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Just a Dream (Jimmy Clanton song)

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"Just a Dream (Jimmy Clanton song)"
Single by Jimmy Clanton and His Rockets
B-side"You Aim To Please"
ReleasedJuly 1958 (1958-07)
Recorded1958
StudioCosimo (New Orleans, Louisiana)[1]
GenrePop
Length2:34
LabelAce Records
Songwriter(s)Jimmy Clanton, Cosimo Matassa
Jimmy Clanton and His Rockets singles chronology
"I Trusted You"
(1957)
"Just a Dream (Jimmy Clanton song)"
(1958)
"A Letter to an Angel"
(1958)

"Just a Dream" is a 1958 single by Jimmy Clanton and His Rockets released on the Ace Records label. The actual record-label states that it was written by Clanton and Cosimo Matassa (Matassa was Clanton's manager), but other sources state that Clanton was the sole composer. Original words written by Regina F Phillips and sent to Lew Tobin which were copyrighted. Regina never received credit for the song lyrics.[2]

Apparently Lew Tobin was a bit of a song shark as noted by Randy Johnson.[3]

Chart performance

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The single went to number one on the R&B Best Sellers lists for one week and peaked at number four on the Hot 100.[4] In Canada it reached number five.[5]

Cover versions

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References

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  1. ^ Broven, John (September 12, 2014). "Cosimo Matassa". Ace Records. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "cocatalog.loc.gov". cocatalog.loc.gov. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  3. ^ "songpoemmusic.com". songpoemmusic.com. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 120.
  5. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - September 8, 1958".
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 633.