Just a Dream (Jimmy Clanton song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Just a Dream (Jimmy Clanton song)

| cover =

| type = single

| artist = Jimmy Clanton and His Rockets

| album =

| B-side = You Aim To Please

| released = {{Start date|1958|07|}}

| format =

| recorded = 1958

| studio = Cosimo (New Orleans, Louisiana){{cite web|last=Broven|first=John|title=Cosimo Matassa|url=https://acerecords.co.uk/news/2014/cosimo-matassa|website=Ace Records|date=September 12, 2014|access-date=August 19, 2024}}

| genre = Pop

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=34}}

| label = Ace Records

| writer = Jimmy Clanton, Cosimo Matassa

| producer =

| prev_title = I Trusted You

| prev_year = 1957

| next_title = A Letter to an Angel

| next_year = 1958

}}

"Just a Dream" is a 1958 single by Jimmy Clanton and His Rockets released on the Ace Records label. The actual record-label states that it was written by Clanton and Cosimo Matassa (Matassa was Clanton's manager), but other sources state that Clanton was the sole composer.

Original words written by Regina F Phillips and sent to Lew Tobin which were copyrighted. Regina never received credit for the song lyrics.{{cite web|title=cocatalog.loc.gov|url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SC=Author&SA=Phillips%2C%20Regina%20F%2E&PID=TvsUVVy-l-DS1-ae3TM4WKgPyp5DMY&BROWSE=1&HC=1&SID=2|website=cocatalog.loc.gov|accessdate=March 31, 2021}}

Apparently Lew Tobin was a bit of a song shark as noted by Randy Johnson.{{cite web|title=songpoemmusic.com|url=http://www.songpoemmusic.com/insomniac.htm|website=songpoemmusic.com|accessdate=March 31, 2021}}