Oh What a Dream

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"Oh What a Dream"
Single by Ruth Brown
B-side "Please Don't Freeze"[1]
Released June 1954
Genre Rhythm and blues
Label Atlantic
Writer(s) Chuck Willis
Ruth Brown singles chronology
"???"
(1954)
"Oh What a Dream"
(1954)
"Somebody Touched Me"
(10/1954)[1]

"Oh What a Dream" is a 1954 blues song written by Chuck Willis and originally performed by Ruth Brown[2] backed by members of The Drifters (only credited as her Rhythmakers[1]). The song has been described as a torch song with a gospel tint, adding up to a big dose of that R&B balladeering as expressed in the lyrics and Brown's soulful performance:

"Dreamed I held you in my arms

But I'm still waiting for that day to come

Ohh what a dream, what a dream I had last night"[3]

The single became Brown's fourth number one on the U.S. R&B chart.[4]

Cover versions

  • In 1960, Conway Twitty had a minor pop hit with his version of the song.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 THE EARLY DRIFTERS discography
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  3. Wild Realm Reviews: Ruth Brown
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Preceded by Billboard R&B Best Sellers in Stores number-one single
September 4, 1954
Succeeded by
"Annie Had a Baby" by The Midnighters
"It Hurts Me to My Heart" by Faye Adams


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