Drifting and Dreaming

This article is about the song. For the Bing Crosby album, see Drifting and Dreaming (album).

"Drifting and Dreaming, Sweet Paradise," is an American popular song written, copyrighted, published, and licensed by ASCAP in 1925. Lyrics are by Haven Gillespie, music is by Egbert Van Alstyne and Erwin Roeder Schmidt (1890–1966), and Loyal B. Curtis (1877–1947), L.B. Curtis, Music Publisher, New York.[1] It was a major hit in 1926 for George Olsen.[2]

Selected discography

  • Ted Lewis, Columbia Records 78 rpm (1925) OCLC 45133984
Recorded in New York City, December 15, 1925
Side A Matrix 141393: Don't Wake Me Up (Let Me Dream) 551-D
Side B Matrix 141394: Drifting and Dreaming 620-D
Fran C. Frey (1903–1962), Bob Rice, (baritone vocals), Bob Borger (tenor vocal), George Olsen (director)
Instrumentation: 2 violins, cello, flute, clarinet, 3 saxophones, 2 cornets, trombone, tuba, banjo, and piano
Recorded February 16, 1926, in New York City
Fats Robinson (trumpet, oboe), Reuben Reeves (trumpet), Eddie Atkins, William Franklin (trombone), Professor Stanley Williams (clarinet), Ralph Brown (alto sax, oboe), Norval Morton (tenor sax, flute), Clarence Lee, Joe McCutchin, Bobby Wall (violin), Lawrence Dixon (banjo, cello), Sudie Reynaud (bass), Jasper Taylor (drums)
Recorded in Chicago, April 3, 1928
C-1867 Dixie stomp
C-1868 Drifting and dreaming
Note: According to Lawrence Brown of Texas, the above is actually the Dave Peyton pit band at the Regal Theatre, Chicago. Tom Lord's Jazz Discography, lists it under Fess Williams because reissues on LPs and CDs list it as by Fess Williams.[3]
Matrix LA 2073A (C63-8): Drifting and Dreaming, recorded December 5, 1939, Columbia Master 36227, 78 rpm OCLC 84345674
Matrix LA 2073A: Drifting and Dreaming, recorded December 5, 1939, Columbia Master 35332, 78 rpm OCLC 85003553
Side A Matrix 69133: Drifting and Dreaming, Kenny Gardner (vocals)
Side B Matrix 69132: When The Organ Played at Twilight
Recorded in New York City, May 5, 1941
Side A Matrix L 3889: It's Been a Long, Long Time, recorded July 12, 1945, in Los Angeles.[4]
Side B Matrix L 4357: Drifting and Dreaming, recorded February 13, 1947, in Los Angeles.[5]
Recorded April 1959.[6] She had earlier recorded the song on 27 June 1948 with the Robert Farnon Orchestra (Decca F 8943).
  • Pat Boone and Shirley Boone - for their album Side by Side (1959).[7]
  • Burl Ives - for his album On the Beach at Waikiki (1965).[8]

References

  1. ^ Drifting and Dreaming: The Biography of Songwriter Haven Gillespie, by William E. First & Pasco E. First, Seaside Publishing (1998) OCLC 38148266
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 495. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  3. ^ The Jazz Discography, Lord Music Reference Inc. OCLC 182585494
  4. ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". A Bing Crosby Discography. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  5. ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". A Bing Crosby Discography. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  6. ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  7. ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  8. ^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 12, 2017.