I'll See You in My Dreams (1924 song)

"I'll See You in My Dreams"
Single by Isham Jones, Guest Conductor with Ray Miller's Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Frank Bessinger
B-side"Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me"
PublishedDecember 19, 1924 (1924-12-19) by Leo Feist, Inc.[1][2]
ReleasedFebruary 1925 (1925-02)
RecordedDecember 4, 1924 (1924-12-04)[3]
StudioBrunswick Studios, 799 Seventh Avenue, New York City
GenreAmerican Dance Music
Length2.59[4]
LabelBrunswick 2788[5]
Composer(s)Isham Jones
Lyricist(s)Gus Kahn
Isham Jones Orchestra singles chronology
"Some Other Day, Some Other Girl"
(1924) 		"I'll See You in My Dreams"
(1925) 		"Riverboat Shuffle"
(1925)
"I'll See You in My Dreams"
Single by Pat Boone
from the album I'll See You in My Dreams
B-side"Pictures in the Fire"
ReleasedJanuary 1962
GenrePop
LabelDot
Songwriter(s)Isham Jones, Gus Kahn
I'll See You In My Dreams by J.Grandgagnage on tenor sax
Sheet music cover, 1924

"I'll See You in My Dreams" is a popular song and jazz standard, composed by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Gus Kahn, and published in 1924. It was recorded on December 4 that year, by Isham Jones conducting Ray Miller's Orchestra. Released on Brunswick Records, it charted for 16 weeks during 1925, spending seven weeks at number 1 in the United States.[6] Other popular versions in 1925 were by Marion Harris; Paul Whiteman; Ford & Glenn; and Lewis James;[7] with three of these four reaching the Top 10.

The song was sung by Jeanne Crain in Margie (1946) and was chosen as the title song of the 1951 film, I'll See You in My Dreams, a musical biography of Kahn.

Popular recordings of it were made by many leading artists, including Cliff Edwards, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby (recorded November 27, 1947),[8] Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Mario Lanza, Tony Martin, The Platters, Ezio Pinza, Sue Raney, Jerry Lee Lewis (1958, instrumental), Andy Williams,[9] and Linda Scott.[10] A "Texas Swing" version of the song was recorded by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys.

The song was also recorded by Django Reinhardt and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, and inspired Merle Travis to record it as a guitar instrumental. Many other guitarists, including Chet Atkins and Thom Bresh, followed in Travis's footsteps. Michel Lelong, a French guitarist, published the first tablature of Travis's arrangement for the American publisher/guitarist Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop during the 1980s, following by Thom Bresh (Merle Travis's son) for Homespun Tapes, and Marcel Dadi for Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop.

It was recorded by Mario Lanza on his Coca-Cola Show of 1951-2 and is available on a compilation album mastered from those same shows, and featuring the same title, I'll See You in My Dreams, released by BMG in 1998.

  1. ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1924). Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1924 Musical Compositions New Series Vol 19 Part 3. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
  2. ^ Jones, Isham [composer; Kahn, Gus [lyricist (1924). "I'll See You In My Dreams". John Arpin Sheet Music Collection.
  3. ^ "Brunswick matrix 14389-14392. I'll see you in my dreams / Isham Jones; Ray Miller Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  4. ^ Isham Jones; Ray Miller's Orchestra; Frank Bessinger; Gus Kahn (1924-12-04), I'll See You in My Dreams (Yo te veo en mis suenos), Internet Archive, Brunswick, retrieved 2021-08-24
  5. ^ "BRUNSWICK 78rpm numerical listing discography: 2500 - 3000". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  6. ^ CD liner notes: Chart-Toppers of the Twenties, 1998 ASV Ltd.
  7. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 521. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  8. ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  9. ^ "I'll See You in My Dreams". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  10. ^ Linda Scott, "Don't Lose Your Head" single release Retrieved August 6, 2016.