968 album release The Papas & The Mamas with lead vocals by Cass Elliot. The group had often sung the song for fun, having been familiarized with it by member Michelle Phillips, whose father had been friends with the vocal's co-writer, Fabian Andre, in Mexico Urban center where Michelle Phillips' family had resided when she was a young daughter. "Mama" Cass Elliot suggested to group leader John Phillips that the group tape "Dream a Little Dream of Me". Co-ordinate to him she was unhappy while recording the vocal, objecting to its campiness. However, Elliot herself would later tell Melody Maker: "I tried to sing it like information technology was 1943 and somebody had just come in and said, 'Here'southward a new song.' I tried to sing information technology as if it were the starting time fourth dimension."

In the album version, recorded with the Mamas and the Papas, a spoken introduction from an engineer is heard mentioning a drink, and and so final with the words: "And now, to sing this lovely ballad, here is Mama Cass". Only the last role was heard on the single version of the song. Cass did her own whistling, which is heard before the song's fade.

By the time of the album's release, there were potent indications that the Mamas & the Papas were set to disband, a perception strengthened by the failure of the lead single "Safe in My Garden". Having an opportunity to promote the grouping'south best-known fellow member as a soloist, Dunhill Records gave a June 1968 unmarried release to the "Dream a Footling Dream of Me" rail with the credit reading - to John Phillips' displeasure -[ii] "Mama Cass with the Mamas & the Papas"; in its U.k. release the artist credit simply read "Mama Cass". Promoted in the The states press and on billboards with a photograph of a discreetly only obviously nude Elliot lying in a bed of daisies,[three] "Dream a Little Dream of Me" peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 that August (its Cash Box tiptop was #10 and in Record Globe it reached #8). The Billboard Like shooting fish in a barrel Listening nautical chart ranked the single as high every bit #2.[4]

In the U.k., "Dream a Little Dream of Me" reached #xi that September; the rail also afforded Mama Cass a hit in Ireland (#xiii) and South Africa (#8). In Australia the Become-Set Meridian xl chart ranked "Dream a Little Dream of Me" at #one for the weeks of 4 & eleven September 1968.[v] Following a mode retailers' TV commercial, "Dream a Piffling Dream" was released as a single in Europe in 1992 - credited to the Mamas and the Papas and featuring that group'southward #1 hitting "Monday, Monday" as the B-side - to attain #5 in Germany and #22 in Switzerland. In Commonwealth of australia the vocal spent 2 weeks at #i,[half-dozen] and was the 16th biggest hit of 1968.[7]

A slightly different version of "Dream a Piddling Dream of Me" was included on Elliot'southward solo debut album, Dream a Lilliputian Dream.[3]

Chart functioning [edit]

Anita Harris version [edit]

Anita Harris' version of "Dream a Trivial Dream of Me", recorded at Olympic Studios in a session produced by Mike Margolis with Alan Tew as musical director, was released 26 July 1968, the week prior to the US Peak 40 debut of the Cass Elliot version. Harris would deny deliberately covering Elliot'south "Dream a Piffling Dream of Me": (Anita Harris quote:)"I [loved] the song on the Mamas & Papas album...so I decided to record it...At that place were [then] no plans to release the other version [in the UK]. It was rushed out [hither] when it was known that my version was coming out." (Cass Elliot herself would deny any sensation of the UK single release of Harris' version.)[20] Elliot's version had its U.k. release the week subsequent to Harris', with both versions debuting in the United kingdom Height fifty dated x August 1968, Harris' version at #46 ahead of the Cass Elliot version at #49. However the Elliot version would vault into the Top xxx so Top 20 over the adjacent two weeks while the Harris version would never reach the Top xxx, although Harris's version of "Dream a Picayune Dream of Me" would maintain a lower chart presence throughout the ascendancy of the Elliot version, with Harris's single peaking at #33 the week afterward Cass's tiptop at #11.[21]

Enzo Enzo version [edit]

"Les Yeux ouverts"
Les Yeux ouverts.jpg
Single past Enzo Enzo
from the anthology Enzo Enzo
B-side "Chanson confidentielle"
Released 1991
Recorded 1990
Genre Carol, pop, jazz
Length 3:23
Label Ariola
Enzo Enzo singles chronology
"Pacifico"
(1988) 		"Les Yeux ouverts"
(1991) 		"Deux minutes de soleil en plus"
(1991)

In 1990, "Dream a Little Dream of Me" was covered in French-linguistic communication with new lyrics by vocalizer Enzo Enzo under the title "Les Yeux ouverts" (transl.  French for "The Open Eyes"). Adapted from the original version by Brice Homs and Kurin Ternovtzeff, it was released in the beginning quarter of 1991 as the showtime single from the debut album Enzo Enzo, on which it is the tertiary track. A review in Pan-European magazine Music & Media praised the song stating: "Keep your eyes wide open, sings this French vocalizer. Improve go along your ears wide open up, likewise, listening to cool jazz of this loftier calibre".[22] In France, the unmarried debuted at number 49 on the nautical chart edition of 23 March 1991, reached number 18 11 weeks later and stayed in the top l for a total of xv weeks.[23] Information technology charted for v not consecutive weeks on the European Hot 100 Singles, peaking at number 87 on 8 June 1991.[24]

Runway listings [edit]

  • vii" unmarried / 12" maxi / Cassette [25] [26] [27]
  1. "Les Yeux ouverts" — iii:23
  2. "Chanson confidentielle" — iii:42
  • CD maxi [28]
  1. "Les Yeux ouverts" — 3:23
  2. "Chanson confidentielle" — 3:42
  3. "14e étage" — 3:16

Charts [edit]

Robbie Williams version [edit]

"Dream a Little Dream"
Robbie Williams - Dream a Little Dream.png
Single by Robbie Williams
from the album Swings Both Ways
Released 13 December 2013 (2013-12-13)
Genre
  • Swing
  • pop
Length iii:33
Label Island
Composer(s)
  • Fabian Andre
  • Wilbur Schwandt
Lyricist(s) Gus Kahn
Producer(southward) Guy Chambers
Music video
Robbie Williams featuring Lily Allen on YouTube

English language vocalizer-songwriter Robbie Williams recorded "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (retitled "Dream a Little Dream") for his tenth studio and second swing album, Swings Both Ways (2013). While the album version is a duet with Lily Allen, she was omitted from the single version, which was released on xiii December 2013 equally the album's 2nd single.

Music video [edit]

The video features Williams singing the vocal whilst presenting a Christmas show in the style of The Dean Martin Show.

Track listings [edit]

  • Irish digital download[thirty]
  1. "Dream a Little Dream" – 3:10
  • German, Swiss and Austrian digital download[31]
  1. "Dream a Little Dream" (single version) – 3:eleven
  2. "You Got Old" – 3:43
  3. "Puttin' on the Ritz" (remix) – 2:xviii

Charts [edit]

Release history [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Blair, Elizabeth (26 March 2000). "The Story of 'Dream a Little Dream'". Weekend Edition Dominicus. NPR. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  2. ^ The New York Times, 14 July 1968, p.D22
  3. ^ a b Fiegel, Eddi. Dream a Little Dream of Me: the Life of "Mama" Cass Elliot (London: Sidgwick & Jackson. 2005. ISBN 0-283-07331-4) pp.256, 261.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Developed Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 153.
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  13. ^ "Mama Cass Elliot Nautical chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
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  19. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN0-89820-142-10.
  20. ^ Melody Maker 31 August 1968 "Mama Cass: roofing 'Dream a Little Dream' is just like roofing 'God Save the Queen' by Tony Wilson/ "Anita Harris: I wasn't doing the dirty on Mama Cass" by Alan Walsh p.eleven
  21. ^ "Official Charts - Home of the Official UK Top 40 Charts".
  22. ^ "New releases – Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. viii, no. ix. two March 1991. p. 10. OCLC 29800226. Retrieved 29 October 2021 – via World Radio History.
  23. ^ a b "Enzo Enzo – Les Yeux ouverts" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  24. ^ a b "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 23. eight June 1991. p. 21. OCLC 29800226. Retrieved 29 October 2021 – via World Radio History.
  25. ^ "Dream a Little Dream of Me" at Discogs, vii" unmarried (Enzo Enzo – "Les Yeux ouverts") (accessdate: 29 Oct 2021).
  26. ^ "Dream a Piddling Dream of Me" at Discogs, 12" maxi (Enzo Enzo – "Les Yeux ouverts") (accessdate: 29 October 2021).
  27. ^ "Dream a Little Dream of Me" at Discogs, Cassette (Enzo Enzo – "Les Yeux ouverts") (accessdate: 29 October 2021).
  28. ^ "Dream a Petty Dream of Me" at Discogs, CD maxi (Enzo Enzo – "Les Yeux ouverts") (accessdate: 29 October 2021).
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External links [edit]

  • NPR audio piece on "Dream a Picayune Dream of Me" being i of the 100 most of import American musical works of the 20th century
  • The Mamas & The Papas - Dream a Niggling Dream of Me on YouTube

Dream of a Dead Loved One Holding a Baby

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_a_Little_Dream_of_Me