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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
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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