Wayne King - Dream A Little Dream Of Me, 1931

Wayne King began his professional career as a saxophonist in the Del Lampe Orchestra, then resident in Chicago’s famed Trianon Ballroom. In 1927, when his own large orchestra made its debut at the nearby Aragon Ballroom, he adopted a smoother, not Jazzy style and started recording also the “waltzy“ tunes, for which he gained the title of „the Waltz King“. His best recordings include such hits as “The Waltz You Saved For Me“ (his theme song), “I Don’t Know Why“, “Goofus,“ “Dream A Little Dream Of Me“ and “Josephine (1937). In 1950 „Dream a Little Dream...“ was a top hit for Frankie Laine. In 1957 it was sung by Doris Day, who was the first singer to record it at the slow tempo in which it had been written. But it is perhaps best known for the rendition by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, as well as “Mama“ Cass Elliot of The Mamas & the Papas, in 1968, which sold 7 million copies worldwide. Record