playlist compilation article
Songs with the word "dream" conjure mind wanderings. It's difficult to be asleep AND think or mentally sing songs about dreams and dreaming. However, one song that could fit the bill might be one about daydreaming, such as "Daydream Believer" by the Monkees.
List 1 of 2 (compiled late August 2012)
- Dream (song
used in Nightmare on Elm Street, long after the song's original release)
Everly Brothers - Dreams
Fleetwood Mac - Dreamweaver (now immortalized as the Adobe web design tool)
Gary Wright - Dream
Lover (song used in Charlie Sheen's Hot Shots movie)
Bobby Darin (pink-tinted, but complete film w/Ed Sullivan intro) - Dream Baby
Roy Orbison - Dreamin',
I'm Still Dreamin'
Johnny Burnette - Dream On (different from Steve Tyler version)
Herman's Hermits - Dream On (different from Peter Noone version)
Aerosmith - I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night (long clip that includes other stuff on Mike Douglas show)
Electric Prunes - California Dreamin'
Mamas & Papas - Dream a Little Dream
Mama Cass (serenading Dick Smothers, who does the whistle solo at the end) -
#9 Dream
John Lennon - Elusive Butterfly
Bob Lind - Spill the Wine ("I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie")
Eric Burden and War - Sweet Dreams (song used in a Simpsons episode regarding Artie Ziff courting Marge via snore suppressor.)
Eurythmics (androgynous Annie Lennox look) - I Can Dream About You
Dan Hartman - Dreamboat Annie
Heart - I Like Dreaming
Kenny Nolan (intro by Dick Clark) - I Have a Dream (English, Spanish—aka "Estoy SoƱando")
ABBA - I Dream of Jeannie TV show theme
- I Dream of Jeannie Season 1 Theme
- I Dream of Jeannie (pre-TV show, 1937 recording)
Richard Crooks
- Sh-Boom
Chords - Sh-Boom
Crew Cuts - Send Me the Pillow You Dream On
Hank Locklin - Send Me the Pillow You Dream On
Dean Martin - Just a Dream
Jimmy Clanton - Dreams of an Everyday Housewife
Glen Campbell - Dreaming (Blondie at Apollo Theater in 1979)
Deborah Harry - If I Can Dream
Elvis - I Dreamed a Dream (from Les Miserables)
Lea Salonga - The Impossible Dream (from Man of La Mancha)
Richard Kiley - Beautiful Dreamer
Bing Crosby - White Christmas (lyrics & slide show)
Bing Crosby