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It's a really old song Jamel.....goes back to 1931 with the first version recorded by Ozzie Nelson (of Ozzie and Harriet TV show fame). Lots of people have recorded it - Doris Day, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald......and the list goes on. Mama Cass....from the Mamas and Papas.

Mama could sing like an angel

True Story: In 1989 I went on a camping trip with over 50 people, most of whom I didn't know. One night around a campfire people were drinking and someone had a guitar. He was playing old songs that hardly anyone knew. He played this one and I sang along, and heard a guy singing as well. I looked over, our eyes met, and we've been together ever since. How prophetic Dream A Little Dream was for us. He was and still is, my soul mate. We still dance to this song every wedding anniversary. Thanks you Jamel. 💖

I was 15 and my mother and I went to see her at The London Palladium , 2 days later we woke up to the news she had died. It was so sad. What a performance tho. Fabtastic

Cass and Karen Carpenter. Two of the greatest female vocalists of all time. Both gone way too soon.

Dude, check out John Denver and Mama Cass singing “Leaving on a Jet Plane”.... talk about chemistry.

She was such a talented lady. We lost her too soon. You should also check out Carol King. You Got a Friend. And the classic Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jbN3dcaElc6Rfps.html

Since your getting into 60's harmonizing -- check out The Association and their song "Never My Love"

She was by far the best singer in the Mamas and Papas. Love her voice.

Glad at 40 something you like her! I was there when they were happening...75 now & they all played free in People’s Park in Berkeley..ahhh; Janis too. BTW, Jamal..I’m very impressed by your scope of appreciation for such a wide swath of music at your young age & not having been there! Really appreciate you man. Love what you bring to the table. We’re all so fortunate. Keep up the great work! Mahalo from Kaua’i🌺

another one who died so young...but the Mamas & Papas did have their moment in time.

Hi Jamel! I'm a big fan, and because of that I'm honored that you have my art on your wall! I'm the artist of the Black Panther piece you have up. I drew it and my wife Linda colored it back in 1988. Keep up the great work!

That puts tears in my eyes.....Cass Elliot was so amazing! Just so much depth, emotion, and raw talent. We can only imagine what she could have gone on to had she lived a full life.....

If you watch Janis Joplin at the Monterey Pop Festival the cameraman flashes on Mama Cass in astonishment sitting in the audience. Love watching her little dance when she's singing with The Mamas and Papas.

Another good Cass solo song is "Make Your Own Kind Of Music".

No autotone needed. Just give her the mic and let her talent shine!! Great as always.

She was born in Park Heights, a Jewish community in Baltimore. Her real name is Ellen Naomi Cohen.

Cass Elliott and Karen Carpenter were two of my idols growing up. Their voices were in my range, and part of why I have been singing in choirs all my life.

Cass Elliot is one of my favorite singers. She has such a crisp, clear, and lovely voice. I miss her a lot.

Was born in 57 and grew up on all this . It truly was a amazing time to be young . So much great music , we never thought it would end.

Jamel, you just recently reacted to her singing as part of her iconic '60's group, The Mama's & Papa's and she was the astonished lady with the big butterfly ring watching Janis Joplin singing Ball & Chain at the Monterey Pop Festival. Can you believe that John Phillips did not want to include her in their group because of her weight?! Clearly she had the best voice of the group with a personality to match, so I have heard. Gone way too young.

I always loved this one. Mama, because she was one of the Mama's & the Papa's.

Cass Elliot. Possibly the greatest voice of Her generation.

Would love for you to do any or all of these four by The Mamas & Papas..."Dedicated To The One I Love"..."I Saw Her Again"..."Creeque Alley"..."Monday Monday"....all great!💙🌿💚

Besides having this amazing voice, Mama Cass was an important influence on so many young musicians. She had a kind of Gertrude Stein "salon". They all gathered at her house, supposedly Crosby Stills and Nash first sang together at her house.

Jamel, she is the one they put the camera on when Janis Joplin was singing at Monterey Pop Festival.

There isn't enough of her, she left us so young. Her voice brings me to tears every time, in part because I so very much want more and more. Thanks for this, I am going to bed with happy and sad tears in my eyes.

Thank you! I danced around my bedroom to this!🎵🎵🎵

Coincidentally, I heard Graham Nash say in an interview that Mama Cass was instrumental in introducing him to Crosby & Stills + Young : )

What a voice. She left us much too soon.

Voice of an Angel. Make your own kind of music is great too

Hey Jamel try Mama Cass "It's getting better" really show cases her voice. She was Mama Cass because she was a founding member of the Mamas and Papas.

Thank you sooo much. The fact that you recognize the pure raw talent here. We lose the good ones too soon

Yes, the original is better, and clearer. You can't hear her voice in this one too well, drowned out. Check out the original of her 'Words of Love' with the Mamas and Papas.

Beautiful voice..beautiful face!

I grew up just down the street from her in Alexandria.....I sang this to my daughter EVERY night as her "bedtime song" and now she sings it to my granddaughter. My mother sang it to me. She's the one making the "WOW" face during the Janis Joplin video. NO ONE could sing it like it her. She's probably the best known for it. God Bless her and RIP Mama Cass....she was amazing!!

My favorite vocal by Mama Cass is Words of Love.. great arrangement and you really get smacked by the strength of her voice...

Cass had one of the most beautiful voices of the 1960s and beyond. She could sing a glorious lead or add a beautiful harmony line to anything that was brought to her. It's such a shame she passed away so young. In truth, she disliked the Mama moniker as that was only when she was a member of The Mamas and Papas. The Mama name evoked so much pain she endured because of her size, her only true public pleasure was when she sang in her angelic voice. This is probably her best moment as a solo artist, giving her a chance to sing a much older song with some wonderful Blues roots, something she excelled at.

Exactly right. Nowhere to hide. Just a beautiful voice. Real talent.

Jamel, you really need to do the one with her and John Denver singing “Leaving on a Jet Airplane!” It’s awesome!👍🏻🐶🐶💕🙏🏻

So sad that she was a victim of fat-shaming back in the day. Her soaring voice with the Mamas and the Papas was amazing. They truly epitomized the Hippy movement of that time; peace and love (with some drugs mixed in!).

Always loved this song. It's like a lullaby. Cass Elliott was classically trained and her goal was Broadway.

A really beautiful voice! We lost her WAY too soon. Another gifted voice, gone. WONDERFUL reaction!

Another talent who came to a tragic end very young.....wonderful voice 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵

She was from the singing group called "The Mamas and the Papas." Hence the name "Mama" Cass.

She was from the Mamas and the Papas which is why she had "Mama" in front of her name.

Love...love...love...this song....She was Amazing....R.I.P Beautiful Lady...... 🎶🎶Make Your Own Kind Of Music 🎶🎶

I was born in 54, so this was at the peak of my Teen years. My Mom played her music and I was very familiar with all the old pop 'standards' such as this. One thing that always impressed me was how accurate the 80s tune "Video Killed the Radio Star" truly was. Mama Cass was transcending the group and becoming a true solo performer all due to that amazing voice. No one cared that she was not a raving beauty or shapely... That voice, that voice, that VOICE! She was definitly a huge loss to all of us.

Me and my wife had this play at the end of our wedding ceremony, beautiful song.

This was her song. Mama Cass because she was part of the Mamas and the Papas.

I love this song! She brings it to! Thank you for your fantastic reactions and for sending all the positive energy!

Mama Cass had one of the best voices ever. So smooth. A voice from my childhood. Adore this song.

Greetings my friend. Years since I heard the incomparable Cass Elliot and boy she's G O O D!! In the good old days of vinyl I had an LP of hers I played over and over. More of her please, don't care which song because she could S A N G...Thank you, stay safe and blessings...

Mama Cass's best song is "Words of Love" with The Mamas & The Papas. 💜 Check it out 😊

literally the voice of an angel

Cass Eliot was the Star of the Mamas and the Papas. Not just a great voice, she had a real star quality. She exuded something that was beautiful and fun. Gone too soon.

She would get a lot of flack about her weight, how sad people can be.

what a voice!, reminds me of ann wilson from heart

A Great choice for your reactions. MAMA Cass... Another GREAT Performer who left us Far TOO Soon.

So beautiful ... I have always loved this song, and Cass killed it.

She was actually a Jewish woman, born Ellen Naomi Cohen.😉

The song is from 1931 it's been recorded hundreds of times,they called her Mama Cass because she was in the band the Mamas and Papas.

First time I saw Mama Cass it was this Video... At home by myself... Watching TV andI saw a large lady walk out onto the stage and waited for the Opera She sang this song and I was hooked on Mama Cass for life... An amazing voice and perfect tones

This was a cover that permanently changed how everyone did this song. This song started its life as a peppy dance tune, but Mama Cass did it is a ballad and, after that, everyone thought of this song as a ballad. It's rare that a cover is so good that it changes forever how a song is performed.

I remember hearing this when I was a little kid. My Mama loved Cass.

As an old dog i dig youre appreciation of good music.

Mama Cass had a wonderful voice.

"Dream a Little Dream of Me" is a 1931 song with music by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt and lyrics by Gus Kahn. It was first recorded in February 1931 by Ozzie Nelson and also by Wayne King and His Orchestra, with vocals by Ernie Birchill. A popular standard, it has seen more than 60 other versions recorded, with one of the highest chart ratings by The Mamas & The Papas in 1968 with Cass Elliot on lead vocals. (info courtesy of Wikipedia)

Written in 1931 and covered by all these 2001 Al Martino The Magic of Al Martino 2004 Anne Murray I'll Be Seeing You 2014 Barry Manilow My Dream Duets 1957 Bing Crosby Bing with a Beat 1995 Chicago Night & Day: Big Band 1959 Dean Martin Sleep Warm 2007 Diana Krall We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song 1990 Dinah ShoreLong Songs Sung 1957 Doris DayDay by Night 2011 Eddie VedderUkulele Songs 1963 Ella Fitzgerald Ella and Basie! 1957 Ella Mae Morse Barrelhouse, Boogie, and the Blues 2013Emilia MitikuI Belong to You 1963 Frankie LaineI Believe 1994 Gerry MulliganDream a Little Dream 1969 Henry ManciniA Warm Shade of Ivory 1968 Louis Armstrong What a Wonderful World 2010 Michael BubléSpecial Delivery 1947-1950 Nat King ColeThe Best of the Nat King Cole Trio: The Vocal Classics, Vol. 2 1995 The Beautiful SouthFrench Kiss Movie Soundtrack 1968 The Mamas & the PapasThe Papas & The Mamas 2015 Pink Martini, The von TrappsDream a Little Dream 2002 Tony Bennett & k.d. lang A Wonderful World 2007 Blind GuardianAnother Stranger Me (single) 2020 Nicole KidmanThe opening credits theme song to The Undoing

"Dream A Little Dream", was the name of the movie with James Coburn and Corey Feldman. ✌

What a beautiful soul Cass was , I've never heard anyone say a bad word about her ,a real diamond 💎

What a beautiful powerful voice she had! Loved her! ♥️🎼🎶

Written 1931 & first released by Ozzy Nelson

"It's Getting Better" is another great solo Cass song!

Her voice was by far the most notable in the Mamas and Papas. Wonderful talent. Thanks for paying attention to great female artists.

First off I wish what many do we still had Mama Cass & that phenomenal voice. She was truly a gem that got a short shine but still a long lasting one. Secondly, Jamal...I was born 93 lil Latina girl but my brothers and parents did play music before Auto tune days. In high school I concert band. No March band. I played the clarinet & bass clarinet in 4 years I got introduced to so much more great music from 1920s back to the 90s. (this is what I call a Christmas miracle). I was cleaning out a hotel room with my mom. The guests had left we we're preparing it for someone else. I'm a year into playing with the band. I found an iPad full of stuff like Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Miles Davis to The Doors, The Beatles (which O already loved) some Elvis I hadn't heard. An so much more. The rule was if the guest didn't claim the item, the housekeeper could have it or it'd get thrown out. So my mom let me keep it. That was a great time. It's one thing to be around for bands like type of negative, Alice in chains, Pearl Jam and others from 90s -2000s even some 2000s-2010s but you're right there is that spark missing now. I don't know. Thanks for giving me a good morning and reading this rant. Happy Sunday brother 😊

Please react to "Midnight at the Oasis" Maria Muldar 1973💜

There was a live concert with Janis Joplin on stage singing and whose got front row seats watching?? Mama Cass!

Cass was the BEST! What a great voice and what confidence!

😎🌞🌵Jamel, absolutely love your reactions and finding this music that I have totally forgotten eons ago. By you doing these songs I can start rebuilding my music library of these amazing songs. And your correct that a lot was said in these songs that only lasted less then 4 minutes by people with fantastic voices and that most singers nowadays can’t even hold a candle to. 👏👏👏👏👏 JOY PEACE HEALTH AND HAPPINESS 👍☝️✌️😎

Words Of Love really shows off her amazing voice. She's up there with Karen Carpenter as THE best.

Had such a beautiful voice, so much talent solo too. . ,And with the Mama's and Papa's - Great harmony. I'm in "harmony" mode! Won't stop until I get your reaction to Stevie Nicks and Kenny Loggins "Whenever I Call You Friend " 1978ish!!! Thanks Mr. J.!

Cass Elliot was THE voice in The Mamas and the Papas. Beautiful. R.I.P. Mama.

When are gonna have some Cat Stevens?

There’s a video of Mama Cass, Joni Mitchell and another singer (can’t remember her name) singing I Shall Be Released. You’d find it beautiful!

Cass was the QUEEN. That voice is something else.

I adored Mama Cass! Glad you love that voice too! Those were the days!

She was just called Cass Elliott. She hated being called Mama.

Would love some more Cass Elliott, maybe It's Getting Better or Make Your Own Kind Of Music.

My first celebrity crush. I was like nine years old and just adored her. The joy she with which she would throw back her head and belt it out was contagious.

Cass Elliott. Phenomenal talent and chutzpah with that blessed instrument, a lovely voice and spirit. What a loss hers was. 💗🙏🕊

It was in a movie called “THE NOTEBOOK” with Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams!

Before “The Notebook”, the song was in a movie called “Dream a Little Dream” with Corey Haim and Corey Feldman.

Mama Cass was a funny gal. She had a great sense of humor. And of course a gorgeous voice! How fun it would’ve been to hang with her!

I enjoy being able to understand the words. That's what's special about older music. Many people today are barely even "artists". They're just performing.

Another great track by "Mama" Cass is "Young Girl's Lament"

There are much better recordings of this by her.

I LOVE this song....Mama Cass did it so eloquently and sweet. thx for sharing Jamel!

I absolutely loved this reaction. You should have been born is the 60s. She was in my opinion one of the greatest female vocalist of all time. Very underrated. She was originally with the Mamas and Papas but went solo for a short time. Another great artist that we lost way to soon, like so many of the giants of that time. I believe she was 27 when she died. No sure exactly but very young. Words of Love is another great song of hers.