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"This Time the Dream's on Me" is a song composed by Harold Arlen
Harold Arlen
Harold Arlen was an American composer of popular music, having written over 500 songs, a number of which have become known the world over. In addition to composing the songs for The Wizard of Oz, including the classic 1938 song, "Over the Rainbow,” Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the...

, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Johnny Mercer
John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others...

. It was written for the 1941 film Blues in the Night
Blues in the Night (1941 film)
Blues in the Night is a 1941 American musical drama film released by Warner Brothers, directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Priscilla Lane, Richard Whorf, Betty Field, Lloyd Nolan, Elia Kazan, and Jack Carson...

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Notable recordings

  • Chet Baker
    Chet Baker
    Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer.Though his music earned him a large following , Baker's popularity was due in part to his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit."He died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the...

     (1953)
  • June Christy
    June Christy
    June Christy , born Shirley Luster, was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals. Her success as a singer began with The Stan Kenton Orchestra. She pursued a solo career from 1954 and is best known for her debut album Something Cool...

     - Something Cool
    Something Cool
    Something Cool is a studio album recorded by June Christy in 1953, 1954, and 1955, and featuring Christy singing 11 jazz songs backed by the orchestra of Pete Rugolo...

    (1954)
  • Harry Connick Jr.
  • Ella Fitzgerald
    Ella Fitzgerald
    Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...

     - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook
    Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook
    Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook is a 1961 album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Billy May...

    (1961), Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook
    Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook
    Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book is a 1964 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, focusing on the songs of Johnny Mercer. This was Fitzgerald's fifth and final collaboration with Riddle during her years on the Verve label...

    (1964) Ella Fitzgerald: Best of the Song Books - the Ballads, a Verve 1994 release
  • Alison Krauss
    Alison Krauss
    Alison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...

     (1997)
  • Susannah McCorkle
    Susannah McCorkle
    Susannah McCorkle was an American jazz singer much admired for her direct, unadorned singing style and quiet intensity.-Biography:...

     - The Songs of Johnny Mercer (1977)
  • Glenn Miller
    Glenn Miller
    Alton Glenn Miller was an American jazz musician , arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best known "Big Bands"...

     (1941)
  • Jeri Southern
    Jeri Southern
    Genevieve Lillian Hering, known by her stage name Jeri Southern, was an American jazz pianist and singer.-Biography:...

     - The Dream's on Jeri (1998)
  • Mel Tormé
    Mel Tormé
    Melvin Howard Tormé , nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known for his jazz singing. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books...

     - An Elegant Evening
    An Elegant Evening
    An Elegant Evening is a 1985 album by the American jazz singer Mel Tormé, accompanied by George Shearing.-Track listing:#"I'll Be Seeing You" - 3:29...

    (1985)
  • Steve March Tormé
    Steve March Tormé
    Steve March Tormé is an American singer and songwriter who currently resides in Appleton, Wisconsin. He is the son of the legendary Mel Tormé and former model Candy Toxton...

     - The Essence of Love (1993)

ategory:Songs with music by Harold Arlen]
Category:Songs with lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Category:Nancy Wilson songs
Category:1941 songs
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