Anyone know anything about Jazz?

beardedchicken

i'm trying to find a song called "dream a little dream of me", but i can't find the version i want- i keep finding different versions by a whole load of different people- what i'm wondering is, who did the original, classic version of it? i thought it was ella fitzgerald, but i can't find a version by her, so i assume i was wrong....

Lolo

Is it the Mama Cass version you're looking for - it's not the original but it's the most well-known. Not quite jazz, though, so maybe it's an earlier version you're after.

Wook

thats right , i would say you would be able to find it in the black soul music section. Not jazz
what about Louis Armstrong?

Dustaz

as lolo said, do a search for Dream a Little Dream by The Mamas and The Papas. Its more than likely its the one your looking for. Mama Cass has the black soundalike skillz

I heard an interesting story a while back, not sure if its true. Apparently Mama Cass, while being blessed with an astonishing voice, couldnt hold a tune very well at all untill one day she walked past a building site and a brick hit her on the head. After making a full recovery she discovered she could hold a tune better than anyone and didnt look back.

Lolo

No, it wasn't that she couldn't hold a tune, it was that her range wasn't large enough. She failed an audition for the band on those grounds, and then re-auditioned post-brick, and got in. I don't know how true it is, but it's a great story.

Have you ever seen the film "Beautiful Thing", where a Mama Cass obsessive tries to convince her mates to drop a brick on her head to achieve a similar effect?!

And while we're on the subject, contrary to popular belief she did not in fact choke to death on a sandwich, she died of a heart attack.

I have the same birthday as Mama Cass - and Twiggy. Go figure!

Velvet Vocals

In my opinion - Peggy Lee did the best version of this song... it really is the only one worth listening too!!

Lolo

That could actually be the very version you're looking for. (But I still prefer the Mama Cass version, cheesy as it is).

beardedchicken

yeah, i just found it! it was actually the mamma cass version that i wanted! yay!