Mr. Sandman

Album: The Best of the Chordettes (1954)
Charted: 11 1
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    Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream (bung, bung, bung, bung)
    Make him the cutest that I've ever seen (bung, bung, bung, bung)
    Give him two lips like roses and clover (bung, bung, bung, bung)
    Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over
    Sandman, I'm so alone (bung, bung, bung, bung)
    Don't have nobody to call my own (bung, bung, bung, bung)
    Please turn on your magic beam
    Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream

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    Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
    Make him the cutest that I've ever seen
    Give him the word that I'm not a rover
    Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over
    Sandman, I'm so alone
    Don't have nobody to call my own
    Please turn on your magic beam
    Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream

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    Mr. Sandman (yes) bring us a dream
    Give him a pair of eyes with a "come-hither" gleam
    Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci
    And lots of wavy hair like Liberace
    Mr. Sandman, someone to hold (someone to hold)
    Would be so peachy before we're too old
    So please turn on your magic beam
    Mr. Sandman, bring us, please, please, please
    Mr. Sandman, bring us a dream

    (Bung, bung, bung, bung, bung, bung, bung)
    (Bung, bung, bung, bung, bung, bung) Writer/s: Pat Ballard
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 9

  • Thomas Coller from MichiganWho was the (YAAAAH) man in the video of them singing MR. SANDMAN
  • Ana Nelson Zavala from Honduras, Francisco Morázan, TegucigalpaI mean, I-, I love old songs!!, The Chordettes, Micheal Jackson, etc, I love them, and thanks for this page!!
  • Robyn Wares from ColoradoI am Interested in finding out how many copies of Mr. Sandman Were Ever Sold up to This Year 2020!
    Its in So Much! So many Movies!
    I'd Also love to know How many times this Song was put into Any movies.
    Thanks.
  • Steve from Great WakeringIt's Archie Bleyer that's heard playing his knees during the song's intro, being credited on the label. The earliest version of the song was recorded in May 1954 by Vaughn Monroe & his orchestra.
    In the film 'Back To The Future' it's the Four Aces version we hear when Marty McFly goes back to Hill Valley in 1955.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 22nd 1981, Emmylou Harris' covered version of "Mr. Sandman" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #83; and eight weeks later on April 19th it peaked at #37 {for 1 week} and spent 13 weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #10 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart; and #1 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart...
    And exactly twenty-three years earlier on February 22nd, 1958 the Chordettes performed the original version of the song on the ABC-TV program 'Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show'...
    As stated above; it spent seven weeks at #1, that was on Billboard's Best Sellers chart, four weeks at #1 on Most Played on Jukeboxes chart, and eight weeks on the Most Played by Jockeys chart.
  • Mike from Nampa, IdBrings back memories. My dad was from that era, the greatest generation. I grew up listening to dad play records from the 40s, 50s, & 60s. miss my dad.
  • Roy from Columbus, OhIn the third stanza of "Mr. Sandman," the vocal response, "Yes?" is provided by the late Archie Bleyer. Bleyer had been Arthur Godfrey's music director from 1946-1953 and established Cadence Records in 1952. One of the groups he signed to the label was the Chordettes.
  • Jason from Pasadena, CaIt would be nice if the Glee cast did a version of the song. I can imagine how Rachel and the other girls would sound with their rendition.
  • Jim from Morgantown, WvCheck out the version by Pomplamoose on YouTube. It's fabulous!
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