Just a Dream (Jimmy Clanton song)

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"Just a Dream (Jimmy Clanton song)"
Single by Jimmy Clanton and His Rockets
B-side "You Aim To Please"
ReleasedJuly 1958 (1958-07)
Recorded1958
Studio Cosimo (New Orleans, Louisiana) [1]
Genre Pop
Length2:34
Label Ace Records
Songwriter(s) Jimmy Clanton, Cosimo Matassa
Jimmy Clanton and His Rockets singles chronology
"I Trusted You"
(1957)
"Just a Dream (Jimmy Clanton song)"
(1958)
"A Letter to an Angel"
(1958)

"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]

Contents

Apparently Lew Tobin was a bit of a song shark as noted by Randy Johnson. [3]

Chart performance

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

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References

  1. Broven, John (September 12, 2014). "Cosimo Matassa". Ace Records. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  2. "cocatalog.loc.gov". cocatalog.loc.gov. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  3. "songpoemmusic.com". songpoemmusic.com. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 120.
  5. "CHUM Hit Parade - September 8, 1958".
  6. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 633.