Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?

"Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" is a popular song, introduced by Art Jarrett in the 1933 film Sitting Pretty.

The music was written by Harry Revel, the lyrics by Mack Gordon. The song was originally published in 1933 and there were charted versions in the USA that year by Eddy Duchin (No. 1 in the charts), Guy Lombardo (#2), Bing Crosby (#5), and Meyer Davis (#6). Since then, there have been many covers of the song, including Henry Hall's 1933 cover, Al Bowlly with Ray Noble and his Orchestra (1933), Matt Monro (1957), Dorothy Lamour (1957), Michael Holliday (1959), Max Bygraves (1960), and a version by Frankie Avalon for the 1960 album Summer Scene. Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album On the Sentimental Side (1962).

In popular culture

An instrumental version was part of the musical score by Clarence Wheeler in the 1946 George Pal Puppetoon Together in the Weather starring Punchy and Judy. Appears in The Puppetoon Movie produced and directed by Arnold Leibovit.
An instrumental version is used in the 1934 Popeye cartoon A Dream Walking.
The Bing Crosby version of the song was used as a plot point in the 1988 film Lady in White.
The Bing Crosby version of the song was used in the end credits of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge.
The Bing Crosby version of the song was used in Pennies from Heaven (1981)
The Bing Crosby version of the song was used in The Locusts (1997)
The Gene Austin version of the song was featured in the 1999 film The Green Mile.
A version of the song performed by Sunny Gale was featured in the 2009 film Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire.
In the fan film The Confession of Fred Krueger, the character of Freddy sings it to himself, while starting a fire.
In the Laverne & Shirley episode: "Why Did the Fireman..." (Season 5, Episode 18 – original air date: February 4, 1980), Laverne sings the first line of this song when thinking about her fireman boyfriend, who dies in a fire just before proposing marriage to her.

References

Whitburn, Joel (1986). Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 491. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
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External links

A haunting song.... - An article on the background of the writing of the song, and careers of the writers

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Discography
1920s	"My Blue Heaven" (with Paul Whiteman) "Ol' Man River" (with Paul Whiteman) "Mississippi Mud" (with Paul Whiteman) "Silent Night, Holy Night" (with Paul Whiteman) "Makin' Whoopee" (with Paul Whiteman) "Let's Do It" (with Dorsey Brothers) "Louise"
1930s	"Three Little Words" (with Duke Ellington) "I Surrender Dear" (with Gus Arnheim) "Just a Gigolo" "At Your Command" "Stardust" "Goodnight, Sweetheart" "Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)" (Bing's Theme Song) "Waltzing in a Dream" "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" "Temptation" "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" "June in January" "Love Is Just Around the Corner" "I Wished on the Moon" "It Ain't Necessarily So" "I Can't Escape from You" "Pennies from Heaven" "Silent Night" "Adeste Fideles" "Sweet Leilani" "Blue Hawaii" "Never in a Million Years" "Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon" "My Reverie" "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" "God Bless America" "Ciribiribin (They're So in Love)" (with Andrews Sisters)
1940s	"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" "Only Forever" "It's Always You" "New San Antonio Rose" (with Bob Crosby) "Dolores" "Deep in the Heart of Texas" (with Woody Herman) "Easter Parade" "White Christmas" "Moonlight Becomes You" "Sunday, Monday, or Always" "People Will Say We're in Love" (with Trudy Erwin) "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" (with Trudy Erwin) "Pistol Packin' Mama" (with Andrews Sisters) "I'll Be Home for Christmas" "Jingle Bells" (with Andrews Sisters) "Poinciana" "I Love You" "I'll Be Seeing You" "Swinging on a Star" "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" (with Andrews Sisters) "Hot Time in the Town of Berlin" (with Andrews Sisters) "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)" "Amor" "Long Ago (and Far Away)" "Don't Fence Me In" (with Andrews Sisters) "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (with Andrews Sisters) "You Belong to My Heart" "Along the Navajo Trail (with Andrews Sisters) "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" "If I Loved You" "It's Been a Long, Long Time" (with Les Paul Trio) "I Can't Begin to Tell You" "Symphony" "The Bells of St. Mary's" "McNamara's Band" "Sioux City Sue" "South America, Take It Away" "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" (with Andrews Sisters) "Night and Day" "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (with Andrews Sisters) "Galway Bay "Ballerina" "Now Is the Hour" "But Beautiful" "Far Away Places" "Careless Hands" "Riders in the Sky" "Some Enchanted Evening" "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" "Mule Train"
1950s	"Quicksilver" (with Andrews Sisters) "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" (with Andrews Sisters) "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" "Play a Simple Melody" (with Gary Crosby) "Sam's Song " (with Gary Crosby) "La Vie en rose" "All My Love" "Beyond the Reef" "Harbor Lights" "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" "A Marshmallow World" "Sparrow in the Treetop" (with Andrews Sisters) "Gone Fishin'" (with Louis Armstrong) "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (with Jane Wyman) "The Isle of Innisfree" "Zing a Little Zong" (with Jane Wyman) "Silver Bells" (with Carol Richards) "Down by the Riverside" (with Gary Crosby) "Young at Heart" "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" "Stranger in Paradise" "In a Little Spanish Town" (with Buddy Cole Trio) "True Love" (with Grace Kelly) "Now You Has Jazz" (with Louis Armstrong) "Well, Did You Evah!" (with Frank Sinatra)
1970s	"That's What Life Is All About"
1980s	"Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" (with David Bowie)

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