Peak
12
Weeks
11
Score
1,594
Chart Year
1968
This song was written in 1931 and became a popular standard in depression-era America. Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt composed the music and Gus Kahn wrote the lyrics. It was recorded by a variety of singers, including Nat King Cole, Michael Bublé, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. Three versions of the song have charted: Mama Cass reached #11 UK and #12 US in 1968 with her rendition, Anita Harris made #33 that same year in the UK, and the Glee Cast took it to #102 US in 2010. >> When she was 15, Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas met Fabian Andre, who wrote the music for the song. Years later, when Phillips heard that Andre died in a fall in an elevator shaft, she remembered meeting him and this song came up. They decided to record it with "Mama" Cass Elliot on lead vocals, and it became her signature song, and she performed it with The Mamas & The Papas and as a solo artist until her death in 1974. Gus Kahn was a very successful lyricist in the '20s and '30s, writing hits like "Makin' Whoopie," "Ain't We Got Fun" and "It Had To Be You." In an NPR interview, Gus Kahn's son Donald, who is also a composer, said: "He always tried to keep his lyrics simple. He also said that young men and women don't know how to say "I Love You" to each other, so we say it for them in 32 bars." Beautiful South recorded this for the movie French Kiss. Robbie Williams covered this for his Swings Both Ways album with the title of "Dream A Little Dream." Williams duetted with Lily Allen on the LP version of the track, but dropped the singer for a re-recorded single release.
Stars shining bright above you; Night breezes seem to whisper "I love you." Birds singing in the sycamore tree. Dream a little dream of me. Say nighty-night and kiss me; Just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me. While I'm alone, blue as can be, Dream a little dream of me. Stars fading but I linger on, dear--- Still craving your kiss. I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear, Just saying this... Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you--- Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you. But in your dreams, whatever they be, Dream a little dream of me. Stars fading but I linger on, dear--- Still craving your kiss. I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear, Just saying this... Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you--- Sweet dreams that leave all worries far behind you. But in your dreams, whatever they be, Dream a little dream of me.
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jul 6, 1968 | 94 | 32 |
| 2 | Jul 13, 1968 | 53 | 73 |
| 3 | Jul 20, 1968 | 41 | 85 |
| 4 | Jul 27, 1968 | 30 | 96 |
| 5 | Aug 3, 1968 | 20 | 106 |
| 6 | Aug 10, 1968 | 18 | 108 |
| 7 | Aug 17, 1968 | 12 | 114 |
| 8 | Aug 24, 1968 | 12 | 114 |
| 9 | Aug 31, 1968 | 21 | 105 |
| 10 | Sep 7, 1968 | 25 | 101 |
| 11 | Sep 14, 1968 | 35 | 91 |