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Fabian Andre (January 8, 1910 – March 30, 1960) was an American composer, best known for co-writing the music of "Dream a Little Dream of Me" with Wilbur Schwandt in 1931.[1] Popular in its time, the song was revived in 1968 when covered by the Mamas & the Papas.
As an orchestra leader, he had a hit with the song "Dance of an Ear of Corn" for Columbia Records in July 1940.[2] He released an album of rumbas for Fiesta Records in 1954.[3]
In 1960, Andre was found dead in his hotel room in Mexico City. An autopsy determined the cause of death to be "alcoholic congestion".[4] Years later, the Mamas and the Papas decided to record "Dream a Little Dream of Me" after member Michelle Phillips got word that Andre, whom she met in her childhood, had died supposedly in a fall down an elevator shaft.[1]
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