- I Dreamed
"I Dreamed" is a popular
song .The music was written by Charles Grean, the lyrics by
Marvin Moore . The song was published in 1956.The biggest hit version was done by
Betty Johnson in 1956. This recording was released byBally Records as catalog number 1020. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts onDecember 15 , 1956. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #9; on the Best Seller chart, at #22; on the Juke Box chart, at #15; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #12User:BRG/Whitburn Top 40 Ref. Altogether it spent 18 weeks on the charts.The song became a focus of litigation in
1958 in the case "Dorchester Music v. National Broadcasting Company" [171 F. Supp. 580 (S.D. Cal. 1959)] [ [http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/law/library/cases/case_spielmangreen.html Summary of the court case] ] . Fred Spielman, who had composed the song "Rendezvous" in 1953, charged that Grean had plagiarized from his song in writing "I Dreamed." (No charge was made with reference to the lyrics.) The court found in favor of the plaintiff on November 18, 1958.References
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