Wayne King - Dream A Little Dream Of Me, 1931

Wayne King began his professional career as a saxophonist in the Del Lampe Orchestra, then resident in Chicago's famed Trianon Ballroom. In 1927, when his own large orchestra made its debut at the nearby Aragon Ballroom, he adopted a smoother, not Jazzy style and started recording also the "waltzy" tunes, for which he gained the title of „the Waltz King".

His best recordings include such hits as "The Waltz You Saved For Me" (his theme song), "I Don't Know Why", "Goofus," "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" and "Josephine (1937).
In 1950 „Dream a Little Dream..." was a top hit for Frankie Laine. In 1957 it was sung by Doris Day, who was the first singer to record it at the slow tempo in which it had been written. But it is perhaps best known for the rendition by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, as well as "Mama" Cass Elliot of The Mamas & the Papas, in 1968, which sold 7 million copies worldwide.

Recording: Wayne King & His Orch., voc. Ernie Birchill - Dream A Little Dream Of Me (Lyrics: Gus Kahn, Music: Fabian Andre/Wilbur Schwandt), Victor 1931

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[Paps130]

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this is real music

[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 ...

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[Somme1916Somme]

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[masakreH]

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[DeathMetalEmoGuy]

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[StephanielovesDisney]

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

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

[StephanielovesDisney]

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

[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]

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

[louisa1832]

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