The Pied Pipers - Dream (Capitol Records 1945)

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"Dream", sometimes referred to as "Dream (When You're Feeling Blue)", is a jazz and pop standard with words and music written by Johnny Mercer in 1944. It has been and performed by many artists, with the most popular versions of this song recorded by The Pied Pipers, Frank Sinatra, and Roy Orbison.

For Capitol Records, The Pied Pipers, with lead singer June Hutton, made a version of "Dream" (catalog number 185, with the flip side "Tabby the Cat") which became a major hit in 1945. Vocal group The Skylines, singing with Ray Anthony's orchestra, would revive this ballad in the 1955 Fred Astaire--Leslie Caron musical film, Daddy Long Legs.

In 1970, a vocal quartet which included lead singer Sue Allen (who sang with The Pied Pipers in the 1950s), recorded it with the same arrangement as the 1945 hit version, for Time-Life Records. On October 22, 2008, this version was used in the teaser trailer for the 2K Games Bioshock sequel, BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams.

A lush version, with orchestrations and arrangements by Nelson Riddle can be heard on the 1964 Verve release Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook.

The Pied Pipers is a popular singing group originally formed in the late 1930s. Originally they consisted of eight members who had belonged to three separate groups: Jo Stafford from The Stafford Sisters, and seven male singers: John Huddleston, Hal Hopper, Chuck Lowry, Bud Hervey, George Tait, Woody Newbury, and Dick Whittinghill, who had belonged to two groups named The Four Esquires and The Three Rhythm Kings. Multi-instrumentalist Spencer Clark was also a member at one point.

The video features Chuck Lowry, Clark Yocum, Hal Hopper, Louanna Hogan, and The Ernie Felice Quartet (1951) HOWEVER, the actual song was recorded by Chuck Lowry, Clark Yocum, Hall Hopper, June Hutton and accompanied by Paul Weston and his Orchestra (1945). I hope this clears up any confusion.

Dream when you're feelin' blue
Dream that's the thing to do
Just watch the smoke rings rise in the air
You'll find your share of memories there

So dream when the day is through
Dream and they might come true
Things never are as bad as they seem
So dream, dream, dream

Things never are as bad as they seem
So dream, dream, dream