"My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" is a popular song with the music written by Vic Mizzy, the lyrics by Manny Curtis. The song was published in 1945. The biggest hit version of the song was recorded by the Les Brown Orchestra with a vocal by Doris Day.
In this music video version (above) Louis Prima is paired with Keely Smith. Louis Prima (b. December 7, 1910 - d. August 24, 1978) was a Sicilian-American singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter. Prima rode the musical trends of his time, starting with his seven-piece New Orleans style jazz band in the 1920s, then successively leading a swing combo in the 1930s, a big band in the 1940s, a Vegas lounge act in the 1950s, and a pop-rock band in the 1960s. In each of his musical endeavors, he incorporated his exuberant personality into his act.
Keely Smith (b. March 9, 1932) is an American jazz and popular music singer who enjoyed popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. She collaborated with, among others, Louis Prima and Frank Sinatra. Smith married Louis Prima in 1953 and divorced him in 1961. They had three children.
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