Day Dream

"Day Dream" is a 1941 song (see 1941 in music) composed by Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington, with lyrics by John La Touche.

Saxophonist Johnny Hodges first recorded this tune with Strayhorn on piano in 1941.

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