HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DORIS  2012
            WE LOVE YOU

This page is now part of our  Archives Pages, which will be opened each year for Doris's birthday. So, continue to enjoy!

Doris sent us a message on her birthday last year:  listen to that on the Just Doris Page
A CURRENT MESSAGE FROM DORIS FOR THIS YEAR!!!

Doris Through The Years, and Always Beautiful!

CD'S AND VIDEOS GALORE ALL FOR THAT SPECIAL GAL'S ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

 A CELEBRATION IN GOOD STYLE
 AND WAY TOO LONG OVERDUE!!! 

Sony Masterworks and Warner Home Video (WHV) have teamed up on a multi-tiered celebration of one of Hollywood’s most beloved stars: Doris Day. The celebration includes a new four-movie DVD package of
memorable Day performances from WHV (released March 13); a brand new double CD set from Sony Masterworks (released April 3), with a collection of 31 songs
curated by Doris herself; and a five-night salute on TCM (April 2-6) This multi-pronged Doris Day tribute is timed to coincide with her birthday. 

“I am so thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Sony Music on this collection of my recordings. I sang hundreds of songs, but because I was so busy singing, I rarely had the time to be involved in the  actual compilation of the albums. So in this collection are some of my favorites, ones that I loved singing, and I hope you like them too,” said Doris Day.

 “Our celebration of Doris Day shows the magic that can happen when TCM and
two of the industry’s leading music and home video providers join together to
honor one of Hollywood’s greatest artists,” said Dennis Adamovich, senior vice
president of brand and digital activation for TCM, TNT and TBS.

 “Doris Day is an iconic artist, who enjoyed a great film career spanning two decades. Doris represented the quintessential American housewife in many of her films, and the American audience appreciated her humor, warmth, and sincerity. We are proud and honored to have many of her films within the Warner Bros library,” said Jeff Baker, EVP/GM Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, Theatrical Catalog.

 Doris Day: With a Smile and a Song is a brand new 31-song collection curated by Doris Day herself. Each disc in the 2-CD set celebrates a different facet of  Day’s illustrious career. The Leading Lady of the Movies highlights favorites  from her numerous films including “It’s Magic” from Romance On The High Seas  (1948); the title track from Love Me Or Leave Me (1955) and, of course,  “Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera),” introduced in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). The Leading Lady of Song features hits from her favorite Columbia Records albums including “But Beautiful” from the 1956 release Day By Day; “Easy to Love” from the 1957 release Day By Night; “Fools Rush In” from the 1962 release Doris Day & Andre Previn: Duets and the timeless title  track from the album With A Smile and A Song, a perfect title to personify this incomparable singer, actress and entertainer.

 Doris Day: With a Smile and a Song was released for sale April 3, in celebration of Doris Day’s birthday, and is  available through TCM’s online store at   http://shop.tcm.com, as well as other fine retailers. A complete
track listing for the two CDs is below.

As part of its exclusive line of DVDs spotlighting Hollywood’s legendary
actors and actresses, WHV will release TCM Greatest Classic Legends: Doris Day. The set will include the sparkling shipboard musical Romance on the High Seas  (1948), the sharp-shooting western musical Calamity Jane (1953), the fascinating Ruth Etting biopic Love Me or Leave Me (1955) and the delightful domestic comedy
Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1960).

 Special features in the TCM Greatest Classic Legends: Doris Day collection
include the vintage shorts “Let’s Sing a Song From the Movie,” “A Modern
Cinderella,” “Roseland” , “A Salute to the Theatres”; the classic Looney Tunes  cartoon “I Taw A Putty Tat”, and newsreels about Calamity Jane’s gala premiere and awards. The value-packed collection is available  through TCM’s online store at http://shop.tcm.com  and other fine retailers, beginning March 13.

 TCM is celebrating  Day’s screen career with TCM Star of the Month: Doris Day,  a five-night collection of movies April 2-6. The week will include 28 films, spanning from her star-making debut in Romance on the High Seas (1948) to her  mid-’60s romantic comedies.Track Listing for the new double CD:


 Disc 1: The Leading Lady of the Movies
1. On Moonlight Bay
2. Till We Meet Again
3. It Had To Be You
4. I’ll See You In My Dreams
5. It’s  Magic
6. By The Light Of The Silv’ry Moon
7. Secret Love
8. I Speak To  The Stars
9. Love Me Or Leave Me
10. At Sundown
11. Shaking The Blues Away
12. Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)
13. Pillow Talk
14.  My Romance
15. Little Girl Blue

 Disc 2: The Leading Lady of Song
1. Easy To Love
2. Imagination
3. You Go To My Head
4. Don’t Take Your Love From Me
5. But Beautiful
6. The Song Is You
7. Our Love Is Here To Stay
8. Oh, But I Do
9. Here We Go Again
10. Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)
11. In Love In  Vain
12. With A Smile And A Song
13. Desafinado (Slightly Out Of
Tune)
14. Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps (Quizás, Quizás, Quizás)
15. There They Are

THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION WAS  released to coincide with Doris birthday.  It  contains 24 songs which span Day's career featuring everything from lushly orchestrated ballads to bouncy novelty songs.  It is also available now and contains the following songs:
1. Que Sera, Sera
2. Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
3. Heaven Tonight
4. Oops
5. Pillow Talk
6. Sentimental Journey
7. A Very Precious Love
8. Secret Love
9. Don't Take Your Love From Me
10. Cuddle Up A Little Closer
11. Teacher's Pet
12. It's Magic
13. The Song is You
14. The Deadwood Stage
15. Love Me or Leave Me
16. Fly Me To The Moon
17. Dream A Little Dream of Me
18. You'll Never Walk Alone
19. Lullaby of Broadway
20. Close Your Eyes
21. Everybody Loves A Lover
22. Bewitched
23. When I Fall in Love
24. My Heart 

  NEW AND CURRENT DORIS RELEASES ARE WONDERFUL, BUT...
 IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO LOOK BACK

    The Way We Were...
         (OR The Way She Was)
     WHAT A LEGACY

ABBA SAYS: "THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC"

MORE OF JOHN DENVER AND  DORIS

SOME SPECIAL  DORIS DAY TRIBUTES

TOM SANTOPIETRO, "CONSIDERING DORIS DAY"

A JAZZ TRIBUTE FROM LAURA
 DIDIER & JIM MARTINEZ TRIO

                           PURE MAGIC

HER AMAZING STORY: LISTEN TO THE MUSIC!!!

SHE WAS/IS A VERY POPULAR LADY (EVEN WITH CO-STARS)...EVERYBODY LOVES HER

DORIS WITH PERRY COMO
IN 1970'S TV SPECIAL

DORIS AND ROCK: COMEDY TEAM OF THE CENTURY

WITH JOHN RAITT IN "PAJAMA GAME"

WITH CLARK GABLE & GIG YOUNG,
         "TEACHER'S PET"

SHE DESERVED AN OSCAR MORE THAN ONCE.  HERE, FOR AN EXTENDED SEGMENT (WITHOUT TALKING) IN "MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH"----WATCH THE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND HOW WELL THEY TELL THE VIEWER EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON:

IN "THAT TOUCH OF MINK" CO-STARRING CARY GRANT, DORIS' SCENE WITH THE CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE IS A COMEDY CLASSIC

WITH HOWARD KEEL AS               "CALAMITY  JANE", the most popular musical of all time in the UK (smart!)

WITH REX HARRISON IN "MIDNIGHT LACE", THE HYSTERICAL BREAKDOWN DESERVED AN OSCAR. THE FILM ALSO AFFECTED HER PERSONAL LIFE.
TALK ABOUT METHOD ACTING!!!

Most folks fell in love with Doris in her first two films. Here she is with JACK CARSON AND BUGS BUNNY  in Movie #2,
       "MY DREAM IS YOURS"

        
WITH DANNY THOMAS IN "I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS", she played the sympathetic woman behind the man, the strength in the relationship.

WITH STEVEN BOYD IN "JUMBO", she brought the circus to life and her interpretation of "Little Girl Blue" was an oscar-winning performance:

WITH ROCK HUDSON AND TONY RANDALL IN "PILLOW TALK": For this one, she was nominated, but she lost to a foreign film star, Simone Signoret, who should  have won for foreign film.  Comedy performances (the hardest to do, ask any actor) seldom if ever win an Oscar.  Time for a change!!!

WITH JAMES GARNER  IN    "THE THRILL OF IT ALL"/ more classic comedy

BUT, MOST OF ALL, AS RUTH ETTING IN "LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME" which sadly was not even nominated:

  DEDICATED TO DORIS
The song "You Make Me Think About You" was used in Doris' last film and was written directly for her but never recorded by her.  It was recorded by Johnny Mathis, who was a fan of Doris, and he sings it for her here...

FRANK SINATRA WAS A FAN OF DORIS AND WANTED HER TO STAR WITH HIM IN VEGAS.  HE ALWAYS SAID SHE WAS THE BEST OF THE FEMALE SINGERS AROUND.  HERE'S ONE FROM FRANK JUST FOR DORIS: "THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT"

WHEN THEY WERE BOTH STARTING OUT ON STATION WLW IN
CINCINATTI, OHIO,  ANDY WILLIAMS AND HIS BROTHERS USED TO
HARMONIZE WITH DORIS.  TO THIS DAY, SHE IS HIS FAVORITE.

MELINDA SCHNEIDER (FROM AUSTRALIA) DOES DORIS DAY!

JAZZ ARTIST NELLIE MCKAY DOES AN ALBUM TRIBUTE TO DORIS,
         "NORMAL AS BLUEBERRY PIE"

ONE OF THE BEST SINGERS AROUND TODAY, MICHAEL BUBLE' DOES
A LOT OF THE SONGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GREAT SINGERS.  IT IS
TIME FOR HIM TO RECORD A TRIBUTE ALBUM FOR DORIS!  HE WOULD
DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB ON SOME OF HER SUPER BALLADS.  ARE YOU LISTENING, MICHAEL?

When asked about her favorite performers, Sarah Vaughan said: "I dig Doris Day", and here in Doris' honor she performed a song that celebrates Dodo's Birthday Month,
"I'LL REMEMBER APRIL"

FINAL NOTES:

IT MAY BE LAST, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY NOT LEAST.....CAROL JOHNSON PRESENTS HER LATEST SCRAPBOOK FOR DORIS, A COMPILATION OF BIRTHDAY WISHES TO DORIS FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD, and especially from her friends and fans on sampod:

OUR SECOND ANNUAL "MIKE AND CAROL SHOW": "Talking about Doris and a Few Other Things...From Baltimore to Georgia"

      SPECIALLY DEDICATED TO DORIS AND TERRY

RADIO BIRTHDAY INTERVIEW WITH DORIS AND ED (LINK)


JUST ABOUT 13 MINUTES.....A LITTLE MEDLEY FOR YOU

HOT TIP:  PURCHASE A 10 CD SET OF DORIS DAY'S MUSIC (240 SONGS) FOR A GREAT
PRICE.  IT IS A TERRIFIC COLLECTION AT AN AMAZINGLY INEXPENSIVE PRICE.

              CHECK THIS LINK:  "SENTIMENTAL  JOURNEY"