The year is 1951. I am a senior in high school and in love all the time! Oft times Saturday night would find me a the top of Mulholland Drive overlooking the twinkling lights of the San Fernando Valley canoodling with my current love affair listening to Music Until Dawn, "Brought to you by American Airlines." I knew it was time to go home when they played the last song of the night at midnight, "Dream," by the Pied Pipers, still a song I love to listen to. For a little bit of time all is right with the world again. Who would have thought that many years later I would be a pilot for American Airlines?
How ironic that you should mention the music till dawn sponsored by American Airlines, and on Mulhollandn which is a whisper from where I live…I haven’t thought of that radio episode in…my God 70 years…it’s going bye way too quickly…
Does anybody know the location of a beautiful outdoor facility for dining and dancing, in the video featuring Harry James & Helen Forrest singing I Had the Craziest Dream. I feel the video is from the 1940’s or 50’s, but there is one gorgeous raven haired girl in a mini skirt…go figure!
This is just Beautiful. This was my mother's favorite Song. She passed away last year. She was 99 Years Old. I miss her and ever time I hear this song, I think of her. I still love you Mama. 😇💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
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
Oh my, what an honour! Julien Neel in person commenting in one of my videos! I'm a huge fan of your music! I invite everyone reading this to visit his channel, you won't be disappointed!
bettyafeia You tell him Betty. I've been urging him to do this song himself. Can you imagine with his four voices how this would sound?! I believe the word is Killer-a-mundo!
Every generation has it's good and bad qualities. Because popular media tends to celebrate the worst is no reason to give up on the art today. There's great work being done by people of all ages still, you might have to search a bit more to find it though.
I was 5 y/o in '51 -----------sorry to say, I don't remember this gorgeous rendition of a classic. Just hearing it makes me sad, & miss my Dad , Mom, Brother & sister. At 76 y/o, I'm really alone, & I don't like it. But somehow, this was to be my destiny. I miss this music so bad I could cry. --------------MJL< 76 y/o
Understood. Between 2016-23, my Wife and I saw the loss of three of her siblings, and her Mom in 2019. Then she herself passed in November 2023 after being I'll for years. Now I feel abruptly alone many times.
I was born in 1968 and I grew up in the 80's, but I've always loved music from the 40's. This song is so beautiful. Such great harmony. I wish this genre of music would make a comeback. I'd rather hear this kind of pop music than the so-called "pop music" that's on the radio now.
It was not my era, but I love the 40's music. It's soft, relaxing and very romantic.Unfortunately,the 40's era also had serious problems If some of these star were round today I would pay to see them. I would have loved to see Doris Day,Glenn Miller,Jo Stafford and a sober Judy Garland perform.
"Dream" was my introduction to Johnny Mercer when we sang this song in high school choir, a lifetime ago. Since then, my admiration and respect for this truly great man continued to grow as I discovered more of his songs, his recordings and learned more about his remarkable life. Thank you for posting this gentle and tasteful coda to Mr. Mercer, his life and works.
@@ichinihq Alas, no; he passed in 1976 (born 1909). A quick web search will yield a comprehensive page on Mercer at Wikipedia; there are also a page for him at the Songwriters Hall of Fame (of which he was the founding president) and a dedicated Johnny Mercer website. Finally, there is a very enjoyable book, published in 1982, "Our Huckleberry Friend: The Life, Times and Lyrics of Johnny Mercer" (the title alludes to the song he wrote with frequent collaborator Henry Mancini for the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's," 1961: "Moon River" - which won an Oscar and two Grammy Awards). Cheers.
Me son is 16 and really fond of this type of music too. But he has also a heart for Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, etc. You name it. It’s all “in the mood”!👍🏻🎶
Im only 14 but i already know i want this song played at my funeral, it just seems like a peaceful way to be remembered and i want a song that is actually able to be appreciated. Songs made today just arent suitable, although this song is far from my time its beautiful and its a shame that modern music has grown so far from this kind of music
Nothing like close harmony. Even better when it is a capella, and preferably a Barbershop arrangement. Then the angels sing. It is amazing when 4 people sing 6 notes simultaneously.
I turned 69 years old in 2022, but way too young to remember this era. However When I started to use the internet 30 years ago I went searching for things that might interest me. I came away extremely impressed with Jo Stafford and the Pied Pied Pipers and also Louanne Hogan. I know June Hutton was in-between both ladies. I think overall the big band era was outstanding lead my Glenn Miller. It is also wonderful to hear Sinatra in the Tommy Dorsey Era. I actually had a lot of favorites from the 40's era that was not my era like Doris Day,Sinatra, Dean Martin,Perry Como,Nat King Cole,Ella Fitzgerald. and Jo Stafford.
I imagine people looking out the window and having to stay inside while watching the world outside unfold. Dreaming of what this year could have been but seeing what it actually became. It’s been a rough year for many people but I hope that you continue to stay positive and push forward.
All children want something different than their parents, but good music and songs live on in those who appreciate such things. Look at Mozart it's not for everyone, but it lives on in those who appreciate it.
@@LJBSullivan one man can wear a suit in 2021, it will not bring me joy. One man can drive a 1941 Pontiac in emerald iridescent forest green with white walls and thin original Firestones. It will not make my hope for a better future any more realized. One person can develop the accents we had back in the 1920's to 1970's, but frankly it will not compel anything of hope in my heart, but I will be proud of that young person for doing so. You don't understand that having something isn't enough, of course you are content because you never witnessed how absolutely tear jerking beautiful the mid century era was of the 1930's, 1940's, and 1950's... it's just a distant google search when you asked about the war. It has no significance to you...but to us, it is everything, there's this warm color speaking to me just beyond my reach, then I fall on the floor of a wet cave as that mellow glowing light fades, the chords of beauty disappearing. It's everything that I want, not the cars, not the outfits, not the dialect, not the vocals, not that ingenious which is technically all of that and more,...but I want It all, everything back. My ideal is going exactly back in time, not a fake different version of it. I know how wonderful I was, racism and sexism was not a quality shared in the 1950's as much as you all think. Or guess rather.
I grew up with music like this…America’s decline from these days of old is beyond imagination. “The Greatest Generation” the hero’s and heroines of WW2 danced to these tunes dreaming of a great America…I pray that dream can be a reality again! Thank you for making this relevant to all ❤️
i love this song. sounds like something youd dance to with your loved one alone with candles after enjoying a warm meal. who else is listening to this in 2021?
There's absolutely nothing wrong with returning to ,the ancient paths , of beauty and wisdom , TODAYS WORLD IS WAFER THIN, A VENEER . AND HAS NO DEPTH , Virtue has left our lives , and a well assembled song like this , tells us how far from grace we've fallen , I'm 72 , and miss these gifted ones . ❤
Memories of driving through Malibu Canyon on a summers twilight, feeling the soft scent of the ocean breeze and seeing your smile that “lights up the night”, gives a gentle nudge to the clouds as they chase the setting sun in the distant horizon, pulling up the covers on another day…
The closest that I’ve come to this wonderful era, was at Elitch Gardens and the Broadmore resort in Colorado Springs…there high in the Rockies you could dine and dance to these romantic songs, enjoy superb dining and glide across the dance floor under a stardust sky….
Wonderful talent. Pure and simple. I love that wonderful style of harmonizing during the 1930s thru the 1950s. Takes me instantly back to a better/nicer time and place.
I hear music like this and I can imagine a younger version of my grandma. Granny Dot I miss you so much. Everyday. When I’m blue all I can do is dream. This one is for you 💙
I see swaying palm trees, tropical breezes ... my hair filled with the soft sent of the ocean as I walk along a deserted beach.. That's what music of today is missing.nostagia..
And having you in my arms as walk and feel the sand under our feet, and see the last pastel colors of pink and lavender, as the sun settles into a distant ocean….❤️🩹
But the beauty and magic of these lyrics, at least for a breath or two, allows us to glide across the dance floor with that special sweetheart in your arms, and become one in the moment….
Great song, Such class personified by musicians & vocalists don't think they even come close. Very glad to have opportunity to see & hear it at the same time. Thanks for placing it here
Johnny Mercer was a God kiss to the likes of us. Songs written for you and I. This song was the closing song for Stan's Drive-Inn in Fresno when I was a teenage dragging the main. I send this song when there is a passing of a friend or classmate to the family. It always bring a tear to my eyes.
Johnny originally wrote "Dream" as the closing song for the NBC early evening radio show "Johnny Mercer's Music Shop" , a daily M-F 15 minute radio show that aired live during the summer months into early fall of 1944. Johnny was encouraged by musical director, Paul Weston to write lyrics to Mercer's original tune . The lyrics were written with the program's sponsor, Chesterfield Cigarettes in mind!
Back when music was really music. I play big band music around my house especially when my grand kids are here. I want them to hear GOOD music. They seem to enjoy it (age 18 months to 15 years)
If we end up blowing up this crazy world one of these days, the thing that I feel most depressed about is that somehow, all these beautiful songs like "Dream" and recordings of this from these immensely talented folks long gone now will be lost. The beauty, the complexity, the gift of that harmony is exquisite... let's hope, by some miracle, 2119's version of "RUclips," whatever that might be, will STILL be playing this.
I was stationed at Travis AFB, CA and almost every night I would listen to The Lucky Lager Dance Time and the announcer always played this at the close. I didn't know about happy smoke, drive-by shootings and you could walk down Market St without fear. Those kind of times have gone forever. When Jo Stafford was with the P/P they recorded it and I think that was it. No one called me DUDE. hambone
Absolutely, whether walking along the beach @ Paradise Cove or dancing the most beautiful girl in the world, these soft lyrics weave a magical spell of peace and tranquility in our souls…
I remember this group from my childhood. As I age I still dream a lot, all good dreams. Life was much simpler then, maybe not better, but simpler, understandable.
The older I grow, with everyone dead in the family, the more sweet relevance I attach to this magical song by the Pied Pipers…I wonder if any of the original group are still alive…how wonderfully soothing are their voices, and instantly can carry us back to a less threatening time in our lives…
Wow. In my life currently, I really need this...so soothing. I think there's a reason why, even if this style isn't the popular music right now, you sometimes can fall back on it when what there is now truly is too blaring and loud. The 2k10's and 2-20's just seem to have taken up things that produce some good songs...others, just painful and actually damaging noise. No satisfying patterns or flow either. Even the calm lofi still can be risky when it utilizes scratchy synthetic instruments; and that's coming from someone who likes synth pop and eurobeat, etc! But during moments where I need REAL peaceful songs, hearing this classical stuff is like falling softly on a pillowy cloud, deflating from everything, maybe even letting a tear out or two, but truly relaxing. I'd recommend that everyone listen to this...dream, dream, dream. ,,UvU,,
I can’t explain it, but the lyric beauty of their soft voices and musicians, echoes feelings of summer dances with Jeannie Cox in my arms gliding across the floor….
I'm from Spain south..... Really I love this video and song...... I can't understand but really I love it...... I know English but all English I've learnt was about college and high school..... It's some hard to learn in English specially if you are Spanish.......dont know why but allmots of my whole life I'm feeling and alone and I like listenin this songs.... I love classic movies from 50s...... Never never in my life I have been TO USA.... BUT ALWAYS WANTED CAN VISITING someday.....i love grass,,, forests country side.......trees.......and I love houses and nature with dogs..... Here on Spain all its different........... Always I have dreamed with seein certain places about USA But only its about my imagination When I'm sleeping or pictures or usin my imagination...... I don't believe never in my whole life can visiting across USA....... but all can do in. Thing DREAM DREAM.... WHEN YOU'RE FEELING BLUE...... GREETINGS FROM SPAIN!!
ive been looking for a live performance of this song to learn from. most tabs are incorrect or allmost close to the mark. but this has the original guitar cords being played, to a 30yr guitar player this is gold.
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My heart longs for this style of music in today's unsettling world.
Your comment is evergreen.
So true....
I agree
AMEN
It's great you can listen to it whenever you want
The year is 1951. I am a senior in high school and in love all the time! Oft times Saturday night would find me a the top of Mulholland Drive overlooking the twinkling lights of the San Fernando Valley canoodling with my current love affair listening to Music Until Dawn, "Brought to you by American Airlines." I knew it was time to go home when they played the last song of the night at midnight, "Dream," by the Pied Pipers, still a song I love to listen to. For a little bit of time all is right with the world again. Who would have thought that many years later I would be a pilot for American Airlines?
How ironic that you should mention the music till dawn sponsored by American Airlines, and on Mulhollandn which is a whisper from where I live…I haven’t thought of that radio episode in…my God 70 years…it’s going bye way too quickly…
@@JonathonSpiresMD
@@JonathonSpiresMD The interesting thing is that eventually I would be a commercial pilot for American Airlines. Better times.
Does anybody know the location of a beautiful outdoor facility for dining and dancing, in the video featuring Harry James & Helen Forrest singing I Had the Craziest Dream. I feel the video is from the 1940’s or 50’s, but there is one gorgeous raven haired girl in a mini skirt…go figure!
@@JonathonSpiresMD Maybe a movie set?
This is just Beautiful.
This was my mother's favorite
Song. She passed away last year.
She was 99 Years Old. I miss her
and ever time I hear this song, I think of her. I still love you Mama.
😇💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
bless to your mother and your heart and soul
99 streak! Amazing
Also sorry for your loss.
I hope you’re doing well
Loving you and your mom 💖
Thank You to all who responded.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
6 years now since my mother died. Will never forget the date, she died on my birthday 🎂
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
It seems your in 2020 as well
@@chuyevang71 I'm here too, listening to this song gave me motivation to draw smth so i came to this when i wanted to draw
@@audreyorsomething😮😢
2023
Wow was that beautiful... Music 60 years ago was other-worldy, sensitive, humble, gorgeous.
Oh my, what an honour! Julien Neel in person commenting in one of my videos! I'm a huge fan of your music! I invite everyone reading this to visit his channel, you won't be disappointed!
bettyafeia Gee thanks! :)
bettyafeia
You tell him Betty. I've been urging him to do this song himself. Can you imagine with his four voices how this would sound?! I believe the word is Killer-a-mundo!
Sasquatch Working on a double quartet arrangement right now. :)
Sasquatch Just finished recording a new arrangement of this song. :;)
Hard to believe a time like this existed.
+Elisabeth Romanik Those were the days, when music was music.
Elisabeth Romanik Yup, but it certainly did exist. 😃
Every generation has it's good and bad qualities. Because popular media tends to celebrate the worst is no reason to give up on the art today. There's great work being done by people of all ages still, you might have to search a bit more to find it though.
Unfortunately (in many ways) it was a time which will never come again BUT thanks to Y.T. we can *experience* a bit of it!!
It never really existed
I was 5 y/o in '51 -----------sorry to say, I don't remember this gorgeous rendition of a classic. Just hearing it makes me sad, & miss my Dad , Mom, Brother & sister. At 76 y/o, I'm really alone, & I don't like it. But somehow, this was to be my destiny. I miss this music so bad I could cry. --------------MJL< 76 y/o
Wish ja happy papa
wish u always happy Papa!
God bless your heart sir
Understood. Between 2016-23, my Wife and I saw the loss of three of her siblings, and her Mom in 2019. Then she herself passed in November 2023 after being I'll for years. Now I feel abruptly alone many times.
GOd bless lost all my immediate family too
私は日本人です。Spotifyで彼らの音楽を初めて聞きました。こんなに素敵なものに出会えるなんて思っていませんでした。
音楽は世界の共通言語ですね
This music will never die. Eventually, and long after I'm gone, it will come back.
Robert Silvestri I hope so my friend...
One can only hope Bob.
Bob I think music will not be as we think of it.
You said it, Robert: thank God for recordings!
I was born in 1968 and I grew up in the 80's, but I've always loved music from the 40's. This song is so beautiful. Such great harmony. I wish this genre of music would make a comeback. I'd rather hear this kind of pop music than the so-called "pop music" that's on the radio now.
Check out Linda Rondstadt and Nelson Riddle's Live Concert.
God Bless you !!
born in the 50's and i grew up with Big Band music in the house in fact my real name was the same as my moms fav big band singer
Born in the 200s here, but 100% agree that modern Pop music will never come anywhere close to these amazing masterpieces.
It was not my era, but I love the 40's music. It's soft, relaxing and very romantic.Unfortunately,the 40's era also had serious problems If some of these star were round today I would pay to see them. I would have loved to see Doris Day,Glenn Miller,Jo Stafford and a sober Judy Garland perform.
日本ではサラメシの「あの人も、昼を食べた」の曲。
今は亡き人たちのランチを偲びながら中井さんのナレーションで語られるエピソードが、何か良いんですよねぇ。
ワイも万が一のときには、これで野辺の送りをしてもらいたいなぁ。
this song is so...dreamy
Who can listen to this and not get a little misty?
Wonderful.
14 year olds in love with Beaver songs.
Always
I get allergies, I don't "mist up." Right.... :)
not me i dream a lot
"Dream" was my introduction to Johnny Mercer when we sang this song in high school choir, a lifetime ago. Since then, my admiration and respect for this truly great man continued to grow as I discovered more of his songs, his recordings and learned more about his remarkable life. Thank you for posting this gentle and tasteful coda to Mr. Mercer, his life and works.
Dang bro hope u ok it's been 10 years
@@randybarron1267
Hello there, and thanks for your kind words; so far, so good. Hope all's well with you, too. Take care.
Is johnny mercer still alive?
@@ichinihq
Alas, no; he passed in 1976 (born 1909).
A quick web search will yield a comprehensive page on Mercer at Wikipedia; there are also a page for him at the Songwriters Hall of Fame (of which he was the founding president) and a dedicated Johnny Mercer website.
Finally, there is a very enjoyable book, published in 1982, "Our Huckleberry Friend: The Life, Times and Lyrics of Johnny Mercer" (the title alludes to the song he wrote with frequent collaborator Henry Mancini for the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's," 1961: "Moon River" - which won an Oscar and two Grammy Awards).
Cheers.
2 years has passed, how are you?
Everytime I hear this song I stop what I'm doing, close my eyes, and listen. It brings tears to my eyes just to hear it. It's so beautiful!
13 years is crazy i hope u still like this song
@@marlon-ux7brI do! :)
@@marlon-ux7brI do! :)
It seems the older I get the more I appreciate this era of music. It's hard to believe I'm listening to my "dad's music" ✨
Each decade of your life passes , and you realize there's not old or new music , only good or bad music. Embrace it all.
Excellent point !@@markdettra1794
I’m 17 and I love this type of music :)
Man I miss being 17 :(
Me son is 16 and really fond of this type of music too. But he has also a heart for Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, etc. You name it. It’s all “in the mood”!👍🏻🎶
@@navywoman7709 thats amazing tell him i said he was good music
I'm 17 and Ive loved this type of music for a long time, hopefully you still do 2 years later
@@Fixie45 19 now and i still jam out to them
I love this song! They sing so well together! This is 2024 and to me this song will always live on. I will never tire of the Pied Pipers!
Im only 14 but i already know i want this song played at my funeral, it just seems like a peaceful way to be remembered and i want a song that is actually able to be appreciated. Songs made today just arent suitable, although this song is far from my time its beautiful and its a shame that modern music has grown so far from this kind of music
True four part harmony - so close together that it is difficult to pick out each part! Beautiful!!!
Nothing like close harmony. Even better when it is a capella, and preferably a Barbershop arrangement. Then the angels sing. It is amazing when 4 people sing 6 notes simultaneously.
The harmony is so beautiful it brings tears to my eyes.
No words can describe how beautiful the sound of this music, harmony and all.
I turned 69 years old in 2022, but way too young to remember this era. However When I started to use the internet 30 years ago I went searching for things that might interest me. I came away extremely impressed with Jo Stafford and the Pied Pied Pipers and also Louanne Hogan. I know June Hutton was in-between both ladies.
I think overall the big band era was outstanding lead my Glenn Miller. It is also wonderful to hear Sinatra in the Tommy Dorsey Era.
I actually had a lot of favorites from the 40's era that was not my era like Doris Day,Sinatra, Dean Martin,Perry Como,Nat King Cole,Ella Fitzgerald. and Jo Stafford.
My dad loved this song...On the night he died at home, I played it for him, I know he could hear it....the last song of his life...he was 96....
mine introduced me to swinging years music too
That's sad but beautiful
They surely didn’t know ppl in 2020 would listen to this
Instead be riding flying cars 💀
Yeah Fr
LOL Right
in 2024 and 2025 soon :)
I imagine people looking out the window and having to stay inside while watching the world outside unfold. Dreaming of what this year could have been but seeing what it actually became. It’s been a rough year for many people but I hope that you continue to stay positive and push forward.
Thats my life as a disabled person, not just these past corona years. 🤷♀️
Everyone who shares the priceless gift of nostalgia….
50 yrs old and never heard this song before. In fact, never heard of it before today. What a nice surprise.
That a World War would bring out some of the such sensitive lofty music.
yes sir
All children want something different than their parents, but good music and songs live on in those who appreciate such things. Look at Mozart it's not for everyone, but it lives on in those who appreciate it.
@@LJBSullivan one man can wear a suit in 2021, it will not bring me joy. One man can drive a 1941 Pontiac in emerald iridescent forest green with white walls and thin original Firestones. It will not make my hope for a better future any more realized. One person can develop the accents we had back in the 1920's to 1970's, but frankly it will not compel anything of hope in my heart, but I will be proud of that young person for doing so. You don't understand that having something isn't enough, of course you are content because you never witnessed how absolutely tear jerking beautiful the mid century era was of the 1930's, 1940's, and 1950's... it's just a distant google search when you asked about the war. It has no significance to you...but to us, it is everything, there's this warm color speaking to me just beyond my reach, then I fall on the floor of a wet cave as that mellow glowing light fades, the chords of beauty disappearing. It's everything that I want, not the cars, not the outfits, not the dialect, not the vocals, not that ingenious which is technically all of that and more,...but I want It all, everything back. My ideal is going exactly back in time, not a fake different version of it. I know how wonderful I was, racism and sexism was not a quality shared in the 1950's as much as you all think. Or guess rather.
What a Gem this is. A thousand thanks. I am transported back as a young man again in the early 1950s.
It's from the '40s. 😅 I'd thought it from the '50s too. 🤗
I grew up with music like this…America’s decline from these days of old is beyond imagination.
“The Greatest Generation” the hero’s and heroines of WW2 danced to these tunes dreaming of a great America…I pray that dream can be a reality again!
Thank you for making this relevant to all ❤️
Sounds so dreamy
im 14. wow. im in love with this music.
Tommy Dorsey and the Pied Pipers left us something very special to keep.
I love the beautiful innocence captured in songs from the past. Everything now is focused on greed and lust, it's so sad.
12 year old comment that’s cool😁
@@LinhNguyen-dj6dk 1 year old reply that's cool 😁
i love this song. sounds like something youd dance to with your loved one alone with candles after enjoying a warm meal. who else is listening to this in 2021?
Beautiful beyond words,❤ those harmonies are breathtaking, priceless 🌹💗🌹
Agree it transports me to another time if young hearts in love and just staring into each others eyes. Love it.❤
@@mreokeydokey Times like those old times are gone forever I'm afraid 😑
Nothing to be afraid of? One can dream😘
Flawless harmonies! 👏👍
There's absolutely nothing wrong with returning to ,the ancient paths , of beauty and wisdom , TODAYS WORLD IS WAFER THIN, A VENEER . AND HAS NO DEPTH , Virtue has left our lives , and a well assembled song like this , tells us how far from grace we've fallen , I'm 72 , and miss these gifted ones . ❤
The greatest generation deserved the greatest music. They paid for it.
How come someone has come up with the perfect melody? Even the lyrics are perfect!
When I hear this song my problems don't seem so 😞 bad. This song gives me hope
It’s crazy how much I miss music that wasn’t even from my time. It’s just not the same anymore.
Beauty comes in many forms and this harmony is certainly one of them!
Their voices matched so beautifully. They where definitely meant to sing together...
Memories of driving through Malibu Canyon on a summers twilight, feeling the soft scent of the ocean breeze and seeing your smile that “lights up the night”, gives a gentle nudge to the clouds as they chase the setting sun in the distant horizon, pulling up the covers on another day…
I was born much later, but simply love this music, the harmonies the excellent romantic tone of these songs, are just beautiful.
Where is jo stafford?
this was one of the most beautiful things i've ever heard
the golden era of music
I remember watching the Pied Pipers on TV in 1950's as a young child!!! G-o-n-e are those mesmerizing days!!!
The closest that I’ve come to this wonderful era, was at Elitch Gardens and the Broadmore resort in Colorado Springs…there high in the Rockies you could dine and dance to these romantic songs, enjoy superb dining and glide across the dance floor under a stardust sky….
I love music❤ and appreciate RUclips and the uploader for sharing to us all. Im 30 years old and love reading everyone’s comments and stories.
Where is jo stafford?
Wonderful talent. Pure and simple. I love that wonderful style of harmonizing during the 1930s thru the 1950s. Takes me instantly back to a better/nicer time and place.
a time when popular music was good and good music was popular.written by jazzz writer gene lees.
Beautiful music sung by adults that look like adults! Real singing ...real songs...real musicians
Boy, do I dream when I hear this, memories, memories.
NHKで放送している中井貴一のサラメシで見つけました。かなり泣けます。
故人を偲びたい時に聴いて下さい。
So soothing and relaxing. I am going to close my eyes and think about how wonderful life can be if you Dream.
Glad to know their are still Dreamers, Thank You.
I'm from Brazil, born in 1960, and I simply love this kind of vocal harmony. And this song is just wonderful. It takes me back to my childhood.
A great song sung by one of the best groups of that time.
NOW THIS IS WHAT I CALL MUSIC. SMOOTH. EASY TO LISTEN TO. VERY RELAXING.
I hear music like this and I can imagine a younger version of my grandma. Granny Dot I miss you so much. Everyday. When I’m blue all I can do is dream. This one is for you 💙
Absolutely beautiful. I was definitely born too late.
I had to pause it to get over how good this is. MAN do I wish I had people I could sing this with
I play this everyday as a warmup in jazz band :)
An amazingly beautiful song,from way before my time.....I seem to have an affinity with these tunes..
I see swaying palm trees, tropical breezes ... my hair filled with the soft sent of the ocean as I walk along a deserted beach.. That's what music of today is missing.nostagia..
You portray such a beautiful ocean picture, I can feel the sweet scent of the palms and ocean, all that is missing-is YOU….
And having you in my arms as walk and feel the sand under our feet, and see the last pastel colors of pink and lavender, as the sun settles into a distant ocean….❤️🩹
But the beauty and magic of these lyrics, at least for a breath or two, allows us to glide across the dance floor with that special sweetheart in your arms, and become one in the moment….
Great song, Such class personified by musicians & vocalists
don't think they even come close. Very glad to have opportunity to see & hear it at the same time. Thanks for placing it here
Beautiful Voices and Melody ❤!
This song is gorgeous.
Johnny Mercer was a God kiss to the likes of us. Songs written for you and I. This song was the closing song for Stan's Drive-Inn in Fresno when I was a teenage dragging the main. I send this song when there is a passing of a friend or classmate to the family. It always bring a tear to my eyes.
Johnny originally wrote "Dream" as the closing song for the NBC early evening radio show "Johnny Mercer's Music Shop" , a daily M-F 15 minute radio show that aired live during the summer months into early fall of 1944. Johnny was encouraged by musical director, Paul Weston to write lyrics to Mercer's original tune . The lyrics were written with the program's sponsor, Chesterfield Cigarettes in mind!
This is so beautiful...
Back when music was really music. I play big band music around my house especially when my grand kids are here. I want them to hear GOOD music. They seem to enjoy it (age 18 months to 15 years)
That's great to hear. My dad exposed me and my brothers to this music, and I'm grateful him for it.
That's awesome! Good for you!!
This is so beautiful.
If we end up blowing up this crazy world one of these days, the thing that I feel most depressed about is that somehow, all these beautiful songs like "Dream" and recordings of this from these immensely talented folks long gone now will be lost. The beauty, the complexity, the gift of that harmony is exquisite... let's hope, by some miracle, 2119's version of "RUclips," whatever that might be, will STILL be playing this.
I was stationed at Travis AFB, CA and almost every night I would listen to The Lucky Lager Dance Time and the announcer always played this at the close. I didn't know about happy smoke, drive-by shootings and you could walk down Market St without fear. Those kind of times have gone forever. When Jo Stafford was with the P/P they recorded it and I think that was it. No one called me DUDE. hambone
I'm dreaming as the smoke rings rise in the air. Whos with me?
Absolutely, whether walking along the beach @ Paradise Cove or dancing the most beautiful girl in the world, these soft lyrics weave a magical spell of peace and tranquility in our souls…
I remember this group from my childhood. As I age I still dream a lot, all good dreams. Life was much simpler then, maybe not better, but simpler, understandable.
Brings to mind the poetic phrase, “ a thing of beauty is a joy forever.”
Beautiful, speechless and honored to hear this song👨💼
Just priceless. It's amazing how well they harmonize. Absolutely beautiful! It relaxes me so much.
This music is timeless!
The older I grow, with everyone dead in the family, the more sweet relevance I attach to this magical song by the Pied Pipers…I wonder if any of the original group are still alive…how wonderfully soothing are their voices, and instantly can carry us back to a less threatening time in our lives…
I think the only surviving member of the Big Band era as of 2024 is Ray Anthony from Glenn Miller Orchestra.....102 years old!
God ! Was I lucky to have been a part of this era.
They nailed the Harmony on this ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wow. In my life currently, I really need this...so soothing.
I think there's a reason why, even if this style isn't the popular music right now, you sometimes can fall back on it when what there is now truly is too blaring and loud. The 2k10's and 2-20's just seem to have taken up things that produce some good songs...others, just painful and actually damaging noise. No satisfying patterns or flow either. Even the calm lofi still can be risky when it utilizes scratchy synthetic instruments; and that's coming from someone who likes synth pop and eurobeat, etc! But during moments where I need REAL peaceful songs, hearing this classical stuff is like falling softly on a pillowy cloud, deflating from everything, maybe even letting a tear out or two, but truly relaxing. I'd recommend that everyone listen to this...dream, dream, dream. ,,UvU,,
There are more hearts stopped, when this song is played, than you might suspect…
To a heart so kind, this song enchants and leaves me in a bliss of a better yesterday.
I can’t explain it, but the lyric beauty of their soft voices and musicians, echoes feelings of summer dances with Jeannie Cox in my arms gliding across the floor….
This is so special to see as well as hear. Thank you. A rare souvenir. Reminds me of a gentler time.
I'm from Spain south..... Really I love this video and song...... I can't understand but really I love it...... I know English but all English I've learnt was about college and high school..... It's some hard to learn in English specially if you are Spanish.......dont know why but allmots of my whole life I'm feeling and alone and I like listenin this songs.... I love classic movies from 50s...... Never never in my life I have been TO USA.... BUT ALWAYS WANTED CAN VISITING someday.....i love grass,,, forests country side.......trees.......and I love houses and nature with dogs..... Here on Spain all its different........... Always I have dreamed with seein certain places about USA But only its about my imagination When I'm sleeping or pictures or usin my imagination...... I don't believe never in my whole life can visiting across USA....... but all can do in. Thing DREAM DREAM.... WHEN YOU'RE FEELING BLUE...... GREETINGS FROM SPAIN!!
Too much feelin certain nostalgin n pure melancholic from spain😢
The Pied Pipers , ❤ Me Encanta ❤
Why i love old song 😢
Beautiful harmony-beautiful song. Johnny Mercer is one of my favorite composers.
Thanks for sharing with Us.
Lorraine
This is beautiful old music feels nostalgic
this definitely gives me dream vibes, I love it
ive been looking for a live performance of this song to learn from. most tabs are incorrect or allmost close to the mark. but this has the original guitar cords being played, to a 30yr guitar player this is gold.
Hermosa melodía y grandes voces.❤
Beautiful 💞 Feels like I miss things I haven't even experienced yet! ❤ Lovely!
singing and sitting down I never seen anything like that
So beautiful ,I close my eyes and escape from this world for just a little.