Oh What a Dream

Oh What a Dream
"Oh What a Dream"
Single by Ruth Brown
B-side "Please Don't Freeze"[1]
Released June 1954
Genre rhythm and blues
Label Atlantic
Writer(s) Chuck Willis
Ruth Brown singles chronology
"???"
(1954)		 "Oh What a Dream"
(1954)		 "Somebody Touched Me"
(10/1954)[2]

"Oh What a Dream" is a 1954 blues song written by Chuck Willis and originally performed by Ruth Brown backed by members of The Drifters (only credited as Rhythmmakers[3]). The song has been described as a torch song with a gospel tint, adding up to a big dose of that R&B balladeering as expressed in the lyrics and Brown's soulful performance:

"Dreamed I held you in my arms
But I'm still waiting for that day to come
Ohh what a dream, what a dream I had last night"[4]

The single became Brown's fourth number one on the U.S. R&B chart.[5]

Cover versions

  • In 1960, Conway Twitty had a minor pop hit with his version of the song.

References

  1. ^ http://www.uncamarvy.com/Drifters/drifters.html THE EARLY DRIFTERS discography
  2. ^ http://www.uncamarvy.com/Drifters/drifters.html THE EARLY DRIFTERS discography
  3. ^ http://www.uncamarvy.com/Drifters/drifters.html THE EARLY DRIFTERS discography
  4. ^ Wild Realm Reviews: Ruth Brown
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 87. 
Preceded by
"Honey Love" by The Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter		 Billboard R&B Best Sellers in Stores number-one single
September 4, 1954		 Succeeded by
"Annie Had a Baby" by The Midnighters
"It Hurts Me to My Heart" by Faye Adams


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