I Can Dream, Can't I? Explained

I Can Dream, Can't I?
Cover:Gordon Jenkins-I Can Dream Can't I.jpg
Caption:The Billboard October 22, 1949 full page ad featuring Gordon Jenkins, Decca's musical director and band leader/arranger on this record
Published: by Mario Music Corp., New York[1]
Type:single
Artist:The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins Chorus and Orchestra
B-Side:The Wedding of Lili Marlene
Recorded:[2]
Studio:Decca Studios, New York City
Genre:Popular music
Label:Decca 24705[3]
Composer:Sammy Fain
Lyricist:Irving Kahal

"I Can Dream, Can't I?," is a popular song written by Sammy Fain with lyrics by Irving Kahal that was published in 1937.[1] It was included in a flop musical, Right This Way. Tommy Dorsey released a hit recording of it the same year, but it was in the postwar years that the song gained its greatest success. Harry James recorded a version in December 1937 for Brunswick.

The best-known version was recorded by the Andrews Sisters and Gordon Jenkins Chorus and Orchestra on July 15, 1949[2] (Jenkins was also arranger), and released by Decca Records as catalog number 24705. It first reached the Billboard charts on September 16, 1949, peaking at number one for five weeks on all three of the magazine's main pop charts at the time (Best Sellers in Stores, Most Played by Jockeys, and Most Played in Jukeboxes).,[4] [5] charting well into 1950 for 25 weeks. Jenkins would top himself a few months later when he recorded "Goodnight Irene with The Weavers, the top record of 1950,[6] selling two million copies.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Library of Congress. Copyright Office. . Catalog of Copyright Entries 1937 Musical Compositions New Series Vol 32 Pt 3 For the Year 1937 . 1937 . U.S. Govt. Print. Off. . United States Copyright Office . English.
  2. Web site: Decca matrix 75074. I can dream, can't I? / The Andrews Sisters - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-07-13 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
  3. Web site: Decca 24705 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-07-13 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
  4. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn. Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research. 1973 .
  5. Web site: Gilliland, John. . Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #23 - All Tracks UNT Digital Library . Digital.library.unt.edu . 197X . 2021-03-01.
  6. Web site: 2018-04-20 . Number One Song of the Year: 1946-2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180420175438/http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/songoftheyear/ . 2018-04-20 . 2022-07-13 .
  7. Book: Danziger . Meryl . Sing It!: A Biography of Pete Seeger . 2016 . Seven Stories Press . 978-1-60980-656-9 . 34 . en.
  8. Web site: Perry Como Live - I Can Dream, Can't I? . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/vcKl3pe8n2E . 2021-12-22 . live. YouTube . 2021-03-01.
  9. Web site: I Can Dream, Can't I? . Horizon - Carpenters - June 6, 1975 . . December 22, 2023.
  10. Web site: Carpenters - Horizon album, 1975 . June 4, 2008 . ...I am particularly fond of I Can Dream Can’t I which features a beautiful arrangement...5. I Can Dream Can't I - 4:58 . Richard Carpenter official website . December 22, 2023.

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