Dream a Little Dream of Me Trivia Quiz

Answer: Gus Kahn

Gus Kahn (Gustav Gerson Kahn) was born in Germany but migrated with his family to the United States in 1890. He wrote the lyrics to 'Dream a Little Dream of Me' in 1931, with Lee Rothman. Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt wrote the music for the song and Cass Elliot (the Mamas & the Papas) recorded the song for their 1968 album, 'The Papas & The Mamas'.

Answer: Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra

Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra were the first to record 'Dream a Little Dream of Me'. Wayne King and his Orchestra (with Ernie Birchill on vocals) recorded their version on February 18, 1931 - two days after the Ozzie Nelson version was recorded.
Ella Fitzgerald and Dean Martin both recorded 'Dream a Little Dream of Me' - Martin in 1958 and Fitzgerald in 1963. Fitzgerald also recorded a version with Louis Armstrong in 1950.

Answer: Dream a Little Dream

For the 1989 movie, the two versions of the song 'Dream a Little Dream of Me' featured Mickey Thomas. One was a solo and the other a duet with Mel Tormé.
'Dream a Little Dream 2', the sequel to 'Dream a Little Dream' was released in 1995.
'Dream Date' was released in 1989, 'The Dream Machine' in 1990, and 'Buffalo Dreams' in 2005.

Answer: 'Circus' - Britney Spears

'When I Fall in Love' (Mark Weber) was released in October 2008, 'Pajama Day' (Claw Boys Claw) was released in February 2008, 'Dream a Little' (Jimmy Demers) was released in September 2008. Each album contained a version of 'Dream a Little Dream of Me'.
Britney Spears' 'Circus' album, although also released in 2008 (November), did not contain the song 'Dream a Little Dream of Me'.

Answer: Stars like Stars

'Stars like Stars' (or Hvězdy jako hvězdy) was on Lucie Bílá's 1998 album, 'Stars Like Stars'.
Lucie Bílá, born Hana Zaňáková, was trained as a seamstress before becoming a singer. Music producer, Petr Hannig created Lucie's stage name as her birth name was very similar to another Czech singer, Hana Zagorová.
Lucie has starred in stage musicals, television shows and movies, and won 6 'Female Singer of the Year' awards at the 'Czech Academy of Popular Music Awards' in the 1990s.

Answer: French

The French version of the song 'Dream a Little Dream of Me' recorded by Beautiful South was first used in the movie 'French Kiss' (released in 1995) - but to include this information in the question, I would have been giving away too many hints! The song was then re-used for 'The Devil Wears Prada'.

Answer: Sylvie Vartan

Sylvie Vartan recorded the song in 1969. It was sung as 'Nostalgia'.
Enzo Enzo recorded 'Dream a Little Dream of Me' for her 1990 album 'Enzo Enzo', Anne-Marie David didn't start her musical career until 1970, and Jeanne Cherhal was born in 1978 and started her career in 2002.

Answer: Mamas and the Papas

Cass Elliot, also known as Mama Cass, was a member of the Mamas and the Papas. The Mamas and the Papas version of 'Dream a Little Dream of Me' was recorded in 1968 and on their 1968 April album release, 'The Papas and the Mamas'. The song was publicly credited to Mama Cass (UK) and Mama Cass with the Mamas and the Papas (US).

Answer: Miss Piggy

Poor Miss Piggy has to endure interruptions from an overhelpful Bean Bunny whilst performing her rendition of Dream a Little Dream of Me'.
Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 3D was directed by Jim Henson and written by Bill Prady. It features a 3D (and also referred to as 4D) film featuring animatronic, live and computer-generated Muppets.

Answer: The Brady Bunch

The original air date for the episode of 'Oz' entitled 'Dream Little Dream of Me' was 20 January 2002 (Season 5, Episode 3). Season 3, Episode 10 of 'Supernatural' was originally aired on February 7, 2008. Season 5, Episodes 79 & 80 of 'Grey's Anatomy' were originally aired on September 25, 2008. Both 'Supernatural' and 'Grey's Anatomy' episodes were entitled 'Dream a Little Dream of Me' although the 'Grey's Anatomy' episodes were separated into Parts 1 & 2.
'The Brady Bunch' did not air any episodes entitled 'Dream a Little Dream of Me'.