Darn That Dream
"Darn That Dream" is a popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Eddie DeLange. It was published in 1939 and ranked No. 1 in 1940 when a recording was released by Benny Goodman in an arrangement by Eddie Sauter with Mildred Bailey singing the vocal. Other popular recordings in 1940 were by Blue Barron & His Orchestra and by Tommy Dorsey .
The song was introduced in the Broadway musical Swingin' the Dream, a variation on A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare set in New Orleans in 1890. The musical opened at Center Theatre in November 1939 and closed after 13 performances.
Other versions
- Chet Baker – Chet Baker Big Band.
- Tony Bennett – for his album Cloud 7.
- Jane Ira Bloom – Sixteen Sunsets.
- Petula Clark – Petula Clark in Hollywood.
- Miles Davis – Birth of the Cool
- Doris Day – a single release for Columbia Records in 1950.
- Michael Feinstein – Romance on Film, Romance on Broadway.
- Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Swings Gently with Nelson.
- Dexter Gordon – Daddy Plays the Horn
- Lars Gullin – Lars Gullin Quartet.
- Billie Holiday – Body and Soul.
- Lena Horne – Lena on [the Blue Side].
- Ahmad Jamal – Ahmad Jamal Plays rereleased as Chamber Music of the New Jazz
- Stan Kenton – Sophisticated Approach
- Tina May – Fun
- Thelonious Monk – The Unique Thelonious Monk.
- Patti Page – You [Go to My Head |You Go to My Head].
- Dianne Reeves - A Little Moonlight -
- Maxine Sullivan – Close as Pages in a Book.
- Sarah Vaughan – No Count Sarah.
- Dinah Washington – Dinah Jams.
- Nancy Wilson – But Beautiful.