Dream Lover - wikipedia Dream Lover For other uses of this term, see Dream Lover ( disambiguation ). `` Dream Lover '' Single by Bobby Darin B - side `` Bullmoose '' Released April 20, 1959 Format 7 '' Genre Rock and roll, doo - wop Length 2 : 28 Label Atco Songwriter ( s ) Bobby Darin Producer ( s ) Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler Bobby Darin singles chronology `` Plain Jane '' ( 1959 ) `` Dream Lover '' ( 1959 ) `` Mack the Knife '' ( 1959 ) `` Plain Jane '' ( 1959 ) `` Dream Lover '' ( 1959 ) `` Mack the Knife '' ( 1959 ) `` Dream Lover '' is a song written by Bobby Darin and recorded by him on April 6, 1959. Darin decided to stretch out some chord changes he found on the piano and add strings and voices. The song was produced by Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler and engineered by Tom Dowd. It was released as a single on Atco Records in the U.S. in 1959. It became a multi-million seller, reaching No. 2 on the U.S. charts for a week and No. 4 on the R&B charts. `` Dream Lover '' was kept from the No. 1 spot by `` The Battle of New Orleans '' by Johnny Horton. It did however reach No. 1 in the U.K. for four weeks during June and July 1959. In addition to Darin 's vocal, the song features Neil Sedaka on piano. A picture sleeve, featuring a portrait of Darin, was also issued for this record in the U.S. The song is featured in the 1991 movie Hot Shots ! starring Charlie Sheen. A remake of the song performed by Dion is also played in full, during the end credits. The song was also used in Michael Apted 's 1974 movie Stardust and in Barry Levinson 's 1982 debut film Diner. A version of the song, retitled `` Dream Maker '' and with rewritten lyrics, appears in the pilot of the 1987 TV series Rags to Riches. In 2014, the song was featured in the episode `` The Immutable Truth '' of Bates Motel. Peter McCann released a version of the song as a single in 1982 which did not chart. Book In 1994, Darin and Sandra Dee 's son Dodd Darin co-authored with Maxine Paetro a book about his parents whose title is inspired by the song. As the publisher 's note for Dream Lovers : The Magnificent Shattered Lives of Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee describes : `` In this intensely personal biography the son of Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee goes far beyond the ordinary celebrity bio, revealing the real story behind his parents ' shining image -- their troubled childhoods, up - and - down careers, brief marriage, and tumultuous lives together and apart. '' References Jump up ^ Bobby Darin interviewed on the Pop Chronicles ( 1969 ) Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 -- 2004. Record Research. p. 145. Jump up ^ `` Dream Lover by Bobby Darin ''. Songfacts. Jump up ^ Interview by Russell A. Trunk, Neil Sedaka, Still Keeping It Together, Exclusive Magazine, Retrieved April 7, 2008. Jump up ^ Peter McCann, `` Dream Lover '' single release Retrieved June 26, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Publisher 's Note : Dream Lovers : The Magnificent Shattered Lives of Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee ''. Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 17 August 2012. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Roulette '' by Russ Conway UK number - one single July 3, 1959 Succeeded by `` Living Doll '' by Cliff Richard Bobby Darin Discography Studio albums Bobby Darin ( 1958 ) That 's All ( 1960 ) This is Darin ( 1960 ) For Teenagers Only ( 1960 ) The 25th Day of December ( 1960 ) Two of a Kind ( 1961 ) Love Swings ( 1961 ) Twist with Bobby Darin ( 1961 ) Bobby Darin Sings Ray Charles ( 1962 ) Things and Other Things ( 1962 ) Oh ! Look at Me Now ( 1962 ) You 're the Reason I 'm Living ( 1963 ) It 's You or No One ( 1963 ) 18 Yellow Roses ( 1963 ) Earthy ! ( 1963 ) Golden Folk Hits ( 1963 ) Winners ( 1964 ) From Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie ( 1964 ) Venice Blue ( 1965 ) Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile ( 1966 ) In a Broadway Bag ( Mame ) ( 1966 ) If I Were a Carpenter ( 1966 ) Inside Out ( 1967 ) Bobby Darin Sings Doctor Dolittle ( 1967 ) Bobby Darin Born Walden Robert Cassotto ( 1968 ) Commitment ( 1969 ) Live albums Darin at the Copa ( 1960 ) Live at the Desert Inn ( 1987 ) Compilation albums The Bobby Darin Story ( 1961 ) Aces Back to Back ( 2004 ) Singles `` Splish Splash '' `` Early in the Morning '' `` Dream Lover '' `` Mack the Knife '' `` Beyond the Sea '' `` You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby '' `` Things '' `` You 're the Reason I 'm Living '' `` If I Were a Carpenter '' `` Darlin ' Be Home Soon '' Related articles Beyond the Sea ( film ) Dream Lover : The Bobby Darin Musical Book : Bobby Darin Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dream_Lover&oldid=795616337 '' Categories : 1959 songs 1959 singles 1982 singles Songs written by Bobby Darin Bobby Darin songs Peter McCann songs Song recordings produced by Jerry Wexler Song recordings produced by Ahmet Ertegun Atco Records singles Columbia Records singles Songs about loneliness Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk About Wikipedia עברית Magyar Русский Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Tiếng Việt Edit links This page was last edited on 15 August 2017, at 11 : 12. 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Question: when did the song dream lover come out
Answer: April 6, 1959