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"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 ...
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 .
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)
Cass Elliot is the subject of Jon Johnson's Make Your Own Kind of Music: A Career Retrospective of Cass Elliot (1987) [122] and Eddi Fiegel's Dream a Little Dream of Me: The Life of Mama Cass Elliot (2005). [123] Chris Campion authored Wolfking, a biography of John Phillips that was authorized by the John Phillips Estate. [124] [125] [126]
Although it was the first album from the group not to peak in the top ten, it was a commercial success upon its release, becoming the band's fourth and last top 20 album in America and producing two hit singles (one of which, "Dream a Little Dream of Me", would begin Cass Elliot's solo career).
The presiding rabbi at Elliot's funeral on 3 August 1974 included the lyrics of "Make Your Own Kind of Music" in the eulogy. [ citation needed ] Elliot's recording of "Make Your Own Kind of Music" would be featured prominently in the television show Lost , first appearing in the episode " Man of Science, Man of Faith ", and was rated as one of ...
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 ...
In fact it was announced in July 1970 that Elliot would depart Dunhill for RCA Records, the anthology Mama's Big Ones being issued in October 1970 as a final album owed by Elliot to Dunhill. [1] Mama's Big Ones featured nine of Elliot's ten Dunhill single releases - omitting 1968's "California Earthquake" - and adding the Mamas & Papas ' hit ...