"Hey Mr. Dream Maker" (in some releases as "Hey Mr. Dreammaker") is a song by

Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is an Indian-born British musican, singer, producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist who holds both British and Barbadian citizenship. He has total sales of over 21.5 million s ...

from his album ''

Every Face Tells a Story ''Every Face Tells a Story'' is the nineteenth studio album by Cliff Richard. Released in March 1977, it followed-up Richard's comeback album, '' I'm Nearly Famous.'' The album peaked at No.8 during a 10-week run on the UK Album Chart and spa ...

'' and the first single to be released from the album. It was released as a single in 1976 reaching number 31 on the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

. It was a top ten hit in South Africa reaching number 6.

Track listing

7": EMI / EMI 2499 # "Hey Mr. Dream Maker" – 4:48 # "No One Waits" – 3:41

Personnel

– vocals *

Terry Britten Terence Ernest Britten (born July 1947) is an English-Australian singer-songwriter and record producer, who has written songs for Tina Turner, Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton-John, Status Quo and Michael Jackson amongst many others. Britten (along w ...

– guitar *

Alan Tarney Alan Tarney (born 19 November 1945) is an English record producer and musician. He was born in Northside, Workington, Cumberland, but spent his teenage years in Adelaide, Australia, where he met his songwriting and musical partner Trevor Spence ...

– bass * Brian Bennett – drums, percussion *Graham Todd – keyboards *

Frank Ricotti Frank Ricotti (born 31 January 1949) is an English jazz vibraphonist and percussionist. Early life and education Ricotti was born in London, England. His father was a drummer. Bill Ashton, founder of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NY ...

– percussion *

Tony Rivers Tony Rivers (born Douglas Anthony Thompson, 21 December 1940, Shildon, County Durham, England) is an English singer, best known for singing with the groups Tony Rivers and the Castaways and Harmony Grass. Additionally, Rivers sang on albums by ...

– backing vocals, vocal arrangement *John Perry – backing vocals

Chart performance

Covers

The song was covered by

Olivia Newton-John Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British-Australian singer, actress and activist. She was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included 15 top-ten singles, including 5 number-one singles on the ...

in her album ''

Don't Stop Believin' (album) ''Don't Stop Believin'' is the eighth studio album by British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John, released on 30 October 1976. The album received a Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and reached number 3 ...

'' released on 30 October 1976 being her first album to be recorded in Nashville.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hey Mr. Dream Maker Cliff Richard songs 1976 singles 1976 songs Songs written by Alan Tarney Songs written by Bruce Welch EMI Records singles