Sad Sweet Dreamer

"Sad Sweet Dreamer"
Single by Sweet Sensation
B-side "Surething, Yes I Do"
Released 1974
Format 7" single
Genre Pop
Label Pye Records

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"Sad Sweet Dreamer" is a song by Sweet Sensation which became a number-one single in the UK Singles Chart for one week in October 1974.[1]

The second single from the British soul group, a soaring soul ballad heavily influenced by the Stylistics (and led by lead vocalist Marcel King's falsetto), "Sad Sweet Dreamer" became their first hit. Written by David Parton and co-produced by Tony Hatch & Parton.[2] The song reached #14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 the following spring. It charted similarly in Canada.[3][4] Both Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent sang on the track to augment Sweet Sensation. Hatch wanted to work with them after they were discovered on New Faces whilst he was on the judging panel.

The song can be heard in the 2009 UK television series Red Riding. It was also featured in the 2013 film Rush.[5]

Chart history

References

  1. 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 306. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ↑ "Sad Sweet Dreamer Brief Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-07-09.
  3. ↑ RPM Top Singles, April 12, 1975
  4. ↑ RPM Adult Contemporary, March 15, 1975
  5. ↑ "Rush (2013)". Soundtrack.net. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  6. ↑ "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  7. ↑ RPM Top Singles, April 12, 1975
  8. ↑ RPM Adult Contemporary, March 15, 1975
  9. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Sad Sweet Dreamer". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  10. ↑ http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(S).html
  11. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  12. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 235.
  13. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 29, 1975
  14. ↑ "Top Selling Singles for 1974". Music Week. London, England: Spotlight Publications: 20. 4 January 1975.
  15. ↑ Bac-lac.gc.ca
  16. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.


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