Showing posts with label Doris Day. Show all posts
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Sunday, June 7, 2015

Doris Day.

Doris Day - Que Sera Sera


Doris Day A Sentimental Journey


Doris Day - You Are My Sunshine


Doris Day ~~~ Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps


Doris Day's 90th birthday celebration





Doris Day

From Wikipedia( View original Wikipedia Article )Last modified on 30 December 2014 at 20:56.
For other people named Doris Day, see Doris Day (disambiguation).
Doris Day
Publicity photo, 1957
Born
Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff
April 3, 1922 or April 3, 1924 [1]
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Nationality
American
Occupation
Actress, singer, animal rights activist
Years active
1939–present
1948–1973 (acting)
Religion
Spouse(s)
Al Jorden (m. 1941–43)
George Weidler (m. 1946–49)
Martin Melcher (m. 1951–68)
Barry Comden (m. 1976–81)
Children
Terry Melcher (1942–2004)
Website
Doris Day (born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff, April 3, 1922 or 1924)[1] is an American actress, singer, and animal rights activist.
Day began her career as a big band singer in 1939. Her popularity began to rise after her first hit recording, "Sentimental Journey", in 1945. After leaving Les Brown & His Band of Renown to try a solo career, she started her long-lasting partnership with Columbia Records, which would remain her only recording label. The contract lasted from 1947 to 1967, and included more than 650 recordings, making Day one of the most popular and acclaimed singers of the 20th century. In 1948, after being persuaded by Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne and her agent at the time, Al Levy, she auditioned for Michael Curtiz, which led to her being cast as the female lead inRomance on the High Seas.
Over the course of her career, Day appeared in 39 films. She was ranked the biggest box-office star, the only woman on that list, for four years (1960, 1962, 1963 and 1964) ranking in the top 10 for ten years (1951–1952 and 1959–1966). She became the top-ranking female box-office star of all time and is currently ranked sixth among the top 10 box office performers (male and female), as of 2012.[2] She received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Pillow Talk, won three Henrietta Awards (World Film Favorite), received the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's Career Achievement Award and, in 1989, received theCecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures. Day made her last film in 1968.
Day has released 31 albums, and her songs have spent a total of 460 weeks in the Top 40 charts.[3] She has been awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a Legend Award from the Society of Singers. In 2011, she released her 29th studio album, My Heart, which debuted at No. 9 on the UK Top 40 charts. As of January 2014, Day is the oldest living artist to score a UK Top 10 with an album featuring new material.

Her strong commitment to animal welfare began in 1971, when she co-founded "Actors and Others for Animals". She started her own non-profit organization in the late 1970s, the Doris Day Animal Foundation and, later, the Doris Day Animal League (DDAL). Establishing the annual observance Spay Day USA in 1994, the Doris Day Animal League now partners with The Humane Society of the United States and continues to be a leading advocacy organization. In 2004, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush in recognition of her distinguished service to the country. Day is retired from acting and performing, but has continued her work in animal rights causes and animal welfare.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Sentimental Journey

Hello Batch-mates,
The male common room at the Medical Faculty in the 1960s had a radiogramme. There were a few much played long playing records. One of them was Ahamed Jamal making his magic on the piano. The one I still remember was 'The Sentimental Journey'. I came across two renditions of 'The Sentimental Journey' by Doris Day on UTube.. I am giving the web addresses below. Please click on each to listen to it. I am sure that Ahamed Jamal's piano piece was the inspiration for a popular band rendition called 'The Kandyan Express' played very often in the early 1960s in Ceylon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ycj2SwFG3w&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUw125JMVFI


Enjoy the music of the old times.
Philip