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Dream a Little Dream is the debut solo album by American singer Cass Elliot immediately following the breakup of The Mamas & the Papas, though she was still billed as "Mama Cass" for this release. Capitalizing on the success of her first solo song as the album's title, it was released in October 1968 by Dunhill Records .
"Dream a Little Dream of Me" was recorded for the Mamas & the Papas April 1968 album release The Papas & the Mamas with lead vocals by Cass Elliot.The group had often sung the song for fun, having been familiarized with it by member Michelle Phillips, whose father had been friends with the song's co-writer, Fabian Andre, in Mexico City where Michelle Phillips' family had resided when she was a ...
1997: Dream a Little Dream: The Cass Elliot Collection (MCA) 2000: The Big 3 Featuring Mama Cass (Collectables) 2002: Dedicated to the One I Love (Universal) 2005: Dream a Little Dream of Me: The Music of Mama Cass Elliot (Universal) 2005: The Solo Collection 1968-71 (Hip-O Select) 2009: Cass Elliot / The Road Is No Place For a Lady (Sony)
That album had been produced by Dunhill Records vice president of A&R Steve Barri, who said: "[Since Dunhill] didn't have much success with [the debut Cass Elliot solo album] Dream a Little Dream we wanted to get her back on the [upper] charts and we tried to find some commercial songs."
Several songs from the album appeared on the 1997 compilation CD Dream a Little Dream: The Cass Elliot Collection and "I'm Coming to the Best Part of My Life" was included on the 2005 compilation CD Dream a Little Dream of Me: The Music of 'Mama' Cass Elliot. In a review for Creem, Robert Christgau rated the album a D, commenting "How about ...
Later singer, Cass Elliot. As a child, Bagieu looked up to Cass Elliot as a role model which inspired the novel to be made. [2] In an interview with the School Library Journal she noted that "I noticed that every time I was telling a friend about her, her life, her music, I really made a point of trying to listen to her more carefully, to dig in to her amazing story, and to look further than ...
The film ends with the two boys slow-dancing in the courtyard of their council flats to the Cass Elliot song "Dream a Little Dream of Me" while a protective Sandra dances defiantly at their side with Leah as the local residents look on. Some onlookers are shocked, some strongly disapprove and some enjoy the moment.
After being introduced by their mutual friend Gram Parsons, [1] Mason and Elliot hit it off and decided to pursue singing together professionally. Elliot, having released two solo albums at that time, missed the collaborative effort of producing music and Mason, who had just arrived in the U.S. after splitting with Traffic, was interested in a fresh collaboration.