A Kiss to Build a Dream On

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A Kiss to Build a Dream On is a song by Harry Ruby (music), Bert Kalmar and Oscar Hammerstein (lyrics) that was released in 1951.

Ruby wrote the melody Moonlight in the Meadows as early as 1935 . For the Marx Brothers film Scandal in the Opera (1935) it received a new title and also a new text by Bert Kalmar and Oscar Hammerstein, but was not used in the film. The song first became known as A Kiss to Build a Dream On by László Kardos ' film musical Tödliches Pflaster Sunset Strip (original title: The Strip. 1951), with Mickey Rooney , Sally Forrest and William Demarest in the leading roles. The song, which featured in the film by Kay Brown and Louis Armstrong , received an Oscar nomination for Best Song in 1952 .

During the late December 1950 filming for The Strip at MGM Studios, Louis Armstrong was accompanied by Jack Teagarden , Barney Bigard , Earl Hines , Arvell Shaw and Cozy Cole . The 78er recorded on July 24, 1951 by Louis Armstrong / Sy Oliver ( Decca 27720 or Brunswick 82521) entered the US charts in November 1951, where it stayed for eleven weeks. In Australia, the Armstrong single was a number one hit . In the field of jazz , the song was covered by Jimmy Dorsey , Tex Beneke , Al Cohn / Freddie Green / Joe Newman , Jonah Jones and Ernestine Anderson in the 1950s . Successful in the charts in the 1950s was the recording by the Hugo Winterhalter Orchester (with vocalist Johnny Parker, RCA Victor 47-4455). Even Bob Eberly (Capitol 7285) coverte the song; later he was also recorded by Richard Chamberlain ( MGM Records 13075) and Willie Humphrey .

Web links

  • Inclusion in the catalog of the German National Library: DNB 359446523

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Gerhard Klußmeier : Jazz in the Charts. Another view on jazz history. Liner notes and booklet for the 100 CD edition. Membrane International GmbH. ISBN 978-3-86735-062-4
  2. ↑ Thomas S. Hischak: The Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia. 2007, p. 153
  3. ^ The 1952 Oscars in the Internet Movie Data Base
  4. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 17, 2014)
  5. ↑ http://www.austchartbook.com.au/
  6. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-kiss-to-build-a-dream-on-mw0000436174
  7. ^ Charles Garrod: Tex Beneke and his orchestra , 1997 - page 44
  8. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/song/a-kiss-to-build-a-dream-on-mt0015930756
  9. ↑ LIFE. Volume 47, No. 26, December 28, 1959, p. 33
  10. ↑ Mercury 1103, cf. Michel Ruppli, Ed Novitsky: The Mercury Labels: The 1956–1964 era. 1993, p. 318
  11. ^ GHB Records 2000