{{for|the Johnny Cash song|You Dreamer You}} {{Infobox song | name = Oh What a Dream | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Ruth Brown | album = Rock & Roll | B-side = "Please Don't Freeze"<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.uncamarvy.com/Drifters/drifters.html THE EARLY DRIFTERS discography ]</ref> | released = June 1954 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Rhythm and blues | length = 2:52 | label = Atlantic | writer = Chuck Willis | producer = | prev_title = If I Had Any Sense | prev_year = 1954 | next_title = Somebody Touched Me | next_year = 1954 }} "'''Oh What a Dream'''" is a 1954 blues song written by Chuck Willis and originally performed by Ruth Brown<ref name=pc3>{{Gilliland|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19748/m1/ |title=Show 3 - The Tribal Drum: The rise of rhythm and blues. [Part 1&#93; }}</ref> backed by members of The Drifters (only credited as her ''Rhythmakers''<ref name=autogenerated1 />). The single was Brown's fourth number one on the U.S. R&B chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=87}}</ref>

==Song Background== 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: <blockquote>"Dreamed I held you in my arms<br> But I'm still waiting for that day to come<br> Ohh what a dream, what a dream I had last night"<ref>[http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-ruth-brown.html Wild Realm Reviews: Ruth Brown]</ref></blockquote>

==Cover versions== * Patti Page had an August 1954 single release of the song - as "What a Dream" - which reached #10 pop. * In 1960, Conway Twitty had a minor pop hit with his version of the song.

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{{Ruth Brown}} {{Patti Page}}

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