My Reverie

My Reverie

"My Reverie" is a 1938 popular song with lyrics by Larry Clinton. Its melody is based on the 1890 piano piece Rêverie by the French classical composer Claude Debussy. A 1938 recording of the song by Clinton and his band with Bea Wain as the vocalist was a hit, reaching the top of the Billboard Record Buying Guide in the same year. "My Reverie" went on to be recorded by other vocalists including Mildred Bailey, Bing Crosby, Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughan, Betty Carter, Helen Forrest, and Ella Fitzgerald, as well as bands led by Paul Whiteman, Dizzy Gillespie, Glenn Miller, Nelson Eddy, Esquivel, and Ray Conniff.

Appearances in other media

The original Bea Wain recording of "My Reverie" was used on the soundtrack of the 2002 film One Hour Photo.

References in popular culture

In James A. Michener's 1971 novel The Drifters, characters discuss Bea Wain and her recording of "My Reverie" in two separate chapters of the book.


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  • rêverie — [ rɛvri ] n. f. • 1580; « délire » déb. XIIIe; de rêver 1 ♦ Vieilli Activité de l esprit qui médite, qui réfléchit. ⇒ 1. pensée, réflexion. « L analyse d un mot, sa physionomie, son histoire étaient pour Lambert l occasion d une longue rêverie »… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • reverie — REVERÍE, reverii, s.f. Visare. ♦ Piesă vocală sau instrumentală de mici proporţii, cu caracter visător. – Din fr. réverie. Trimis de LauraGellner, 08.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  REVERÍE s. contemplaţie, meditaţie, vis, visare. (Cufundat în reverie.) …   Dicționar Român

  • Reverie — may refer to:* A daydream * Reverie, Tennessee, a small town in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States * Reverie (Band), a rock and roll band from Chicago, Illinois, United States * Rêverie, a song by Claude Debussy …   Wikipedia

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  • Rêverie (Debussy) — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El Rêverie de Debussy es una obra para piano que data de 1890. Es una pieza sencilla y poética. Referencias AA. VV. (1997): Piano Classics. Guía de la audición, Barcelona. Obtenido de R%C3%AAverie (Debussy)… …   Wikipedia Español

  • reverie — (n.) mid 14c., wild conduct, frolic, from O.Fr. reverie revelry, raving, delirium, from resver to dream, wander, rave, of uncertain origin (also the root of rave). Meaning daydream is first attested 1650s. As a type of musical composition, it is… …   Etymology dictionary

  • reverie — [rev′ə rē] n. [Fr rêverie < MFr, delirium < rever, roam: see RAVE] 1. dreamy thinking or imagining, esp. of agreeable things; fanciful musing; daydreaming 2. a dreamy, fanciful, or visionary notion or daydream …   English World dictionary

  • Reverie — Rev er*ie, Revery Rev er*y, n.; pl. {Reveries}. [F. r[ e]verie, fr. r[^e]ver to dream, rave, be light headed. Cf. {Rave}.] 1. A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream. Rapt in nameless reveries …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rêverie — (franz.: Träumerei) ist der Titel zahlreicher Kompositionen (wie Nr. 7 aus Robert Schumanns Kinderszenen) der Titel eines Portraits der Jeanne Samary von Auguste Renoir der Titel einer Lithographie von Alphonse Mucha …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Rêverie — (franz.), Träumerei …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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