50+ Music<p>"Mr. Sandman" (or "Mister Sandman") is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/popularSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>popularSong</span></a> written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PatBallard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatBallard</span></a> and published in 1954. It was first recorded in May of that year by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VaughnMonroe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VaughnMonroe</span></a> & his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/orchestra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orchestra</span></a> and later that year by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheChordettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheChordettes</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theFourAces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theFourAces</span></a>. The song's lyrics convey a request to "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MrSandman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MrSandman</span></a>" to "bring me a dream" – the traditional association of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/folkloric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folkloric</span></a> figure (but in this context the meaning of dream is more akin to '<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dreamboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dreamboat</span></a>'). <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_QC_3X3wEk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=z_QC_3X3wE</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a></p>