- ^ a b c The Guitarguy. "A Kiss to Build a Dream On". theguitarguy.com. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ Hischak, Thomas S. (2007). The Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-313-34140-3.
| "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Written | 1935, 1951 |
| Published | 1951 by Miller Music |
| Songwriter(s) | Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II |
"A Kiss to Build a Dream On" is a song composed by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II.[1] In 1935, Kalmar and Ruby wrote a song called "Moonlight on the Meadow" for the Marx Brothers film A Night at the Opera (1935) but the song was not used. Hammerstein later adapted the lyrics to be "A Kiss to Build a Dream On"[2] and it was recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1951.[1]
It was also performed by Armstrong as well as by Mickey Rooney with William Demarest, by Sally Forrest, and by Kay Brown (virtually the entire cast performed part or all of the song) in the 1951 film The Strip, and was a sort of recurring theme in the film. The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1951 but lost out to “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening”.
