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This Time the Dream's on Me (1941)

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Rank	416

Music	Harold Arlen

Lyrics	Johnny Mercer

Here are the top ten...

Year	Rank	Title
1930	1	“Body and Soul”
1939	2	“All the Things You Are”
1935	3	“Summertime”
1944	4	“'Round Midnight”
1935	5	“I Can't Get Started (with You)”
1937	6	“My Funny Valentine”
1942	7	“Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)”
1930	8	“What Is This Thing Called Love?”
1933	9	“Yesterdays”
1946	10	“Stella by Starlight”

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Musicians' Comments

Superb vehicle for teaching long, connected phrases and octave leaps.

Difficult bridge. Also useful for establishing a low, relaxed breath.

Marty Heresniak, Voice Teacher, Actor, Writer, Singer

Quoted from: Heresniak, Marty and Christopher Woitach, “Changing the Standards -- Alternative Teaching Materials.” Journal of Singing, vol. 58, no. 1, Sep./Oct. 2001.

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Reading and Research

Additional information for "This Time the Dream's on Me" may be found in:


Allen Forte The American Popular Ballad of the Golden Era, 1924-1950: A Study in Musical Design Princeton University Press Hardcover: 336 pages (4 pages including the following types of information: music analysis.)


Thomas S. Hischak The American Musical Film Song Encyclopedia Greenwood Press Hardcover: 536 pages (1 paragraph including the following types of information: summary and performers.)


Philip Furia Skylark: The Life and Times of Johnny Mercer St. Martin's Press; 1st edition Hardcover: 320 pages (2 paragraphs including the following types of information: lyric analysis.)

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Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
Year	Rank	Title
1946	51	“Come Rain or Come Shine”
1942	180	“That Old Black Magic”
1941	207	“Blues in the Night”
1943	307	“My Shining Hour”
1941	416	“This Time the Dream's on Me”
1944	434	“Out of This World”
1943	739	“One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)”