Bobby Darin – Dream lover

Bobby Darin – “Dream Lover” is a song written by Bobby Darin (born: Walden Robert Cassotto) and recorded by him on April 6, 1959. Bobby decided to stretch out some chord changes he found on the piano and add strings and voices.

The song was produced by Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler and engineered by Tom Dowd. It was released as a single on Atco Records in the U.S. in 1959. It became a multi-million seller, reaching No.2 on the U.S. charts for a week and No.4 on the R&B charts.

“Dream Lover” was kept from the No.1 spot by “The Battle of New Orleans” by Johnny Horton. It did however reach No.1 in the U.K. for four weeks during June and July 1959. In addition to Darin’s vocal, the song features Neil Sedaka on piano. A picture sleeve, featuring a portrait of Darin, was also issued for this record in the U.S.

The song is featured in the 1991 movie Hot Shots! starring Charlie Sheen. A remake of the song performed by Dion is also played in full, during the end credits. The song was also used in the 1973 movie That’ll be The Day and in Barry Levinson’s 1982 debut film Diner. A version of the song, retitled “Dream Maker” and with rewritten lyrics, appears in the pilot of the 1987 TV series Rags to Riches.

In 1994, Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee‘s son Dodd Darin co-authored with Maxine Paetro a book about his parents whose title is inspired by the song.

As the publisher’s note for Dream Lovers: The Magnificent Shattered Lives of Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee describes:

“In this intensely personal biography the son of Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee goes far beyond the ordinary celebrity bio, revealing the real story behind his parents’ shining image, their troubled childhoods, up-and-down careers, brief marriage, and tumultuous lives together and apart.”

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