Dream a Little Dream of Me - wikipedia Dream a Little Dream of Me This article is about the song. For other uses, see Dream a Little Dream of Me ( disambiguation ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2016 ) `` Dream a Little Dream of Me '' Song by Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra Released 1931 Recorded February 16, 1931 Genre Vocal jazz pop Label Brunswick Composer ( s ) Fabian Andre Wilbur Schwandt Lyricist ( s ) Gus Kahn `` Dream a Little Dream of Me '' is a song, from circa 1931, with music by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt and lyrics by Gus Kahn. It was first recorded in February 1931 by Ozzie Nelson and also by Wayne King and His Orchestra, with vocal by Ernie Birchill. A popular standard, it has seen more than 60 other versions recorded, with one of the highest chart ratings by Mama Cass Elliot with the Mamas & the Papas in 1968. Contents 1 Early recordings 2 Cass Elliot version 3 Chart performance 3.1 Weekly singles charts 3.2 Year - end charts 4 Anita Harris version 5 Robbie Williams version 5.1 Music video 5.2 Track listings 5.3 Charts 5.4 Release history 6 List of recorded versions 7 In popular culture 8 References 9 External links Early recordings `` Dream a Little Dream of Me '' was recorded by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra, with vocal by Nelson, on February 16, 1931, for Brunswick Records. Two days later, Wayne King and His Orchestra, with vocal by Ernie Birchill, recorded the song for Victor Records. `` Dream a Little Dream of Me '' was also an early signature tune of Kate Smith. In summer 1950, seven recordings of `` Dream a Little Dream of Me '' were in release, with the versions by Frankie Laine and Jack Owens reaching the US top 20 at respectively numbers 18 and 14 : the other versions were by Cathy Mastice, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan, Vaughn Monroe, Dinah Shore and a duet by Bing Crosby and Georgia Gibbs. Other traditional pop acts to record `` Dream a Little Dream of Me '' include Louis Armstrong, Barbara Carroll, Nat King Cole, Doris Day, Joni James, and Dean Martin. The song was again recorded in 1968 by Mama Cass Elliot with The Mamas & the Papas, and then by Anita Harris. More than 40 other versions followed, including by the Mills Brothers, Sylvie Vartan, Henry Mancini, The Beautiful South, Anne Murray, Erasure, Michael Bublé, and Italian vocal group Blue Penguin ( see below : List of recorded versions ). Cass Elliot version `` Dream a Little Dream of Me '' Single by Mama Cass with the Mamas & the Papas from the album The Papas & The Mamas B - side `` Midnight Voyage '' Released June 1968 Format 7 - inch single Genre Pop Length 3 : 14 Label Dunhill Composer ( s ) Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt Lyricist ( s ) Gus Kahn Producer ( s ) Lou Adler The Mamas and the Papas singles chronology `` Safe in My Garden '' ( 1968 ) `` Dream a Little Dream of Me '' ( 1968 ) `` For the Love of Ivy '' ( 1968 ) Audio sample file help `` Dream a Little Dream of Me '' was recorded for the Mamas & the Papas April 1968 album release The Papas & The Mamas. The group had often sung the song for fun, having been familiarized with it by member Michelle Phillips, whose father had been friends with the song 's co-writer, Fabian Andre, in Mexico City where Michelle Phillips ' family had resided when she was a young girl. `` Mama '' Cass Elliot suggested to group leader John Phillips that the group record `` Dream a Little Dream of Me ''. According to him she was unhappy while recording the song, objecting to its campiness. However, Elliot herself would later tell Melody Maker : `` I tried to sing it like it was 1943 and somebody had just come in and said, ' Here 's a new song. ' I tried to sing it as if it were the first time. '' In the album version, recorded with the Mamas and the Papas, a spoken introduction from an engineer is heard mentioning a drink, and then concluding with the words : `` And now, to sing a lovely ballad, here is Mama Cass ''. Only the last part was heard on the single version of the song. Cass did her own whistling, which is heard before the song 's fade. By the time of the album 's release, there were strong indications that the Mamas & the Papas were set to disband, a perception strengthened by the failure of the lead single `` Safe in My Garden ''. Having an opportunity to promote the group 's best - known member as a soloist, Dunhill Records gave a June 1968 single release to the `` Dream a Little Dream of Me '' track with the credit reading - to John Phillips ' displeasure - `` Mama Cass with the Mamas & the Papas '' ; in its UK release the artist credit simply read `` Mama Cass ''. Promoted in the US press and on billboards with a photograph of a discreetly but obviously nude Elliot lying in a bed of daisies, `` Dream a Little Dream of Me '' peaked at # 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 that August ( its Cash Box peak was # 10 and in Record World it reached # 8 ). The Billboard Easy Listening chart ranked the single as high as # 2. In the UK, `` Dream a Little Dream of Me '' reached # 11 that September ; the track also afforded Mama Cass a hit in Ireland ( # 13 ) and South Africa ( # 8 ). In Australia the Go - Set Top 40 chart ranked `` Dream a Little Dream of Me '' at # 1 for the weeks of 4 & 11 September 1968. `` Dream a Little Dream '' was released as a single in Europe in 1992 - credited to the Mamas and the Papas and featuring that group 's # 1 hit `` Monday, Monday '' as the B - side - to reach # 5 in Germany and # 22 in Switzerland. In Australia the song spent two weeks at # 1, and was the 16th biggest hit of 1968. A slightly different version of `` Dream a Little Dream of Me '' was included on Elliot 's solo debut album, Dream a Little Dream. Chart performance Weekly singles charts Chart ( 1968 ) Peak position Australia Canada 7 Germany 5 Ireland 13 South Africa 8 Switzerland 22 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 11 US Billboard Hot 100 12 US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks US Cash Box Top 100 10 US Record World 8 Year - end charts Chart ( 1968 ) Rank Australia 14 Canada 72 UK 94 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 105 U.S. Cash Box 85 Anita Harris version The release of the Mama Cass single of `` Dream a Little Dream of Me '' prompted a cover by Anita Harris which was recorded at Olympic Studios in a session produced by Mike Margolis with Alan Tew as musical director. Released 26 July 1968, the Harris version debuted in the UK Top 50 dated 10 August 1968 at # 46 ahead of the Cass version at # 49 although the latter would vault into the Top 30 and then Top 20 over the next two weeks while the Harris version would never reach the Top 30. However Harris 's version of `` Dream a Little Dream of Me '' would maintain a lower chart presence throughout the ascendancy of the Cass version with Harris 's single peaking at # 33 the week after Cass 's peak at # 11. Both Cass 's and Harris 's versions of the song have an inaccurate rendering of the middle eight bars. Robbie Williams version `` Dream a Little Dream '' Single by Robbie Williams from the album Swings Both Ways Released 13 December 2013 ( 2013 - 12 - 13 ) Genre Swing pop Length 3 : 33 Label Island Composer ( s ) Fabian Andre Wilbur Schwandt Lyricist ( s ) Gus Kahn Producer ( s ) Guy Chambers Music video Robbie Williams featuring Lily Allen on YouTube English singer - songwriter Robbie Williams recorded `` Dream a Little Dream of Me '' ( retitled `` Dream a Little Dream '' ) for his tenth studio and second swing album, Swings Both Ways ( 2013 ). While the album version is a duet with Lily Allen, she was omitted from the single version, which was released on 13 December 2013 as the album 's second single. Music video The video features Williams singing the song whilst presenting a Christmas show in the style of The Dean Martin Show. Track listings Irish digital download `` Dream a Little Dream '' -- 3 : 10 German, Swiss and Austrian digital download `` Dream a Little Dream '' ( single version ) -- 3 : 11 `` You Got Old '' -- 3 : 43 `` Puttin ' on the Ritz '' ( remix ) -- 2 : 18 Charts Album version featuring Lily Allen Chart ( 2013 ) Peak position Belgium ( Ultratip Flanders ) 16 Belgium ( Ultratip Wallonia ) 34 Denmark ( Tracklisten ) 18 France ( SNEP ) 160 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 88 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 67 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 144 Release history Region Date Format Label Ireland 13 December 2013 Digital download Island Austria Germany Switzerland List of recorded versions Year Performer Album Source Al Martino The Magic of Al Martino Anne Murray I 'll Be Seeing You 2014 Barry Manilow My Dream Duets 1995 Beautiful South French Kiss ( Soundtrack ) ' 1957 Bing Crosby Bing with a Beat 2007 Blind Guardian Another Stranger Me 1959 Dean Martin Sleep Warm 2007 Diana Krall We All Love Ella Dinah Shore Long Songs Sung 1958 Doris Day Day by Night 2011 Eddie Vedder Ukulele Songs Ella Fitzgerald 75th Birthday Celebration 1957 Ella Mae Morse Barrelhouse, Boogie, and the Blues 2013 Emilia Mitiku I Belong to You 1963 Frankie Laine I Believe Gerry Mulligan Dream a Little Dream Gina Jeffreys Old Paint 1969 Henry Mancini A Warm Shade of Ivory 1968 Louis Armstrong What a Wonderful World Michael Bublé Special Delivery 1999 Nat King Cole Dream a Little Dream of Me 1968 The Mamas & the Papas The Papas and the Mamas 2002 Tony Bennett & k.d. lang A Wonderful World 2016 Vov Dylan World Lullabies 1995 Terry Hall & Salad Help 2015 Sarah Maclaine The Heart of Me In popular culture This section appears to contain trivial, minor, or unrelated references to popular culture. Please reorganize this content to explain the subject 's impact on popular culture rather than simply listing appearances ; add references to reliable sources if possible. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2017 ) During the mid - to late 1980s, the toy mechanical teddy bear Teddy Ruxpin `` sang '' several old love songs, including `` Dream a Little Dream of Me ''. It was the theme song in the 1989 movie Dream a Little Dream, and featured two versions : a solo by Mickey Thomas, and a duet by him and Mel Tormé. At the beginning of the 1989 movie The Dream Team, an enfeebled man ( played by singer - accordionist Bill Goffi ), sitting in the sanatorium, sings it. In the 1989 Carl Reiner film, Bert Rigby, You 're a Fool, Bert ( Robert Lindsay ) sings the song to his girlfriend in a dream sequence homage to the movie `` An American in Paris. '' Burgess Meredith sang the song as a lullaby to the girl playing his great - granddaughter ( Allie, played by Katie Sagona ) in the 1995 movie Grumpier Old Men. The song is heard in the final scene of the 1996 movie Beautiful Thing, as the two main characters dance outside their apartment complex. A few verses were sung by John Crichton, portrayed by Ben Browder, in the Farscape 2000 episode `` Dream a Little Dream ''. Brittany Murphy can be heard singing parts of it throughout the 2001 film Do n't Say a Word. It is performed by the Egyptian actress Yousra in the 2006 movie The Yacoubian Building. References Jump up ^ New York Times, 14 July 1968, p. D22 ^ Jump up to : Fiegel, Eddi. Dream a Little Dream of Me : the Life of `` Mama '' Cass Elliot ( London : Sidgwick & Jackson. 2005. ISBN 0 - 283 - 07331 - 4 ) pp. 256, 261. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 153. Jump up ^ `` Go - Set Australian charts ~ 1968 ''. 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External links NPR audio piece on `` Dream a Little Dream of Me '' being one of the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics The Mamas & the Papas Denny Doherty Cass Elliot John Phillips Michelle Phillips Jill Gibson Studio albums If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears ( 1966 ) The Mamas & the Papas ( 1966 ) The Mamas & The Papas Deliver ( 1967 ) The Papas & The Mamas ( 1968 ) People Like Us ( 1971 ) Compilations Farewell to the First Golden Era ( 1967 ) Golden Era, Vol. 2 ( 1968 ) Hits of Gold ( 1969 ) 16 Greatest Hits ( 1969 ) 20 Golden Hits ( 1973 ) The Best Of ( 1982 ) Greatest Hits ( 1998 ) All the Leaves Are Brown ( 2001 ) Singles `` Go Where You Wanna Go '' ( 1965 ) `` California Dreamin ' '' ( 1965 ) `` Monday, Monday '' ( 1966 ) `` I Saw Her Again '' ( 1966 ) `` Words of Love '' ( 1966 ) `` Dancing in the Street '' ( 1966 ) `` Look Through My Window '' ( 1966 ) `` Dedicated to the One I Love '' ( 1967 ) `` Creeque Alley '' ( 1967 ) `` My Girl '' ( 1967 ) `` Glad to Be Unhappy '' ( 1967 ) `` Dancing Bear '' ( 1967 ) `` Twelve Thirty '' ( 1967 ) `` Safe in My Garden '' ( 1968 ) `` Dream a Little Dream of Me '' ( 1968 ) `` For the Love of Ivy '' ( 1968 ) `` Do You Wanna Dance '' ( 1968 ) `` Step Out '' ( 1972 ) Related Chynna Phillips Mackenzie Phillips Bijou Phillips Wilson Phillips The Beach Boys Geneviève Waïte The Journeymen Book Cass Elliot Albums Dream a Little Dream Bubblegum, Lemonade, and... 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Question: when was dream a little dream of me written
Answer: February 16, 1931