“Dream Lover“ is a song written by American musician Bobby Darin. Darin recorded his composition on March 5, 1959 and released it as a single the following month. It was produced by Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler and engineered by Tom Dowd. In addition to Darin's vocal, the song features Neil Sedaka on recording it Darin decided to stretch out some chord changes he found on the piano and add strings and voices. A picture sleeve, featuring a portrait of Darin, was also issued for this record in the U.S. It was released as a single on Atco Records in the U.S. in 1959, and became a multi-million seller, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week, No. 4 on Billboard's Hot R&B Sides chart, and No. 5 in Canada. “Dream Lover“ was kept from the No. 1 spot by “The Battle of New Orleans“ by Johnny Horton. It did however reach No. 1 on the UK's New Musical Express chart for four weeks during July 1959. The song also reached No. 5 on Norway's VG-lis
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