One of the most popular themes for songwriters features songs about dreams and dreaming, and each year we celebrate recordings of some of these songs in a special show. Our recordings today are from the mid 1930s to the late 1950s and bring us a range of interpretations of these delightful compositions. We begin with Buddy Clark and “Girl of my Dreams” and conclude with Margaret Whiting and “Hit the Road to Dreamland”. Listen too to the lovely voices of Doris Day with the classic “Dream a Little Dream of Me” and Frank Sinatra bringing us “Deep in A Dream”. From 1940 Ella Fitzgerald joins us with the orchestra founded by Chick Webb in a song that she wrote herself, “I Fell In Love with a Dream”. And we go back to 1934 to hear from British crooner Al Bowlly and “All I Do is Dream About You”. Enjoy these lovely songs on a delightful theme!
Artist Year Song Time
1.Buddy Clark 1947 Girl of My Dreams 3:12
- Mildred Bailey 1938 Daydreaming 2:43
- Vic Damone 1956 You Stepped Out Of A Dream 3:11
- Benny Goodman 1937 Afraid To Dream 2:39
- Frank Sinatra 1955 Deep In a Dream 2:54
- Doris Day 1957 Dream a Little Dream of Me 3:45
- Jimmie Lunceford 1942 I Dream A Lot About You 3:10
- Al Bowlly 1934 All I Do Is Dream Of You 2:43
- Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald 1940 I Fell in Love with a Dream 3:14
- Sarah Vaughan 1955 It Shouldn’t Happen To A Dream 3:21
- Robert Farnon 1958 When I Grow Too Old to Dream 2:57
- Artie Shaw 1942 This Time The Dream’s On Me 3:37
- Wild Bill Davison 1946 Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams 3:01
- Margaret Whiting 1946 Hit The Road To Dreamland – 2:30