Bobby Darin – Dream Lover

“Dream Lover” – Single by Bobby Darin
Released:April 20, 1959
Songwriter: Bobby Darin
Producers: Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler

In addition to Darin’s vocal, the song features Neil Sedaka on piano. While recording it Darin decided to stretch out some chord changes he found on the piano and add strings and voices. A picture sleeve, featuring a portrait of Darin, was also issued for this record in the U.S.

Darin wrote this song, which is about a guy who wishes and prays for the girl of his dreams to come to him so that he doesn’t have to dream any more – or as he puts it in his grammatically incorrect but lyrically – no more. Darin wasn’t so sure of the song when he demoed it for his bosses at Atlantic Records, but it became a huge hit and earned him more creative control as a songwriter and artist.

“Dream Lover” appealed to adults who appreciated the conservative lyrics and Darin’s wholesome image – he came off as a guy you wouldn’t mind dating your daughter at a time when Elvis was singing “A Big Hunk O’ Love.” Most songs that pulled this off were written by New York songwriters and crafted for mass appeal, but Darin managed to compose his own song securing his teen idol image. He was 22 when the song was released.

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Darin found his dream lover a year after this song was released when he married the actress Sandra Dee, a union that would last until 1967.

Darin performed this on his first Ed Sullivan Show appearance on May 31, 1959. He made five more appearances on the show.

Bobby Darin’s other hits:

A True True Love (1962)
Beyond The Sea (1960)
Dream Lover (1959)
Eighteen Yellow Roses (1963)
If A Man Answers (1962)
If I Were A Carpenter (1966)
Mack The Knife (1959)
Splish Splash (1958)

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