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“Dream a Little Dream of Me” is a 1931 song with music by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt and lyrics by Gus Kahn.

It was first recorded in February 1931 by Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra, soon followed by Wayne King and His Orchestra with vocals by Ernie Birchill. A popular standard, it has seen well over 400 recorded versions.

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The song enjoyed its highest-charting success when it was covered in 1968 by Cass Elliot with the Mamas & the Papas, and followed the same year with a recording by Anita Harris. More than 40 other versions followed, including by the Mills Brothers, Sylvie Vartan, Henry Mancini, the Beautiful South, Blind Guardian, Anne Murray, Ella Fitzgerald, Erasure, Michael Bublé, Tony DeSare, Eddie Vedder, MonaLisa Twins and Italian vocal group Blue Penguin.

While published in 1931, the song’s earliest copyright was registered on December 29, 1930, and will enter the public domain on January 1, 2026.

“Dream a Little Dream of Me” was recorded for the Mamas & the Papas April 1968 album release The Papas & the Mamas, with lead vocals by Cass Elliot. The group had often sung the song for fun, having been familiarized with it by member Michelle Phillips, whose father had been friends with the song’s co-writer, Fabian Andre, in Mexico City where Michelle Phillips’ family had resided when she was a young girl.

“Mama” Cass Elliot suggested grouping leader John Phillips that the group record “Dream a Little Dream of Me”. According to him, she was unhappy while recording the song, objecting to its ‘campiness’.

However, Elliot herself would later tell Melody Maker: “I tried to sing it like it was 1943 and somebody had just come in and said, ‘Here’s a new song.’ I tried to sing it as if it were the first time.” On the recording, Cass is heard in the intro speaking in the background behind the acoustic guitar, mentioning a drink, and then Phillips gives an introduction (“And now, to sing this lovely ballad, here is Mama Cass.”), as Cass clears her throat. Cass did her own whistling, which is heard before the song’s fade.

By the time of the album’s release, there were strong indications that the Mamas & the Papas were set to disband, a perception strengthened by the failure of their recent single, “Safe in My Garden”.

Having an opportunity to promote the group’s best-known member as a soloist, Dunhill Records gave a June 1968 single release to the “Dream a Little Dream of Me” track with the credit reading—to John Phillips’ displeasure—”Mama Cass with the Mamas & the Papas”; on the UK release, the artist credit simply read “Mama Cass”.

Promoted in the US press and on billboards with a photograph of a discreetly, but obviously, nude Elliot lying in a bed of daisies, “Dream a Little Dream of Me” was their last major hit, peaking at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 that August (its Cash Box peak was #10 and in Record World it reached #8). The Billboard Easy Listening chart ranked the single as high as #2.

In the UK, “Dream a Little Dream of Me” reached #11 that September; the track also afforded Mama Cass a hit in Ireland (#13) and South Africa (#8). In Australia, the Go-Set Top 40 chart ranked “Dream a Little Dream of Me” at #1 for the weeks of 4 & 11 September 1968, and was the 16th biggest hit of 1968.

A slightly different version of the song, with a different and longer intro and outro, was included on Elliot’s debut solo album, Dream a Little Dream.

Following a fashion retailers’ TV commercial, “Dream a Little Dream” was released as a single in Europe in 1992 – credited to the Mamas & the Papas and featuring that group’s #1 hit “Monday, Monday” as the B-side – to reach #5 in Germany and #22 in Switzerland.

Dream A Little Dream Of Me · The Mamas & The Papas.

Composer Lyricist: Fabian André Composer Lyricist: Gus Kahn Composer Lyricist: Wilbur Schwandt.