Hey_Mr._Dream_Maker References

"Hey Mr. Dream Maker"
"Hey Mr. Dream Maker"
	Cover of the German release
Single by Cliff Richard
from the album Every Face Tells a Story
B-side	"No One Waits"
Released	6 November 1976
Recorded	18 September 1976
Studio	EMI Studios, London
Genre	Soft rock
Length	4:48
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	Bruce Welch; Alan Tarney;
Producer(s)	Bruce Welch
Cliff Richard singles chronology
Music video
	"Hey Mr. Dream Maker" on YouTube

"Hey Mr. Dream Maker" (in some releases as "Hey Mr. Dreammaker") is a song by Cliff Richard from his album Every Face Tells a Story and the first single to be released from the album. It was released as a single in 1976 reaching number 31 on the UK Singles Chart.^[1] It was a top ten hit in South Africa reaching number 6.^[2]

Track listing

7": EMI / EMI 2499

"Hey Mr. Dream Maker" – 4:48
"No One Waits" – 3:41

Personnel

Cliff Richard – vocals
Terry Britten – guitar
Alan Tarney – bass
Brian Bennett – drums, percussion
Graham Todd – keyboards
Frank Ricotti – percussion
Tony Rivers – backing vocals, vocal arrangement
John Perry – backing vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1976–77)	Peak position
Australia ( Kent Music Report)^[3]	82
Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40)^[4]	22
Netherlands ( Single Top 100)^[5]	21
New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ)^[6]	34
South Africa ( Springbok Radio)^[2]	6
UK Singles ( OCC)^[1]	31

Covers

The song was covered by Olivia Newton-John in her album Don't Stop Believin' (album) released on 30 October 1976 being her first album to be recorded in Nashville.

References

^ ^a ^b "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
^ ^a ^b "South Africa Charts 1965-1989 - Springbok Radio / Radio Orion". Retrieved 22 January 2019.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ " Nederlandse Top 40 – Cliff Richard" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
^ " Cliff Richard – Hey Mr. Dreammaker" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
^ " Cliff Richard – Hey Mr. Dreammaker". Top 40 Singles.

[UKchart-1] "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.

[ZAChart-2] "South Africa Charts 1965-1989 - Springbok Radio / Radio Orion". Retrieved 22 January 2019.

[Australian_Chart_Book_1970–1992-3] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[sc_Dutch40_Cliff_Richard-4] " Nederlandse Top 40 – Cliff Richard" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.

[sc_Dutch100_Cliff_Richard-5] " Cliff Richard – Hey Mr. Dreammaker" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.

[sc_New_Zealand_Cliff_Richard-6] " Cliff Richard – Hey Mr. Dreammaker". Top 40 Singles.

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1960s	" A Voice in the Wilderness" (1960) " Fall in Love with You" (1960) " Please Don't Tease" (1960) " Nine Times Out of Ten" (1960) " I Love You" (1960) " Theme for a Dream" (1961) " Gee Whizz It's You" (1961) " A Girl Like You" (1961) " What'd I Say" (1961) " When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart" (1961) " Forty Days" (1961) " Outsider" (1962) " The Young Ones" / " We Say Yeah" (1962) " Catch Me" (1962) " I'm Looking out the Window" / " Do You Want to Dance?" (1962) " Lessons in Love" (1962) " It'll Be Me" (1962) " Wonderful to Be Young" (1962) " The Next Time" / " Bachelor Boy" (1962) " Summer Holiday" (1963) " Lucky Lips" (1963) " It's All in the Game" (1963) " Don't Talk to Him" (1963) " Maria No Mas" (1963) " I'm the Lonely One" (1964) " I Only Have Eyes for You" (1964) " Constantly (L'Edera)" (1964) " On the Beach" (1964) " The Twelfth of Never" (1964) " I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)" (1964) " The Minute You're Gone" (1965) " Angel" (1965) " On My Word" (1965) " The Time in Between" (1965) " Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)" (1965) " Blue Turns to Grey" (1966) " Visions" (1966) " Time Drags By" (1966) " In the Country" (1966) " It's All Over" (1967) " I'll Come Runnin'" (1967) " The Day I Met Marie" (1967)" " All My Love" (1967) " Congratulations" (1968) " I'll Love You Forever Today" (1968) " Wonderful World" (1968) " Marianne" (1968) " Don't Forget to Catch Me" (1968) " Good Times (Better Times)" (1969) " Big Ship" (1969) " Early in the Morning" (1969) " Throw Down a Line" (1969) " With the Eyes of a Child" (1969)
1970s	" The Joy of Living" (1970) " Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha" (1970) " I Ain't Got Time Anymore" (1970) " Sunny Honey Girl" (1971) " Silvery Rain" (1971) " Flying Machine" (1971) " Sing a Song of Freedom" (1971) " Jesus" (1972) " Living in Harmony" (1972) " Power to All Our Friends" (1973) " Help It Along" (1973) " Take Me High" (1973) " (You Keep Me) Hangin' On" (1974) " Honky Tonk Angel" (1975) " Miss You Nights" (1976) " Devil Woman" (1976) " I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You" (1976) " Hey Mr. Dream Maker" (1976) " My Kinda Life" (1977) " When Two Worlds Drift Apart" (1977) " Green Light" (1979) " We Don't Talk Anymore" (1979)
1980s	" Carrie" (1980) " Dreamin'" (1980) " Suddenly" (1980) " A Little in Love" (1980) "Give a Little Bit More" (1981) " Wired for Sound" (1981) " Daddy's Home" (live) (1981) " The Only Way Out" (1982) " Little Town" (1982) " She Means Nothing to Me" (1983) " True Love Ways" (live) (1983) " Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" (1983) " Please Don't Fall in Love" (1983) " Baby You're Dynamite" / " Ocean Deep" (1984) " Donna" (1984 US) " Two to the Power of Love" (1984) " Living Doll" (1986) " All I Ask of You" (1986) " Slow Rivers" (1986) " My Pretty One" (1987) " Some People" (1987) " Remember Me" (1987) " Two Hearts" (1988) " Mistletoe and Wine" (1988) " The Best of Me" (1989) " I Just Don't Have the Heart" (1989) " Lean on You" (1989) " Whenever God Shines His Light" (1989)
1990s	" Stronger Than That" (1990) " Silhouettes" (live) (1990) " From a Distance" (live) (1990) " Saviour's Day" (1990) " More to Life" (1991) " Scarlet Ribbons" (1991) " We Should Be Together" (1991) " This New Year" (1991) " I Still Believe in You" (1992) " Peace in Our Time" (1993) " All I Have to Do Is Dream" (live) / " Miss You Nights" (1994) " Can't Keep this Feeling In" (1998) " The Millennium Prayer" (1999)
2000s	" Somewhere Over the Rainbow"/" What a Wonderful World" (medley) (2001) " 21st Century Christmas" / " Move It" (2006) " When I Need You" (2007) " Thank You for a Lifetime" (2008) " Singing the Blues" (2009)
2010s	" Rip It Up" (2013) " Since I Lost My Baby" (2014) " Roll Over Beethoven" (2016) " Blue Suede Shoes" (2017)