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Dream a Little Dream of Me
"Dream a Little Dream of Me" is a 1930 song with music by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt and lyrics by Gus Kahn. It was first recorded in February 1931 by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra, soon followed by Wayne King and his Orchestra with vocals by Ernie Birchill. A popular standard, it has had well over 400 recorded versions.
The song enjoyed its highest-charting success when it was covered in 1968 by Cass Elliot with the Mamas & the Papas, and followed the same year with a recording by Anita Harris. More than 40 other versions have been recorded, including by the Mills Brothers, Henry Mancini, the Beautiful South, Anne Murray, Ella Fitzgerald, Erasure, and Michael Bublé.
While published in 1931, the song's earliest copyright was registered on December 29, 1930, and will enter the public domain on January 1, 2026.
The song's music was composed by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt while touring the Midwest together in 1930. The details of where the piece was composed is inconsistent; Schwandt initially stated that the melody was written while the two were in Paw Paw, Michigan, but he later recalled writing it in Milwaukee. The lyrics were written by songwriter Gus Kahn.
Music producer Thom Donovan described the song as both a lullaby and a love song, with a "comforting, childlike quality". Kahn's lyrics depict two lovers reluctantly parting, with one telling the other to "dream a little dream of me" while sleeping.
"Dream a Little Dream of Me" was recorded by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra, with vocals by Nelson in New York City, on February 16, 1931, for Brunswick Records. Two days later, Wayne King and his Orchestra, with vocals by Ernie Birchill, recorded the song for Victor Records. "Dream a Little Dream of Me" was also an early signature tune of Kate Smith.
In the summer of 1950, seven recordings of "Dream a Little Dream of Me" were in release, with the versions by Frankie Laine and Jack Owens reaching the US top 20, respectively at numbers 18 and 14; the other versions were by Cathy Mastice, Ella Fitzgerald with trumpet backing by Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan, Vaughn Monroe, Dinah Shore, and a duet by Bob Crosby and Georgia Gibbs. Other traditional pop acts to record "Dream a Little Dream of Me" include Louis Armstrong, Barbara Carroll, Nat King Cole, Doris Day, Joni James, Dean Martin,, and the Mills Brothers.
"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 song's co-writer, Fabian Andre, in Mexico City, where Michelle Phillips' family had resided when she was a young girl. The song was recorded after the group heard about Andre's death; Philips recalled: "It was very shocking...we had never thought about [the song] again until we were all sitting around that day discussing his death, when we started to pick out the song...to see if we could remember the lyrics to it.
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Dream a Little Dream of Me
"Dream a Little Dream of Me" is a 1930 song with music by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt and lyrics by Gus Kahn. It was first recorded in February 1931 by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra, soon followed by Wayne King and his Orchestra with vocals by Ernie Birchill. A popular standard, it has had well over 400 recorded versions.
The song enjoyed its highest-charting success when it was covered in 1968 by Cass Elliot with the Mamas & the Papas, and followed the same year with a recording by Anita Harris. More than 40 other versions have been recorded, including by the Mills Brothers, Henry Mancini, the Beautiful South, Anne Murray, Ella Fitzgerald, Erasure, and Michael Bublé.
While published in 1931, the song's earliest copyright was registered on December 29, 1930, and will enter the public domain on January 1, 2026.
The song's music was composed by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt while touring the Midwest together in 1930. The details of where the piece was composed is inconsistent; Schwandt initially stated that the melody was written while the two were in Paw Paw, Michigan, but he later recalled writing it in Milwaukee. The lyrics were written by songwriter Gus Kahn.
Music producer Thom Donovan described the song as both a lullaby and a love song, with a "comforting, childlike quality". Kahn's lyrics depict two lovers reluctantly parting, with one telling the other to "dream a little dream of me" while sleeping.
"Dream a Little Dream of Me" was recorded by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra, with vocals by Nelson in New York City, on February 16, 1931, for Brunswick Records. Two days later, Wayne King and his Orchestra, with vocals by Ernie Birchill, recorded the song for Victor Records. "Dream a Little Dream of Me" was also an early signature tune of Kate Smith.
In the summer of 1950, seven recordings of "Dream a Little Dream of Me" were in release, with the versions by Frankie Laine and Jack Owens reaching the US top 20, respectively at numbers 18 and 14; the other versions were by Cathy Mastice, Ella Fitzgerald with trumpet backing by Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan, Vaughn Monroe, Dinah Shore, and a duet by Bob Crosby and Georgia Gibbs. Other traditional pop acts to record "Dream a Little Dream of Me" include Louis Armstrong, Barbara Carroll, Nat King Cole, Doris Day, Joni James, Dean Martin,, and the Mills Brothers.
"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 song's co-writer, Fabian Andre, in Mexico City, where Michelle Phillips' family had resided when she was a young girl. The song was recorded after the group heard about Andre's death; Philips recalled: "It was very shocking...we had never thought about [the song] again until we were all sitting around that day discussing his death, when we started to pick out the song...to see if we could remember the lyrics to it.