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 (vocal by Russ Carlyle) (#14 in Billboard charts) and by Tommy Dorsey (vocal by Anita Boyer) (#16 in Billboard charts).

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 (1956).
 * Tony Bennett – for his album Cloud 7 (1955).
 * Jane Ira Bloom – Sixteen Sunsets (2013).
 * Petula Clark – Petula Clark in Hollywood (1959).
 * Miles Davis – Birth of the Cool (1950)
 * Doris Day – a single release for Columbia Records (catalog No. 38887) in 1950.
 * Michael Feinstein – Romance on Film, Romance on Broadway (2000).
 * Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Swings Gently with Nelson (1961).
 * Dexter Gordon – Daddy Plays the Horn (1955)
 * Lars Gullin – Lars Gullin Quartet (1960).
 * Billie Holiday – Body and Soul (1957).
 * Lena Horne – Lena on the Blue Side (1962).
 * Ahmad Jamal – Ahmad Jamal Plays (1955) rereleased as Chamber Music of the New Jazz (1956)
 * Stan Kenton – Sophisticated Approach (1961)
 * Tina May – Fun (1993)
 * Thelonious Monk – The Unique Thelonious Monk (1956).
 * Patti Page – You Go to My Head (1956).
 * Maxine Sullivan – Close as Pages in a Book (1970).
 * Sarah Vaughan – No Count Sarah (1959).
 * Dinah Washington – Dinah Jams (1954).
 * Nancy Wilson – But Beautiful (1971).