I Can Dream, Can't I?
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I Can Dream, Can't I
)| "I Can Dream, Can't I?" | |
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 The Billboard October 22, 1949 full page ad featuring Gordon Jenkins, Decca's musical director and band leader/arranger on this record | |
| Single by The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins Chorus and Orchestra | |
| B-side | "The wedding of Lili Marlene" |
| Published | November 13, 1937 by Mario Music Corp., New York[1] |
| Released | August 22, 1949 |
| Recorded | July 15, 1949[2] |
| Studio | Decca Studios, New York City |
| Genre | Popular music |
| Length | 2:37 |
| Label | Decca 24705[3] |
| Composer(s) | Sammy Fain[1] |
| Lyricist(s) | Irving Kahal |
"I Can Dream, Can't I?," is a
musical, Right This Way. Tommy Dorsey released a hit recording of it the same year, but it was in the postwar years that the song gained its greatest success. Harry James recorded a version in December 1937 for Brunswick
.
The best-known version was recorded by
Other cover versions
- In 1949, Perry Como sang the song on the NBC radio show The Chesterfield Supper Club.[8], using Jenkins' arrangement.
- In 1959 the song was recorded by The Skyliners, vocals by Janet Vogel. Released on their debut, self-titled LP.
- in 1962 the song was recorded by British jazz singer Cleo Laine on her album All About Me.
- The song was also covered by Cass Elliot and included on her second solo album, Bubblegum, Lemonade, and... Something for Mama in 1969.
- In 1975, the Carpenters recorded the song and included it on their album, Horizon.[9][10] Karen and Richard usually sang their own background vocals on their records, but on this cover, Jackie Ward, Ron Hicklin, Tom Bahler and John Bahler sang them.
- A barbershop arrangement penned by Ed Waesche became a favourite of 1978 International Barbershop Quartet Champions, the Bluegrass Student Union.
- In 2000 Joni James included the song on her album One Hundred Strings.
- In 2014 Annie Lennox included it on her Nostalgia album.
References
- ^ a b c Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1937). Catalog of Copyright Entries 1937 Musical Compositions New Series Vol 32 Pt 3 For the Year 1937. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
- ^ a b "Decca matrix 75074. I can dream, can't I? / The Andrews Sisters - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
- ^ "Decca 24705 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research.
- ^ Gilliland, John. (197X). "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #23 - All Tracks UNT Digital Library". Digital.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ^ "Number One Song of the Year: 1946-2016". 2018-04-20. Archived from the original on 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
- ISBN 978-1-60980-656-9.
- ^ "Perry Como Live - I Can Dream, Can't I?". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ^ "I Can Dream, Can't I?". Apple Music. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
Horizon - Carpenters - June 6, 1975
- ^ "Carpenters - Horizon album, 1975". Richard Carpenter official website. June 4, 2008. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
...I am particularly fond of I Can Dream Can't I which features a beautiful arrangement...5. I Can Dream Can't I - 4:58
