A Dreamer's Holiday

Music by Mabel Wayne and lyrics by Kim Gannon , 1949 Perry Como ~ Mr. Saturday Night!

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

Album issue: Camden-LP12 "Perry Como's Wednesday Night Music Hall" CAL-551 MONO 1959

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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