Wayne King - Dream A Little Dream Of Me, 1931

[Somme1916Somme]

WONDERFUL THANKYOU..

[masakreH]

huele a sample, yeeeeeeeh !

[DeathMetalEmoGuy]

LOL. Hi , I'm Wayne king .... My dick,.

[StephanielovesDisney]

why cant people listen to music like this anymore??? Nobody has class anymore...

[retroflow44]

@StephanielovesDisney Errrr...we do listen to music like this. That's why we're here. This is exactly the kind of music I share on Facebook with people I've never even met in person.

[StephanielovesDisney]

@retroflow44 lol good point :) and thank you for doing so! ^-^

[StephanielovesDisney]

@retroflow44 oh! btw im also sorry if that insulted you in any way! I just get passionate when it comes to older music ^^' haha

[retroflow44]

@StephanielovesDisney Not insulted at all. This clip alone has over 117k views, 237 likes and only 3 dislikes at writing. Someone else is listening. :)

I often hear people complain that there isn't enough good music around now. I'm like to point out that just from say, the 1890s-thru-2011, that's quite a backlog of music to explore and enjoy. So there's not much of an excuse to say there's nothing worth listening to until one has heard each of over 115 years of recordings.

[StephanielovesDisney]

@retroflow44 thats a very interesting point.... I never really thought of it that way :)

[ThroughTheWire1000]

thumbs up if this wounderful music makes you think about Bioshock lol

[konzavadasz]

My father sang with Wayne King and his orchestra in Chicago in the mid to late 1930's

[Aguathuna1]

Who cares what oddball reason The Mamas and Papas had for re-recording this song. They recovered it from history and sent it off toward digital perpetuity.

[HueGwrekshun]

Listening to my neighbor's Wayne King is my favorite activity.

[redface626]

Like a bit of wayne king in the morning just to get me started.

[tara152]

I love Wayne King, Wayne King every day! I am Wayne Kerr

[john91722]

Check out the Max Raabe version of Dram A Little Dream of Me, if you like this you probably love Max.

[brenter55]

this to me is the best rendition of this great song thanks so much

[swttkr]

My mother named my oldest brother after this great bandleader.

[hurtgrudge5]

i love the violin in the background. that really gives it a unique sound.

[bsgs98]

Ernie Birchill who does the vocal was also a trumpet player for the Wayne King Orchestra.

[pianogirl8]

I am working on a 5-horn arrangement of this tune for a Jazz Arranging class, thanks for posting this! It's a great recording to listen to for reference!

[EverythingDangerous]

Wayne King, is my great grandfather as I am 14 years old. Never met him..

- Cameron Wayne King

[baghend]

@EverythingDangerous One of my Dads favourite bands from the '30's. Your Grandfather gave pleasure to millions of people, dancing, listening- back in the days when all these old dance bands were on the radio every evening- no TV then, but lots of talented musicians and great bands like your Grampas'. I know they sound corny today, but people will be listenting to these tunes long after the beibers are dust.  (I'm a beatle fan having grown up in the 60's- but love all this old music.)

[Gydinglight12]

Yes, Franklin McCormick! He used to be on Chicago radio(WGN?) on Sunday night with lush violins in the background and his lush voice and would shill Meisterbrau beer and read gooey love poems for a half hour.

[NorthernPlus]

Reading a few comments below, think we all have to understand that many of these were only people, who tried to hack out a living doing what they loved or only knew how to do. Many of the greats never became financially independent when they became older. Don't know if many really realized what they ever historically contributed to music which in many cases was a lot. I sure thank them all.

[Vermontist]

@NorthernPlus Great comment, Northern! You are so right.

[MistaChubbz1]

this when our music was getting stolen.. O_o

[DanielDrag15]

lol wayne king= wanking omg roflz

[HarborGuy]

Shades of the Mama's and Papa's from the l970's was pretty close this arrangement......Lovin' it.

[euanrafferty]

Fascinating I think I will do a tribute of this in Cafe de Paris

Cafe de Paris is going back to it's glorious night club roots with 1920/30's dinner parties.

[dotmax29]

The King of Swing, at Chicago's Trianon Ballroom. Mother spoke of him often, she loved his "Waltz You Saved For Me".

[daughterrevolution]

His surviving wife was a silent film star, Dorothy Janis. She just had her 100th birthday!

[EverythingDangerous]

@daughterrevolution She died in march.. I was at her funeral..

[synreda]

We rented an apartment from Wayne King (a.k.a. Wayne Otey (sp?)) (circa 1975) who became a small time landlord in Urbana, Il, where the U of Illinois is.

He put what money he made into real estate (a few apt. buildings) and lived on that after the big band era passed.

He was the best landlord we ever had and did not attempt to rip us off like most small landlords in college towns ...

Traruh Synred

[louisa1832]

@synreda He was fueled with integrity from a different generation.

[NorthernPlus]

I grew up on CW music where I was born in South Eastern Indiana. Thought Glen Miller was tops when I was 13 years old. Do find it amusing from many posts on the net regarding many different song styles where posters say they never heard of the band or soloist. I always look at the slide bar on the right of Utube for every song that I listen to. Have found many wonderful links that go on and on.

All the best to everyone.

[m222rjr]

Never heard of this band. Interesting but well behind its timefor 1931. m222rjr

[6silhouette5]

If you like this song, try listening to Ozzie Nelson sing it in a recording from 1931. It's dreamy. I'm sure you'll like it.

[patoman881]

swaying joyfully in the midst of an immense financial cataract-not so hard to appreciate today-no?

[coolcat6651]

Azajek, you're right, the music of the '30s was great, but I guarantee you wouldn't want to live during the great depression!

[primeribs1]

ide a just gone to america and worked for capone as a hitman or something"

[HandwhistlerBen]

I had no idea that this song, like so many others, originally was from the 1930's. Mama Cass slowed it down and had the big hit. This is a great version as well.....

[coolcat6651]

Ben, check out the Wikipedia article about this song to find out how many other artists have recorded this song over the years.

[Thegibbo123]

same i like wayne king, i like wayne king with trumpets aswell.

who here doesnt like wayne king.. god..

[giselediaz]

Really clean sound! where can I get other songs by the same recording?

[azajek]

OMG, where did those times go? I wish I could live in 30's :)) so fantastic!

[TrippSto]

completely agreed

[1994cg]

lol wayne king

[spotsharkie]

Bring me a flapper. Ladies get out your costume.

Bluchip

[Hightimez062002]

Wow nice song.

[MickeyVanGelder]

Thanks for posting a lovely accurate version of this beautiful song.

Best wishes,

Mick

[AmethystCrystal]

Wayne King... *giggles*

[mmmbeachlover]

hahaha.

I'm tryin t chill t get t sleep here and ur '*giggles* has set me off!

grrrrrrrrr

hahaha

[tinghaling]

Pfft.....Hahahahhaha!

'Wayne King'! His parents obviously had a sense of humour

:-)

[astrotrain21]

When I was on year nine school camp, there was a local shop with the owner's name "Wayne Kerr" in big letters at the top.

[chickenandpills]

very nice vocal refrain on this piece, who does the vocal on this?

[qpwoeireuty]

Ernie Birchill I guess

[Faeden]

Nice song, but the name Wayne King HAHA

[theallstar1980]

Does anyone remember Franklin Mccormick talking words to music by Wayne King on WGN 50 years ago.

Larry Niemeyer

[artsoul68]

It just shows how over well'edmed weve become, dream a lil dream of meXXXXXXXXXXx

[Etnalleb]

Wow, How the music has changed since 1931. OMG how Korny.. i was waiting for the Keystone Kops to come running out just HILARIOUS !!!

[Paps130]

your a dick

this is real music

[Etnalleb]

Paps, there is no reason for a personal attack. It just shows your a simple minded clown who is so ignorant you just can't let people express their own opinions with-out being rude ,crude and obnoxious.

[tyren14]

lol

[sequitorre]

My Mother used to warm up on the piano by playing "Blue Hours" by Wayne King, but now she can't play any more. Do you have that song? Thank-you.

[kaleidoxkopio]

Not a song about dreaming... but a dream come song. Thanks. Thanks again.

[HarborGuy]

Shades of the Mama's and Papa's - Now I know where it came from .......5 Stars.....

[xevcosmo]

Beautiful! Does any one have Kristin Chenoweth's version?

[JCJasion]

For next Halloween, could you upload Wayne King's 1930 recording of "Swamp Ghosts"?

It's the flip side of "Goofus".

[78rpm78rpm]

I have 2 copies of Swamp Ghosts. The original and a reissue from 1934. Ya' know what, on both copies, GHOSTS was played a lot more than GOOFUS which was the most popular side by far. Wish I could upload it for everyone, but I'm not quite ready yet. I'm a native Chicagoan and even as a kid appreciated his

music.

Had his own show on early CHI TV. You like Wayne?? I have all of his early Victors and Brunswicks.

[imkingdad]

Mama Cass did this song Right. But how many people will miss out of this wonderful version.

[saxondog2001]

Exactly.

Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra also did one in 1931. It's great too.

[felixjazzage]

That was fantastic. I've another 1931 version of this same song around here somewhere, but I can't recall the band. I need to locate the CD or 78 record.

[sshhblackcat]

Was Mr. Ernie Birchill a singer himself in the 30s?

[tanynzh]

thanks for such a lovely music. can you upoload more of Wayne's music? :>

[qdprodukshunz]

This is REAL music. Artist these days should be doing song like this; not those hip-hop crap.

[howiekim25]

Artists today haven't got the talent...they rely on razz-a-ma-tazz...electronics and IT imaging.....

[tanynzh]

are you sure? are you contradicting yourself?

[qdprodukshunz]

youre talking to me or howiekim25?

[tanynzh]

you, gdprodukshunz

[qdprodukshunz]

well am not. speaking the truth- hip hop these days are crap; back then, real music means something.

[kspm01]

Fantastic to hear such an old version.

[dzheger]

I knew only the revivals, never realized this song was from 1931. Shows you how eternal these songs are.

[barbcard]

A really "perky" number, especially for so late at night (European time).