Sweet dreams, sweetheart
Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart (also Sweet Dreams Sweetheart ) is a song by Maurice K. Jerome (music) and Ted Koehler (lyrics) that was released in 1944.
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Jerome and Koehler wrote Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart for the Warner Bros. musical Hollywood Canteen (1944) directed by Delmer Daves and starring Joan Leslie , Robert Hutton and Dane Clark. Joan Leslie (dubbed Sally Sweetland ), followed by Kitty Carlisle , introduce the song in the film in the style of a soulful bedtime song , accompanied by the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra. Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart received an Oscar nomination for Best Song in 1945 .
Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart was thematically one of a series of songs in 1944/45 that played with the " emphasis on dreams" of young women who longed for their friends and husbands who were fighting in World War II. Such “dream songs” were I Dream of You, I'll Buy That Dream , My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time or What's Your Favorite Dream?
Kitty Carlisle's record recording of the song appeared on Decca 23359; Cover versions of the song were made from 1944 a. a. by Ray Noble & his Orchestra (vocals Larry Stewart; Columbia 36765), the Stan Kenton Orchestra (with band vocalist Gene Howard) and Shep Fields .
The song should not be confused with the song of the same name, Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart by Benny Davis , Milton Ager and Jesse Greer , which was written in 1939 and a. by Lawrence Welk and Jan Savitt .
Individual evidence
- ^ John Howard Reid: More Movie Musicals , 2006, p. 70
- ↑ a b Billboard Nov. 25, 1944
- ↑ a b Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 19, 2014)
- ^ The 1945 Oscars in the Internet Movie Data Base
- ↑ Kathleen ER Smith: God Bless America: Tin Pan Alley Goes to War p. 35
- ↑ Stan Kenton: The Complete Capitol Studio Recordings of Stan Kenton 1943–1947 at Allmusic (English)
- ↑ Shep Fields and His New Music - Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart / Twilight Time at Discogs
- ↑ http://www.dbopm.com/link/index/4406/346~63