Any Dream Will Do (song) Scotland, where the song debuted at number one, succeeding "Icky Thump" by The White Stripes. Downloads and CD single sales raise funds for the BBC's annual Children in Need charity appeal. Any Dream Will Do (song) "Any Dream Will Do" is a popular song written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice for the 1968 musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". It is generally the beginning and the concluding song of the musical, sung by the title character of Joseph. The song has been sung by numerous performers. In 1969 it was released on the B-side of the 7-inch
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat narration spoken by children was broadcast on BBC radio, produced by Richard Wilcox. In 1974, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" was performed at the Playhouse in the Park in Philadelphia. The musical ran at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York in 1976 and in 1977 as "holiday fare". In the 1976 production, which opened on 30 December, direction was by John Dunlop, with a cast that featured Cleavon Little as the Narrator and David-James Carroll as Joseph. In the 1977 production, running in December through 1 January 1978, staging was by Graciela Daniele, with Carroll as Joseph,