( A ) Dreamer's Holiday

Music by Mabel Wayne and lyrics by Kim Gannon , 1949

Skidmore Music Co., Inc. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. ~ ASCAP

 

With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

and The Fontane Sisters

Produced by Charles Grean

 

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City

Recording Time: 3:05

 

Recorded August 11, 1949   ~  Matrix No. D9VB-2148 Take 1 - 1A

SESSION MUSICIANS

 

Orchestra

EVENING 8:00 PM TO 12:30 AM 

 

Conductor: Mitchell Ayres

Contractor: Henry Ross

 

Trumpet ~ Melven Solomon, Gordon Griffin, James Maxwell, James Milazzo

Trombone ~ Buddy Morrow, John D'agostino, Will Bradley, William Pritchard

Sax ~ Harry Terrill, Bernard Kaufman, Harold Feldman, Philip Zolkind

Piano ~ Henry Rowland

Guitar ~ Danny Perri 

Bass ~ Robert Haggart 

Drums ~ Terry Snyder 

 

Single release: RCA-78RPM-20-3543-B

Single release: RCA-45RPM-47-3036-B

Single Flip Side: "The Meadows of Heaven"

US Chart Position No. 3

 

 

 

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With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra

and The Fontane Sisters

Produced by Charles Grean

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City

Recorded August 11, 1949

 

Notes: ~ Perry Como, a sentimental crooner on most of his hits, took "A Dreamer's Holiday" to No. 3

on the pop music charts in 1949. The song, written by ace tune smiths Kim Gannon and

Mabel Wayne, was revived by country singer Willie Nelson in 1983.

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