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That song you're wondering about ...
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Dan Carino
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Jul 31, 2015
That song you're wondering about ...
... it's "Forgotten Dreams," by the master of programmatic miniatures, Leroy Anderson.

... it's "Forgotten Dreams," by the master of programmatic miniatures, Leroy Anderson.

The song you're wondering about in this week's show — trust me, this is the one — is "Forgotten Dreams," written by a true Renaissance man, Leroy Anderson, who also wrote "The Typewriter," "Sleighride" and "Trumpeter's Holiday."

Here's a link to many of his tunes, and here is a lovely home performance of this 1954 Top ten hit by Brian Jones.