Dream of Me (Vern Gosdin song)

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"Dream of Me"
Single by Vern Gosdin
from the album Today My World Slipped Away
B-side "Ain't It Been Love"
ReleasedMay 16, 1981
Genre Country
Length2:47
Label Ovation
Songwriter(s) Jimmy Darrell, Raleigh Squires, Buddy Cannon
Producer(s) Blake Mevis
Vern Gosdin singles chronology
"Too Long Gone"
(1981)
"Dream of Me"
(1981)
"Don't Ever Leave Me Again"
(1982)

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Chart (1981)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 7

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 140.
  2. "Vern Gosdin Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.