Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams were an English studio group who scored a hit single in 1974 with a cover of the ABBA song “Honey Honey”.

In 1974, former Pickettywitch member and session backing vocalist Polly Brown recorded a cover of an ABBA album track, “Honey Honey”. This was produced by Ron Roker and Gerry Shury, with the former also supplying the male vocal on the track.

Tony Jackson1 was recruited to act as a partner for Brown in their performances for the single. Jackson, born in Barbados 17 March 1944, had moved to London in 1965 and spent five years as a member of reggae outfit the Skatalites who had the No. 36 hit “Guns of Navarone” in 1967. Before being recruited by Roker to partner Brown live and on Sweet Dreams’ post-“Honey Honey” recordings, Jackson had spent some time fronting Gulliver’s People, the house band at the Purley nightclub Tiffany’s. Jackson and Brown appeared on TOTP performing “Honey, Honey” and subsequently recorded tracks to complete a Sweet Dreams album entitled We’ll Be Your Music.

“Honey Honey” entered the UK Top 50 at No. 46 on the chart dated 20 July 1974. It eventually rose to a No. 10 peak at the end of August 1974.