A Kiss to Build a Dream On


Song Details

Music for this song
Harry Ruby
Lyrics for this song
Oscar Hammerstein II, Bert Kalmar
Notes
As "Moonlight on the Meadows" (words by Bert Kalmar and music by Harry Ruby), this song was intended for the 1935 film, A NIGHT AT THE OPERA but it was not used. Oscar Hammerstein II rewrote the lyric and retitled the song and it was introduced in the 1951 film, THE STRIP.
Title Variations
A Kiss To Build

Recordings


Sound Clips Oscar & Steve - 1995 Mandy Patinkin
Sound Clips Many a New Day - 1996 Phillip Officer
Louis Armstrong at MGM: Now You Has Jazz - 1997 Louis Armstrong
Sound Clips A Wonderful World - 2002 Tony Bennett & k.d. lang
Sound Clips Not a Care in the World - 2005 Rebecca Kilgore & Dave Frishberg
Sound Clips A Kiss to Build a Dream On - 2008 Jessica Molaskey
Some Other Time - Steven Pasquale
Note: this song may also appear on other recordings whose tracks have not yet been indexed.

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