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. It was written by David Parton and co-produced by Tony Hatch and Parton.[2] The song reached No. 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 the following spring. It charted similarly in Canada.[3][4] Both 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 was covered by French singer Joe Dassin as "Carolina (Sad Sweet Dreamer)" in 1975.
The song can be heard in the 2009 UK television series Red Riding. It is also featured in the 2013 film Rush.[5]
sweet, dreamer, song, sweet, sensation, which, number, single, singles, chart, week, october, 1974, single, sweet, sensationfrom, album, side, surething, released1974recorded1974genrepopsoullength3, 10labelpyesongwriter, david, partonproducer, david, partonton. Sad Sweet Dreamer is a song by Sweet Sensation which was a number one single on the UK Singles Chart for one week in October 1974 1 Sad Sweet Dreamer Single by Sweet Sensationfrom the album Sad Sweet DreamerB side Surething Yes I Do Released1974Recorded1974GenrePopsoulLength3 10LabelPyeSongwriter s David PartonProducer s David PartonTony HatchSweet Sensation singles chronology Sad Sweet Dreamer 1974 Hide Away from the Sun 1975 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 It was written by David Parton and co produced by Tony Hatch and Parton 2 The song reached No 14 on the U S Billboard Hot 100 the following spring It charted similarly in Canada 3 4 Both 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 was covered by French singer Joe Dassin as Carolina Sad Sweet Dreamer in 1975 The song can be heard in the 2009 UK television series Red Riding It is also featured in the 2013 film Rush 5 Contents 1 Chart history 1 1 Weekly charts 1 2 Year end charts 2 ReferencesChart history editWeekly charts edit Chart 1974 75 Peakposition Australia KMR 6 24 Canada RPM Top Singles 3 10 Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 4 19 Ireland IRMA 7 3 South Africa 8 8 UK Singles Chart 1 1 U S Billboard Hot 100 9 14 U S Billboard Adult Contemporary 10 18 U S Cash Box Top 100 11 17 Year end charts edit Chart 1974 Rank UK 12 39 Chart 1975 Rank Canada 13 149 US Joel Whitburn s Pop Annual 14 132References edit a b Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 306 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 Sad Sweet Dreamer Brief Biography Allmusic Retrieved 2012 07 09 a b Canada Library and Archives July 17 2013 Image RPM Weekly www bac lac gc ca a b Canada Library and Archives July 17 2013 Image RPM Weekly www bac lac gc ca Rush 2013 Soundtrack net Retrieved 2013 09 22 Forum 1970 ARIA Charts Special Occasion Charts Australian charts com Archived from the original on 2016 06 02 Retrieved 2017 05 07 The Irish Charts Search Results Sad Sweet Dreamer Irish Singles Chart Retrieved May 23 2018 South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1965 1989 Acts S www rock co za Joel Whitburn s Top Pop Singles 1955 1990 ISBN 0 89820 089 X Whitburn Joel 1993 Top Adult Contemporary 1961 1993 Record Research p 235 Cash Box Top 100 3 29 75 tropicalglen com Top Selling Singles for 1974 Music Week London England Spotlight Publications 20 4 January 1975 Canada Library and Archives July 17 2013 Image RPM Weekly www bac lac gc ca Whitburn Joel 1999 Pop Annual Menomonee Falls Wisconsin Record Research Inc ISBN 0 89820 142 X nbsp This 1970s pop song related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sad Sweet Dreamer amp oldid 1145333487, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
