From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Song
"A Kiss to Build a Dream On " is a song composed by
Bert Kalmar ,
Harry Ruby and
Oscar Hammerstein II .
[1] In 1935, Kalmar and Ruby wrote a song called "Moonlight on the Meadow" for the
Marx Brothers film
A Night at the Opera (1935) but the song was not used. Hammerstein later adapted the lyrics to be "A Kiss to Build a Dream On"
[2] and it was recorded by
Louis Armstrong in 1951.
[1]
It was also performed by
Mickey Rooney with
William Demarest , by
Sally Forrest , and by
Kay Brown (virtually the entire cast performed part or all of the song) in the
1951 film The Strip , and was a sort of recurring theme in the film. The song was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1951 but lost out to “
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening ”.
Other recordings
Another popular recording was made by one of The Strip film's guest-stars,
Monica Lewis , and in early 1952, the version by
Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra , with vocalist Johnny Parker, made it to the Pop 20 chart in the United States.
Bing Crosby recorded it for his
radio show in 1951 and it was later included in the deluxe, 22-track version of the album
Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around .
Sung by
Richard Chamberlain , the song gained considerable exposure due to it being on the
B-side of his 1962 hit, "
Theme from Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight) ".
k.d. lang 's version was included on the album
A Wonderful World (2002).
Rod Stewart covered the song for his 2004 album,
Stardust: the Great American Songbook 3 .
Deana Martin recorded the song and it was released on her album,
Volare in 2009 by Big Fish Records.
In popular culture
An instrumental version is heard in the background in the 1950 film
Mister 880 at the 21:39.
The version of Hugo Winterhalter and his orchestra is played twice in the flashbacks scenes of Mexican 1965 short film
Tajimara , the first story included in the feature film Los Bienamados .
The song was featured in the soundtrack of the 1993 film
Sleepless In Seattle and the 1951 film
The Strip .
[1]
It was played as a background track during Yuri and Ava's party in the 2005 film
Lord of War .
It was featured in the introductory sequence of the 1998 video game
Fallout 2 .
It was featured in Episode 2 of the 2014 TV series
Grantchester .
The Bollywood picture
Parineeta has a song based on the original tune called "Kaisi Paheli Zindagani".
It was featured as Jenny's favorite song in
The Cry of the Owl .
It plays in the background in Season 1, Episode 4 of the television series
Sex Education .
Amber Rubarth released a live
binaural version on "Sessions from the 17th Ward" (2012) featuring
Dave Eggar .
Plays in the background in the
Fallout mashup pack in the
Minecraft game
Notes