''Dame Dreaming'', also known as ''Dame Dreaming with Bill Doggett'', is an album by American organist
Bill Doggett
William Ballard Doggett (February 16, 1916 – November 13, 1996) was an American pianist and organist. He began his career playing swing music before transitioning into rhythm and blues. Best known for his instrumental compositions "Honky Tonk" ...
released by the
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label in 1957.
LP Discography: Bill Doggett
accessed July 1, 2019[King Records Discography: King LP532]
accessed July 5, 2019
Critical reception
AllMusic
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reviewer Myles Boisen stated "This was one of Bill Doggett's smooth 'n' easy recordings ... don't expect anything that will rattle the ice cubes in your martini".
Track listing
# "Sweet Lorraine
"Sweet Lorraine" is a popular song with music by Cliff Burwell and words by Mitchell Parish that was published in 1928 and has become a jazz standard. It is written in F major and has an AABA structure.
A version by Teddy Wilson charted in Oct ...
" (Cliff Burwell
Clifford R. Burwell (October 6, 1898 – October 10, 1976) was an American pianist and composer. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut on October 6, 1898. His most popular composition was "Sweet Lorraine," with lyrics by Mitchell Parish.
He playe ...
, Mitchell Parish
Mitchell Parish (born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky; July 10, 1900 – March 31, 1993) was an American lyricist, notably as a writer of songs for stage and screen.
Biography
Parish was born to a Jewish family in Lithuania, Russian Empire in July 190 ...
) – 2:23
# " Diane" (Ernö Rapée
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, Lew Pollack
Lew Pollack (June 16, 1895 – January 18, 1946) was an American song composer and musician active during the 1920s and the 1930s.
Career
Pollack was born in New York City where he went to DeWitt Clinton High School and was active as a boy sopran ...
) – 2:48
# "Dinah
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" (Harry Akst
Harry Akst (August 15, 1894 – March 31, 1963)
- accessed November 19, 2011 was an American Sam M. Lewis
Sam M. Lewis (October 25, 1885 – November 22, 1959) was an American singer and lyricist.
Career
Lewis was born Samuel M. Levine in New York City, United States. He began his music career by singing in cafés throughout New York City, and be ...
, Joe Young) – 2:45
# "Ramona
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" (L. Wolfe Gilbert
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Biography
Born i ...
, Mabel Wayne
Mabel Wayne (born Mabel Wimpfheimer, July 16, 1890 – June 19, 1978) was an American songwriter, noted as "one of the first women composers to publish a hit song". Her songs included " In a Little Spanish Town", "Ramona", and "It Happened in Mo ...
) – 2:17
# "Cherry
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Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet ''Prunus avium'' and the sour ''Prunus cerasus''. The nam ...
" (Don Redman
Donald Matthew Redman (July 29, 1900 – November 30, 1964) was an American jazz musician, music arrangement, arranger, bandleader, and composer.
Biography
Redman was born in Piedmont, West Virginia, Piedmont, Mineral County, West Virginia, Un ...
, Ray Gilbert
Ray Gilbert (September 5, 1912 – March 3, 1976) was an American lyricist. He grew up in Hartford, Connecticut.
Career
Gilbert is best remembered for the lyrics to the Oscar-winning song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" from the film ''Song of the South'', w ...
) – 3:04
# "Cynthia" ( Jack Owens, Earl Gish, Billy White) – 2:35
# "Jeannine
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*Jeannine Altmeyer (born 1948), American operatic soprano
*Jeannine Baticle (1920–2014), French curator
* Jeannine Burch (born 1968), Swiss television actress
*Jeannine Davis-Kimbal ...
" (Nathaniel Shilkret
Nathaniel Shilkret (December 25, 1889 – February 18, 1982) was an American musician, composer, conductor and musical director.
Early career
Shilkret (originally named Natan Schüldkraut) was born in New York City, United States, to parents ...
, Gilbert) – 2:23
# "Tangerine
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" (Victor Schertzinger
Victor L. Schertzinger (April 8, 1888 – October 26, 1941) was an American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His films include ''Paramount on Parade'' (co-director, 1930 in film, 1930), ''Something to Sing About (1937 fil ...
, Johnny Mercer
John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallich ...
) – 2:54
# " Nancy" (Jimmy Van Heusen
James Van Heusen (born Edward Chester Babcock; January 26, 1913 – February 6, 1990) was an American composer. He wrote songs for films, television and theater, and won an Emmy and four Academy Awards for Best Original Song.
Life and care ...
, Phil Silvers
Phil Silvers (born Phillip Silver; May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedic actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah". His career as a professional entertainer spanned nearly sixty years. Silvers achieved major popu ...
) – 2:47
# "Estrellita" (Manuel Ponce
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, Frank La Forge
Frank La Forge (October 22, 1879 – May 5, 1953) was an American pianist, vocal coach, teacher, composer and arranger of art songs.
Biography
He was born on October 22, 1879 in Rockford, Illinois.
La Forge was a boy soprano. He first stud ...
) – 2:47
# " Laura" (David Raksin
David Raksin (August 4, 1912 – August 9, 2004) was an American composer who was noted for his work in film and television. With more than 100 film scores and 300 television scores to his credit, he became known as the "Grandfather of Film Music ...
, Johnny Mercer
John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallich ...
) – 2:54
# "Marcheta" (Victor Schertzinger) – 2:01
Personnel
*Bill Doggett
William Ballard Doggett (February 16, 1916 – November 13, 1996) was an American pianist and organist. He began his career playing swing music before transitioning into rhythm and blues. Best known for his instrumental compositions "Honky Tonk" ...
– organ
* Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute (tracks 2-12)
*Percy France – tenor saxophone (track 1)
* Billy Butler (tracks 2-12), Jerry Lane (track 1) – guitar
*Edwyn Conley (tracks 2-12), Clarence Mack (track 1) - bass
*Shep Shepherd
Berisford Shepherd, professionally known as Shep Shepherd (January 19, 1917 – November 25, 2018), was an American multi-instrumental jazz musician, composer and singer.
Beginnings
Shepherd's father Charlie Shepherd was an engineer from the Wes ...
– drums
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References
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King Records (United States) albums
Bill Doggett albums
1957 albums