Dream Dancing (Cole Porter song)
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"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).{{cite news |title=1941-you'll Never Get Rich |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TkUEAAAAMBAJ&q=dream+dancing+cole+porter+decca |work=Billboard Magazine |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |date=7 October 1950 |page=87}}{{cite web |title=Decca 18188 (10-in. double-faced) |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/317345/Decca_18188|website=Discography of American Historical Recordings |publisher=UC Santa Barbara Library}}
Notable recordings
=Vocal=
- Tony Pastor and His Orchestra - So Near And Yet So Far (1941){{cite web|title=www.discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/10201738-Tony-Pastor-And-His-Orchestra-Dream-Dancing-So-Near-And-Yet-So-Far|website=discogs.com|accessdate=May 22, 2024}}
- Ella Fitzgerald – Dream Dancing (1978){{cite web|title=www.discogs.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dream-dancing-mw0000188131|website=discogs.com|accessdate=May 23, 2024}}
- Mel Tormé, George Shearing – An Evening at Charlie's (1983)
- Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga - for their collaborative album Love for Sale (2021){{cite magazine|last=Wilman|first=Chris|title=Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga Reveal 'Love for Sale,' Cole Porter Tribute Album Said to Be Bennett's Last|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/lady-gaga-tony-bennett-album-cole-porter-tribute-love-for-sale-1235033542//|access-date=August 3, 2021|magazine=Variety|date=August 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803155917/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/lady-gaga-tony-bennett-album-cole-porter-tribute-love-for-sale-1235033542/|archive-date=August 3, 2021|url-status=live}}
=Instrumental=
- Dave McKenna – Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 2 (1990)
- Spike Robinson – Reminiscin' (1992)
- Beegie Adair - Dream Dancing: Songs of Cole Porter (2001){{cite news |last1=Nathan |first1=Dave |title=Beegie Adair: Dream Dancing - Songs Of Cole Porter |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/dream-dancing-songs-of-cole-porter-beegie-adair-hillsboro-review-by-dave-nathan.php?width=834 |publisher=All About Jazz |date=1 April 2001}}
- Jan Lundgren – All By Myself [solo piano] (Fresh Sound) (2014)
References
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