Dream Lover

For other uses of this term, see Dream Lover (disambiguation).

"Dream Lover"
Single by Bobby Darin
B-side	Bullmoose
Released	1959
Genre	Rock
Label	Atlantic (ATCO 6140)
Writer(s)	Bobby Darin
Producer	Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler

"Dream Lover" is a song written and recorded by Bobby Darin on March 5, 1959. It was produced by Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler and engineered by Tom Dowd. The song became a multi-million seller, reaching #2 in US charts and was #1 in UK for four weeks during July 1959. It was released as a single on Atco Records in 1959. In addition to Darin's vocal, the song features Neil Sedaka on piano. A picture sleeve, featuring a portrait of Darin, was also issued for this record.

The song is featured in the 1991 movie Hot Shots! starring Charlie Sheen. A remake of the song performed by Dion is also played in full, during the end credits. The song was also used in Michael Apted's 1974 movie Stardust and in Barry Levinson's 1982 debut film Diner. A version of the song, retitled "Dream Maker" and with rewritten lyrics, appears in the pilot of the 1987 TV series Rags to Riches.

Covers

"Dream Lover"
Single by Billy "Crash" Craddock
from the album You Better Move On
Released	1971
Format	45 record
Genre	Country
Label	Cartwheel
Billy "Crash" Craddock singles chronology
"Knock Three Times" (1971) "Dream Lover" (1971) "You Better Move On" (1971)

• The song was recorded by Horace Andy.

This song was recorded by Duffy Power, (Fontana 194)

• The song was recorded by Daniel Johnston.

• The song was used in the off-Broadway musical, The Marvelous Wonderettes, a revue of 50's and 60's songs. It was performed as a medley with the Everly Brothers' "All I Have to Do Is Dream.

• The song was recorded by Dion, whose version played on the credits of the movie Hot Shots!.

• The song was recorded by Johnny Burnette (1961)

• The song was recorded by Ben E. King on Ben E. King Sings for Soulful Lovers (1962)

• The song was recorded by The Paris Sisters, an American "girl group", circa 1964. Their version can be heard as the background song of the 1965 experimental short film, Kustom Kar Kommandos, produced and directed by Kenneth Anger, in which a young man dreamily hand-dusts his beautiful customized automobile while the music plays.

• The song was recorded by Sandy Posey in 1966 or 1967.

• The song was recorded by Billy "Crash" Craddock in 1971 on the Cartwheel label and became a country hit.

• The song was recorded by Ricky Nelson in 1978, performed by him on Saturday Night Live in 1979, and later re-released in 1986.

• The song was recorded by UK glam rock band Mud for their 1979 As You Like It album. They also recorded the song on their 1982 album mud featuring Les Gray.

• The song was recorded by the punk band Plasmatics in 1979.

• "Dream Lover" was recorded by Glenn Shorrock, former lead singer of Australian super group Little River Band, in 1979.

• The song was recorded by Glen Campbell and Tanya Tucker in 1980.

• This song was recorded by John Lennon in 1980. This song was combined together with the song "Stay" written by Maurice Williams. However, its only release is on The Complete Lost Lennon Tapes.

• The song is the last track on Don McLean's 1981 album Believers.

• The song was recorded by The Manhattan Transfer and was performed with guest artist James Taylor on their 1995 album Tonin'.

• The song was recorded by The Misfits on their 2003 album Project 1950.

• The song was recorded by Daniel O'Donnell in his 2005 album Teenage Dreams.

• The song was recorded by British singer-songwriter Marc Almond on his 2007 album Stardom Road.

• Australian singer Jason Donovan recorded the song for his album Let It Be Me (2008).

• The song was recorded in 2008 by Australian singer Alfio for his album Classic Rewinds.

• This song was recorded by The Dollyrots for their for their August 2010 album A Little Messed Up. Their cover also appears on a season 2 episode of The Vampire Diaries.

• The song was recorded by Della Rae and Irvin Wadlington at Del Ray Records, Poplar Bluff, Missouri.

Book

In 1994, Darin and Sandra Dee's son Dodd Darin co-authored with Maxine Paetro a book about his parents whose title is inspired by the song. As the publisher's note for Dream Lovers: The Magnificent Shattered Lives of Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee describes: "In this intensely personal biography the son of Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee goes far beyond the ordinary celebrity bio, revealing the real story behind his parents' shining image - their troubled childhoods, up-and-down careers, brief marriage, and tumultuous lives together and apart."

External links

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Roulette" by Russ Conway

UK number-one single July 3, 1959

Succeeded by "Living Doll" by Cliff Richard