Dream Merchant
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Dream Merchant is a R&B ballad written by Larry Weiss and Jerry Ross
. The song was original recorded by Jerry Butler
in 1967 as "Mr. Dream Merchant". The Jerry Butler version reached number twenty-three on the soul charts and number thirty-eight on the Hot 100.
Jerry Ross
Jerry Ross may refer to:* Jerry Ross , Gerald, American painter* Jerry Ross , Jerold, American lyricist and composer* Jerry L...
. The song was original recorded by Jerry Butler
Jerry Butler (singer)
Jerry Butler is an American soul singer and songwriter. He is also noted as being the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group, The Impressions, as well as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.Butler is also an American politician...
in 1967 as "Mr. Dream Merchant". The Jerry Butler version reached number twenty-three on the soul charts and number thirty-eight on the Hot 100.
Cover versions
- In 1975 the song was remade by LouisvilleLouisville, KentuckyLouisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
, KentuckyKentuckyThe Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
-based group New BirthNew Birth (band)New Birth is an American funk and R&B group, originally conceived in Detroit, Michigan by former Motown songwriter/producer and veteran musician Vernon Bullock, and co-founded in Louisville, Kentucky by Vernon, with former Motown songwriter/producer Harvey Fuqua, and music industry veterans, Tony...
. Their version was the group's only number-one hit on the soul chart and one of three songs to make the top 10 on the soul chart and the single was one of two New Birth entries to hit the Top 40, reaching number thirty six on the pop chart.