Just a Dream (Jimmy Clanton song)
| "Just a Dream (Jimmy Clanton song)" | ||||
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| Single by Jimmy Clanton and His Rockets | ||||
| B-side | "You Aim To Please" | |||
| Released | July 1958 | |||
| Recorded | 1958 | |||
| Studio | Cosimo (New Orleans, Louisiana)[1] | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:34 | |||
| Label | Ace Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jimmy Clanton, Cosimo Matassa | |||
| Jimmy Clanton and His Rockets singles chronology | ||||
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"Just a Dream" is a 1958 single by Jimmy Clanton and His Rockets released on the Ace Records label. The actual record-label states that it was written by Clanton and Cosimo Matassa (Matassa was Clanton's manager), but other sources state that Clanton was the sole composer. Original words written by Regina F Phillips and sent to Lew Tobin which were copyrighted. Regina never received credit for the song lyrics.[2]
Apparently Lew Tobin was a bit of a song shark as noted by Randy Johnson.[3]
Chart performance
[edit]The single went to number one on the R&B Best Sellers lists for one week and peaked at number four on the Hot 100.[4] In Canada it reached number five.[5]
Cover versions
[edit]- Ruby Winters covered the song in 1969 and it peaked at #40 on the US Best Selling Rhythm & Blues Singles chart.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Broven, John (September 12, 2014). "Cosimo Matassa". Ace Records. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ^ "cocatalog.loc.gov". cocatalog.loc.gov. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
- ^ "songpoemmusic.com". songpoemmusic.com. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 120.
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - September 8, 1958".
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 633.
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