"My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" is a 1945

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. The music was written by

Vic Mizzy Victor Mizzy (January 9, 1916 – October 17, 2009) was an American composer for television and movies and musician whose best-known works are the themes to the 1960s television sitcoms '' Green Acres'' and ''The Addams Family''. Mizzy also wrote ...

and the lyrics by

Manny Curtis Manny Curtis (born Emanuel Kurtz, Nov 15, 1911 – Dec 6, 1984) was an American songwriter. He wrote the lyrics for over 250 songs, including " In a Sentimental Mood" (1935) and " Let It Be Me" (1957). He was born in Brooklyn, New York, United ...

. The song was published in

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...

and was introduced in the 1944 film ''

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'' by

Marion Hutton Marion Hutton (born Marion Thornburg; March 10, 1919 – January 10, 1987) was an American singer and actress. She is best remembered for her singing with the Glenn Miller Orchestra from 1938 to 1942. She was the sister of actress and singer ...

Notable recordings

*The biggest hit version of the song was recorded by the Les Brown Orchestra with a vocal by Doris Day. The Les Brown/Doris Day version was recorded on March 2, 1945 and released by Columbia Records as catalog number 36779. The record first reached the '' Billboard'' charts on March 15, 1945, and lasted 12 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1. Although this record was made after the big Brown/Day hit, " Sentimental Journey," it actually hit the charts earlier. *Another charting version was done by Johnny Long with Dick Robertson. The Johnny Long/Dick Robertson version was recorded on February 20, 1945 and was released by Decca Records as catalog number 18661. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on April 5, 1945, and lasted 6 weeks on the chart, peaking at #3. *

Louis Prima Louis Leo Prima (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and trumpeter. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he forme ...

and His Orchestra recorded the song in June 1944 for Majestic Records (catalog No. 7128). * Perry Como sang the sang on his Chesterfield Supper Club broadcast in January 1945 and the recording was placed on a

V-Disc V-Disc ( "V" for Victory) was a record label that was formed in 1943 to provide records for U.S. military personnel. Captain Robert Vincent supervised the label from the Special Services division. Many popular singers, big bands, and orches ...

for the Armed Forces (V-Disc Record Number A-410-B ( Navy N-190-B.). * Bing Crosby sang the song twice on his radio show in April and May 1945. *In Britain, it was covered by Joe Loss and His Orchestra and by

Vera Lynn Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (; 20 March 191718 June 2020) was an English singer and entertainer whose musical recordings and performances were very popular during World War II. She is honorifically known as the " Forces' Sweetheart", having giv ...

who recorded it for Decca Records (catalog No. Decca F 8530) on April 14. 1945 with the Len Edwards Orchestra. *The recording with Joe Loss and his Orchestra with refrain by Elizabeth Batey was made in

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on April 29, 1945. It was released by

EMI EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British Transnational corporation, transnational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in March 1 ...

on the

HMV Records His Master's Voice (HMV) was the name of a major British record label created in 1901 by The Gramophone Co. Ltd. The phrase was coined in the late 1890s from the title of a painting by English artist Francis Barraud, which depicted a Jack Russ ...

label as catalogue number BD 5888. *

Guy Mitchell Guy Mitchell (born Albert George Cernik; February 22, 1927 – July 1, 1999) was an American pop singer and actor, successful in his homeland, the UK, and Australia. He sold 44 million records, including six million-selling singles. In the fa ...

released a cover of the song in 1961 on his album ''Sunshine Guitar''. *It was covered by Tiny Tim on his album ''Tiny Tim's Second Album'' (1968).

References

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