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"A Kiss to Build a Dream On"
Song
Written1935, 1951
Published1951 by Miller Music
Songwriter(s)Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II

"A Kiss to Build a Dream On" is a song composed by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II.[1] In 1935, Kalmar and Ruby wrote a song called "Moonlight on the Meadow" for the Marx Brothers film A Night at the Opera (1935) but the song was not used. Hammerstein later adapted the lyrics to be "A Kiss to Build a Dream On"[2] and it was recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1951.[1]

It was also performed by Mickey Rooney with William Demarest, by Sally Forrest, and by Kay Brown (virtually the entire cast performed part or all of the song) in the 1951 film The Strip, and was a sort of recurring theme in the film. The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1951 but lost out to “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening”.

Other recordings

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  • An instrumental version is heard in the background in the 1950 film Mister 880 at the 21:39.
  • The version of Hugo Winterhalter and his orchestra is played twice in the flashbacks scenes of Mexican 1965 short film Tajimara, the first story included in the feature film Los Bienamados.
  • The song was featured in the soundtrack of the 1993 film Sleepless In Seattle and the 1951 film The Strip.[1]
  • It was played as a background track during Yuri and Ava's party in the 2005 film Lord of War.
  • The 1951 version was featured in the introductory sequence of the 1998 video game Fallout 2, and the 1964 version in a Minecraft Fallout-themed map.
  • It was featured in Episode 2 of the 2014 TV series Grantchester.
  • The Bollywood picture Parineeta has a song based on the original tune called "Kaisi Paheli Zindagani".
  • It was featured as Jenny's favorite song in The Cry of the Owl.
  • It plays in the background in Season 1, Episode 4 of the television series Sex Education.
  • Amber Rubarth released a live binaural version on "Sessions from the 17th Ward" (2012) featuring Dave Eggar.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c The Guitarguy. "A Kiss to Build a Dream On". theguitarguy.com. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
  2. ^ Hischak, Thomas S. (2007). The Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-313-34140-3.