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
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. [1]

Contents

Apparently Lew Tobin was a bit of a song shark as noted by Randy Johnson. [2]

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. [3] In Canada it reached number five. [4]

Cover versions

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References

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  3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 120.
  4. "CHUM Hit Parade - September 8, 1958".
  5. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 633.