IHTSB Mar 12, 2023
Today’s show features songs about dreams. This topic was, and remains, a favourite theme for songwriters over the ages, as demonstrated in our recordings from the 1930s through to the 1950s. Among our highlights on the show are the gorgeous voices of Doris Day, Helen Forrest and Ella Fitgerald. Bing Crosby brings us one of his signature tunes, “I’ve Got A Pocketful Of Dreams’, and we hear too from Frank Sinatra with “I Guess I’ll Have to Dream the Rest” from 1950. And enjoy our superb musicians as well today, with recordings from big bands and smaller groups of these delightful songs.
Artist Year Song Time
- Doris Day 1957 Dream a Little Dream of Me 3:45
- Nat King Cole Trio 1947 There’s A Train Out For Dreamland 2:37
- Anita O’Day 1955 I’ll See You in My Dreams 2:51
- Al Bowlly 1940 Dreaming 3:11
- Bing Crosby 1938 I’ve Got A Pocketful Of Dreams 2:41
- Billie Holiday 1938 I’ve Got A Date With A Dream 2:45
- Benny Goodman 1938 It’s The Dreamer In Me 3:02
- Ella Fitzgerald 1964 Dream (When You’re Feeling Blue) 3:01
- Billy Butterfield 1959 Our Bungalow Of Dreams 3:18
- Helen Forrest 1939 Many Dreams Ago 3:20
- Frank Sinatra 1950 I Guess I’ll Have to Dream the Rest 2:43
- Bobby Hackett 1938 If Dreams Come True 2:55
- Jimmie Lunceford 1941 You’re Always In My Dreams 2:46
- Kitty Kallen 1952 When I Dream (I Always Dream Of You) 2:51