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"Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? " is a
popular
song , introduced by
Art Jarrett in the 1933 film
Sitting Pretty .
The music was written by
Harry Revel , the lyrics by
Mack Gordon . The song was originally published in
1933 and there were charted versions in the USA that year by
Eddy Duchin (No. 1 in the charts),
Guy Lombardo (#2),
Bing Crosby (#5), and Meyer Davis (#6).
[1] Since then, there have been many covers of the song,
[2] including
Henry Hall 's 1933 cover,
[3]
Al Bowlly with
Ray Noble and his Orchestra (1933),
[4]
Matt Monro (1957),
[5]
Dorothy Lamour (1957),
[6]
Michael Holliday (1959),
[7]
Max Bygraves (1960),
[8] and a version by
Frankie Avalon for the 1960 album Summer Scene.
[9]
Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album
On the Sentimental Side (1962).
In popular culture
References
^ Whitburn, Joel (1986).
Pop Memories 1890-1954 . Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p.
491 .
ISBN
0-89820-083-0 .
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"Allmusic" . Allmusic.com . Retrieved 24 April 2015 .
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"Discogs.com" . Discogs.com . Retrieved April 18, 2017 .
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"Discogs.com" . Discogs.com . 1982. Retrieved April 18, 2017 .
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"Discogs.com" . Discogs.com . 13 August 2012. Retrieved April 18, 2017 .
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"Discogs.com" . Discogs.com . Retrieved April 18, 2017 .
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"Discogs.com" . Discogs.com . 1965. Retrieved April 18, 2017 .
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"Discogs.com" . Discogs.com . 1960. Retrieved April 18, 2017 .
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"Discogs.com" . Discogs.com . 1960. Retrieved April 18, 2017 .
^ Parkinson, Keith.
"The A-Z of Bing's Movies" . BING magazine . Retrieved March 15, 2016 .
External links
A haunting song.... - An article on the background of the writing of the song, and careers of the writers
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