Fabian Andre (January 8, 1910 – March 30, 1960) was an American
composer, best known for co-writing the music of "
Dream a Little Dream of Me" with
Wilbur Schwandt in 1931. Popular in its time, the song was revived in 1968 when covered by
the Mamas & the Papas
The Mamas & the Papas were a folk rock vocal group formed in Los Angeles, California, which recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968. The group was a defining force in the music scene of the counterculture of the 1960s. The group consisted of Am ...
.
As an orchestra leader, he had a hit with the song "Dance of an Ear of Corn" for
Columbia Records in July 1940.
Death
In 1960, Andre was found dead in his hotel room in
Mexico City
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. An autopsy determined the cause of death to be "alcoholic congestion". Years later, the Mamas and the Papas decided to record "Dream a Little Dream of Me" after member
Michelle Phillips
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got word that Andre, whom she met in her childhood, had died supposedly in a fall down an elevator shaft.
References
External links
Fabian Andre Biography at IMDB
1910 births
1960 deaths
American male composers
Musicians from Wisconsin
20th-century American composers
Columbia Records artists
20th-century American male musicians
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