Dream Dancing (Cole Porter song)

"Dream Dancing"
Song by Fred Astaire
B-side	"The wedding cake walk"
Written	Cole Porter
Released	September 10, 1941
Label	Decca

"Dream Dancing" is a song written by Cole Porter for the 1941 film You'll Never Get Rich, where it was introduced as an instrumental. The first recording was made by Fred Astaire (who also starred in the film) with Harry Sosnik and his Orchestra and The Delta Rhythm Boys in 1941 under the Decca label (#18188).[1][2]

Notable recordings

Vocal

Tony Pastor and His Orchestra - So Near And Yet So Far (1941)
Tony Bennett - included in the album The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings (2009)
Ella Fitzgerald – Dream Dancing (1978)
Mel Tormé, George Shearing – An Evening at Charlie's (1983)
Zoot Sims with Jimmy Rowles – Warm Tenor (1990)
Stacey Kent - for her album Close Your Eyes (1997)

Instrumental

Dave McKenna – Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 2 (1990)
Spike Robinson – Reminiscin' (1992)
Beegie Adair - Dream Dancing: Songs of Cole Porter (2001)[3]

References

"1941-you'll Never Get Rich". Billboard Magazine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 7 October 1950. p. 87.
"Decca 18188 (10-in. double-faced)". Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library.
Nathan, Dave (1 April 2001). "Beegie Adair: Dream Dancing - Songs Of Cole Porter". All About Jazz.

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[1] "1941-you'll Never Get Rich". Billboard Magazine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 7 October 1950. p. 87.

[2] "Decca 18188 (10-in. double-faced)". Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library.

[3] Nathan, Dave (1 April 2001). "Beegie Adair: Dream Dancing - Songs Of Cole Porter". All About Jazz.