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Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" is a
popularPopular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres, and stands in contrast to art music, and traditional music which was disseminated orally...
songA song is a metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad....
written by
Harry BarrisHarry Barris was an American popular singer.Born in New York City, he was a member of the Rhythm Boys, an early 1930s singing trio which included Al Rinker and Bing Crosby, and was Crosby's entry into show business...
with lyrics by
Ted KoehlerTed Koehler was an American lyricist, born in Washington, DC.-Biography:Koehler started out as a photo-engraver but was attracted to the music business, where he started out as a theater pianist for silent films. He moved on to write for vaudeville shows and Broadway, and he also produced...
and Billy Moll, published in
1931-Events:*Roy Rogers' musical career begins*Mary Garden retires from the Chicago Opera*Alberto Rabagliati's singing career begins-Published popular music :* "Adios" w. Eddie Wood m. Enric Madriguera* "All of Me" w.m. Seymour Simons & Gerald Marks...
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"
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" is a
popularPopular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres, and stands in contrast to art music, and traditional music which was disseminated orally...
songA song is a metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad....
written by
Harry BarrisHarry Barris was an American popular singer.Born in New York City, he was a member of the Rhythm Boys, an early 1930s singing trio which included Al Rinker and Bing Crosby, and was Crosby's entry into show business...
with lyrics by
Ted KoehlerTed Koehler was an American lyricist, born in Washington, DC.-Biography:Koehler started out as a photo-engraver but was attracted to the music business, where he started out as a theater pianist for silent films. He moved on to write for vaudeville shows and Broadway, and he also produced...
and Billy Moll, published in
1931-Events:*Roy Rogers' musical career begins*Mary Garden retires from the Chicago Opera*Alberto Rabagliati's singing career begins-Published popular music :* "Adios" w. Eddie Wood m. Enric Madriguera* "All of Me" w.m. Seymour Simons & Gerald Marks...
.
The original 1931 popular hit recording was made by
Bing CrosbyHarry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American popular singer and actor whose career stretched over more than half a century from 1926 until his death....
with the
Gus ArnheimGus Arnheim was an early popular band leader. He is noted for writing several songs with his first hit being I Cried for You from 1923. He was most popular in the 1920s and 1930s...
Orchestra, but the song has become a standard, recorded by many other artists since, including
Frank SinatraFrancis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, being the idol of the "bobby soxers." His professional career had stalled by the...
,
Doris DayDoris Mary Anne von Kappelhoff , known by her stage name Doris Day, is an American singer and actress.With the versatility to sing, dance, and play comedy and dramatic roles, she became one of America's biggest box-office stars. Day has 39 movies to her credit, even though she retired from films in...
and
Dean MartinDean Martin was an American singer, film actor and comedian. He was one of the best known musical artists of the 1950s and 1960s. Martin's hit singles included "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "Mambo Italiano", "Sway", "Volare" and "Ain't That A Kick In The...
. Bing Crosby recorded the song four times over his career as well as performing its film debut in the
Mack SennettMack Sennett was a Canadian -born Academy Award-winning director and was known as the innovator of slapstick comedy in film. During his lifetime he was known at times as the "King of Comedy."-Early life:...
short, One More Chance(1931).
Imogene CocaImogene Fernandez de Coca was an American comic actress best known for her role opposite Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows.-Early life:...
performed this song in an episode of
Your Show of ShowsYour Show of Shows was a live 90-minute sketch comedy television series appearing weekly in the United States on NBC , from February 25, 1950 until June 5, 1954, featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca...
while dressed as a hobo; the audience reaction was so favorable that she encored her version in the very last episode of the variety series, making this the only song she performed in two different episodes of
Your Show of Shows.