''I'll See You in My Dreams'' was a 10"

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issued by

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as catalog # CL-6198 on December 14, 1951, featuring

Doris Day Doris Day (born Doris Mary Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress and singer. She began her career as a big band singer in 1937, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, "Sentimental Journey ...

and

Paul Weston Paul Weston (né Wetstein; March 12, 1912 – September 20, 1996) was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor who worked in music and television from the 1930s to the 1970s, pioneering mood music and becoming known as "the Fathe ...

's orchestra, containing songs from the soundtrack of the movie of the same name. The album peaked at number 1 on the ''

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'' Best Selling Pop Albums chart in March 1952. The album was combined with Day's

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album, ''

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,'' on a compact disc, issued on June 12, 2001 by

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Track listing

Ain't We Got Fun? "Ain't We Got Fun" is a popular foxtrot published in 1921 with music by Richard A. Whiting, lyrics by Raymond B. Egan and Gus Kahn. It was first performed in 1920 in the Fanchon and Marco revue ''Satires of 1920'', then moved into vaudevill ...

" ( Richard A. Whiting/

Raymond B. Egan Raymond Blanning Egan (November 14, 1890 – October 13, 1952) was a Canadian-born American songwriter of popular music. Many of his songs have appeared in films and musical theatre. He often collaborated with composer Richard A. Whiting. Early ...

Gus Kahn Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886October 8, 1941) was an American lyricist who contributed a number of songs to the Great American Songbook, including " Pretty Baby", " Ain't We Got Fun?", " Carolina in the Morning", " Toot, Toot, Tootsie (G ...

) (duet with

Danny Thomas Amos Muzyad Yaqoob Kairouz, (born January 6, 1912 – February 6, 1991) known professionally as Danny Thomas, was an American comedian, actor, singer, producer, and philanthropist. He created and starred in ''The Danny Thomas Show''. In additio ...

) #"

The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else) "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" is a popular music, popular song composed by Isham Jones with lyrics by Gus Kahn. The song was recorded by Isham Jones' Orchestra on December 21, 1923, at Brunswick Studios in New York City, and publish ...

" (

Isham Jones Isham Edgar Jones (January 31, 1894 – October 19, 1956) was an American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter. Career Jones was born in Coalton, Ohio, United States, to a musical and mining family. His father, Richard Isham Jon ...

/Gus Kahn) #" I Wish I Had a Girl" (with the

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) #" It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones/Gus Kahn) #" Nobody's Sweetheart" (

Elmer Schoebel Elmer Schoebel (September 8, 1896 – December 14, 1970) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Early life He was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, United States. Career Schoebel played along to silent films in Champaign, Illinoi ...

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/Gus Kahn/

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) (with the Norman Luboff Choir) #" My Buddy" (

Walter Donaldson Walter Donaldson may refer to: * Walter Donaldson (snooker player), (1907–1973) Scottish snooker player * Walter Donaldson (songwriter), (1893–1947) American songwriter {{human name disambiguation, Donaldson, Walter ...

/Gus Kahn) #"

Makin' Whoopee! "Makin' Whoopee" is a song first popularized by Eddie Cantor in the 1928 musical ''Whoopee!''. Gus Kahn wrote the lyrics and Walter Donaldson composed the music for the song as well as for the entire musical. The title refers to celebrating a ma ...

" (Walter Donaldson/Gus Kahn) (duet with Danny Thomas) #" I'll See You in My Dreams" (Isham Jones/Gus Kahn) (with the Norman Luboff Choir)

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noted that '' I'll See You in My Dreams'' was her third musical film of 1951 and "Warner Bros., which had her under contract, didn't yet have a record company, so there were no official soundtrack albums from these films, but Columbia Records, which also had her under contract, was happy to take up the slack by having her make studio recordings of the songs from the films, sometimes with members of the cast ... with 'I'll See You in My Dreams' ... Danny Thomas was along for a couple of guest appearances -- he duetted with her on 'Ain't We Got Fun' and 'Makin' Whoopee!' -- but this was mostly Day's show. The songs were Tin Pan Alley and show tunes for which Gus Kahn had contributed lyrics, and as she had on her previous movie tie-ins she did right by the music here, backed by Paul Weston's orchestra and the vocal chorus of

Norman Luboff Norman Luboff (May 14, 1917 – September 22, 1987) was an American choir director, music arranger, and music publisher. Luboff was the founder and conductor of the Norman Luboff Choir, one of the leading choral groups of the 1950s and '60s. H ...

and the Lee Brothers". American author

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gave the album an 'A' grade, saying it was "great songs by a great singer". British music writer

Colin Larkin Colin Larkin (born 1949) is a British music writer. He founded and was the editor-in-chief of ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music''. Along with the ten-volume encyclopedia, Larkin also wrote the book ''All Time Top 1000 Albums'', and edited th ...

awarded it a "good" rating in his ''

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''.

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I'll See You in My Dreams
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