Forgotten Dreams performed by Leroy Anderson 1954

Video Classic No. 7 from a series of 12 videos featured in Don Robertson's "Back to the Early 1950s" on the MusicalKaleidoscope Channel. "Forgotten Dreams" was recorded in 1954 by Leroy Anderson and his Orchestra.

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Music

Tags:

• Forgotten
• Dreams
• Leroy
• Anderson
• 1954
• musical
• kaleidoscope

[wmbrown6]

This was actually Mr. Anderson's 1959 re-recording for stereo of this classic. It was this version that was used by WABC-TV in New York for the closes of the Friday evening and late weekend editions of "Eyewitness News." The original 1954 recording was in mono, and arranged a bit differently from this - and used for KABC-TV (Los Angeles) sign-offs in the early-to-mid-1980's per:

watch?v=NBkateT20kg (1982)

watch?v=q4jxVIkbaPY (1985-86)

[MusicalKaleidoscope]

@wmbrown6 Great information. Thank you.

[wmbrown6]

@ansionnachcliste - Likely a celeste.

[ansionnachcliste]

Can I ask what exactly is the type of bell being used in the right channel? Typewriter bell? Cheers.

[noseycunningham]

For some reason, this song always pops up around the holiday season. It has nothing to do with the holidays and everything to do with longing. From the lonely piano opening, to the all too brief orchestral bridge, only to end with the lone piano again, the song is a beautiful long sigh of memories gone and memories that never were.

[jorgebotija]

IMAGINO QUE TODAS LAS PERSONAS MAYORES AQUI VISTAS, ESTARAN MUERTAS , PERO JAMAS SUS SUEÑOS ESTUVIERON ROTOS , DE UNA FORMA O DE OTRA, AL LLEGAR AL FIN DE SUS VIDAS , TODOS TUVIERON SUS SUEÑOS Y MUCHOS REALIZADOS