Darn That Dream
Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English "Darn That Dream" is a popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Eddie DeLange. It was published in 1939 and ranked No. 1 in 1940 when a recording was released by Benny Goodman in an arrangement by Eddie Sauter with Mildred Bailey singing the vocal.[1] Other popular recordings in 1940 were by Blue Barron & His Orchestra (vocal by Russ Carlyle) (#14 in Billboard charts) and by Tommy Dorsey (vocal by Anita Boyer) (#16 in Billboard charts).[2]
The song was introduced in the Broadway musical Swingin' the Dream, a variation on A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare set in New Orleans in 1890. The musical opened at Center Theatre in November 1939 and closed after 13 performances.[3]
Other versions
- Chet Baker – Chet Baker Big Band (1956).[4]
- Tony Bennett – for his album Cloud 7 (1955).[5]
- Jane Ira Bloom – Sixteen Sunsets (2013).[6]
- Petula Clark – Petula Clark in Hollywood (1959).[7]
- Miles Davis – Birth of the Cool (1950)[8]
- Doris Day – a single release for Columbia Records (catalog No. 38887) in 1950.[9]
- Michael Feinstein – Romance on Film, Romance on Broadway (2000).[10]
- Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Swings Gently with Nelson (1961).[11]
- Dexter Gordon – Daddy Plays the Horn (1955)[8]
- Lars Gullin – Lars Gullin Quartet (1960).[12]
- Billie Holiday – Body and Soul (1957).[13]
- Lena Horne – Lena on the Blue Side (1962).[14]
- Ahmad Jamal – Ahmad Jamal Plays (1955) rereleased as Chamber Music of the New Jazz (1956)[8]
- Stan Kenton – Sophisticated Approach (1961)[8]
- Tina May – Fun (1993)[15]
- Thelonious Monk – The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956).[16]
- Patti Page – You Go to My Head (1956).[17]
- Dianne Reeves - A Little Moonlight - (2003)[18]
- Maxine Sullivan – Close as Pages in a Book (1970).[19]
- Sarah Vaughan – No Count Sarah (1959).[20]
- Dinah Washington – Dinah Jams (1954).[21]
- Nancy Wilson – But Beautiful (1971).[22]
See also
References
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- ↑ "Tina May – Fun: Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
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