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DAY DREAMING WITH DORIS DAY
SINGLE RECORDS BY DORIS DAY
WHICH CHARTED IN THE TOP 100
* DENOTES MAJOR HIT/GOLD RECORD/MAJOR JUKEBOX HIT OR MORE
(SONGS ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER NOT IN TOP HIT ORDER)
NUMBERS FOLLOWING TITLES REPRESENT: YEAR RELEASED/ PEAK POSITION ON
CHARTS (COMBINED SOURCES) AND NUMBER OF WEEKS RECORD WAS LISTED
(The numbers DO NOT represent how long they remained on jukeboxes!)
+NOTE: MOST SONGS AVAILABLE TO VIEW AND LISTEN TO ON YOUTUBE
( just click on the song title)
"A BUSHEL AND A PECK" 1950/16/8
"A FULL TIME JOB" (WITH JOHNNY RAY) 1952/20/7
"A GUY IS A GUY" * 1952/1/22
"A LITTLE KISS GOODNIGHT" (WITH GUY MITCHELL) 1952/ 20/4
"A PERFECT UNDERSTANDING" 1964 100/2
"A PURPLE COW" * 1953/25/3
"A VERY PRECIOUS LOVE" * (OSCAR NOMINEE) 1958/16(UK)/11
"AGAIN" * 1949/2/20
"ALL THROUGH THE DAY" (WITH LES BROWN) 1946/45/10
"ANYONE CAN FALL IN LOVE" 1954/27/2
"ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS" 1960/50/7
"AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU'RE YOU" * (WITH LES BROWN) 1945/10/4
"BABY DOLL" 1952/34/7
"BEWITCHED" * 1950 (9-BILLBOARD 1-CASHBOX)/21
"BLACK HILLS OF DAKOTA" 1954/7(UK)/8
"BLUE BIRD ON YOUR WINDOWSILL" 1949/19/2
"CANADIAN CAPERS" * 1949/15/10
"CANDY LIPS" (WITH JOHNNY RAY) * 1953/17/13
"CHOO CHOO TRAIN" 1953/20/2
"COME TO BABY DO" * (WITH LES BROWN) 1945/11/3
"CONFESS" * (WITH BUDDY CLARK) 1948/16/12
"CROCODILE TEARS" (WITH HER COUNTRY COUSINS) 1949/25/4
"DAY BY DAY" * (WITH LES BROWN) 1946/10/3
"DOMINO" 1951/21/4
"ENJOY YOURSELF (IT'S LATER THAN YOU THINK)" 1950/24/3
"EVERYBODY LOVES A LOVER" * 1958/6/14
"EVERYWHERE YOU GO" 1949/22/3
"FOOLISHLY YOURS" 1955/25/8
"GAME OF BROKEN HEARTS" (WITH HER COUNTRY COUSINS) 1950/26/8
"GENTLY, JOHNNY" (WITH GUY MITCHELL) 1952/31/6
"HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS" 1954/39/1
"HOOP-DEE-DOO" * 1950/4/22
"HOW LOVELY COOKS THE MEAT" (WITH FRANKIE LAINE) 1952/32/2
"I DIDN'T SLIP/I WASN'T PUSHED/I FELL" * 1950/15/14
"I DREAM OF YOU" (WITH LES BROWN) 1945/50/4
"IF I GIVE MY HEART TO YOU" * 1954/1/24
"IF I WERE A BELL" * 1951/45/5 (#1 JUKEBOX HIT)
"I GOT THE SUN IN THE MORNING" * (WITH LES BROWN) 1946/10/5
"I SAID MY PAJAMAS" 1950/21/6
"I SPEAK TO THE STARS" * 1954/16/12
"I'LL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU" * (OSCAR NOMINEE) 1955/13/22
"I'M MAKING BELIEVE" (WITH LES BROWN) 1945/48/6
"IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU" (WITH LES BROWN) 1944/40/7
"IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING" (WITH LES BROWN) 1945/47/4
"IT'S A GREAT FEELING" * (OSCAR NOMINEE) 1949/25/5
"IT'S A LOVELY DAY TODAY" 1951/30/1
"IT'S MAGIC" * (OSCAR NOMINEE) 1948/1/21
"JULIE" * (OSCAR NOMINEE) 1956/40/10
"JUST IMAGINE" 1947/55/7 (Single recording of song from GOOD NEWS/jukebox fave)
"KISS ME AGAIN, STRANGER" 1953/30/1
"LET IT RING" 1956/51/7
"LET'S TAKE AN OLD FASHIONED WALK" * (WITH FRANK SINATRA) 1949/17/6
"LET'S WALK THAT'AWAY" (WITH JOHNNY RAY) 1953/31/5
"LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY" (WITH LES BROWN) 1944/46/5
"LOST IN LOVELINESS" 1954/25/10
"LOVE IN A HOME" 1956/79/4
"LOVE ME IN THE DAYTIME" 1959/100/2
"LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME" 1955/20/2 (TITLE SONG/TOP ALBUM OF 55)
"LOVE SOMEBODY" * (WITH BUDDY CLARK) 1/24 (1ST MILLION SELLER)
"LOVER, COME BACK" 1962/98/3
"LULLABYE OF BROADWAY" * (WITH HARRY JAMES) 1951/22/5
"MA SAYS, PA SAYS" * (WITH JOHNNY RAY) 1952/23/7
"MISTER TAP TOE" * 1953/10/14
"MOVE OVER DARLING" * 1963/8(UK)/16 (REVIVED IN 87 IN UK)
"MY DARLING, MY DARLING" * (WITH BUDDY CLARK) 1948/7/13
"MY DREAMS ARE GETTING BETTER" * (WITH LES BROWN) 1945/1/16
"MY LIFE'S DESIRE" 1951/23/4
"MY LOVE AND DEVOTION" * 1952/10(UK)/5
"NO TWO PEOPLE" * (WITH DONALD O'CONNOR) 1953/25/3
"(WHERE ARE YOU) NOW THAT I NEED YOU" * 1949/20/7
"OOH BANG, JIGGLY JANG" 1955/83/6
"OOPS" 1952/48/2
"OH WHAT IT SEEMED TO BE" (WITH LES BROWN) 1946/47/7
"PAPA, WON'T YOU DANCE WITH ME" * 1947/21/11
"PILLOW TALK" 1959/54/7
"PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES" 1960/100/3
"POWDER YOUR FACE W/SUNSHINE" (WITH BUDDY CLARK) 1949/16/15
"PUT 'EM IN A BOX/TIE 'EM W/ A RIBBON" 1948/27/5 (#1 JUKEBOX HIT)
"QUE, SERA, SERA" * (OSCAR WINNER) 1956/1/29 GRAMMY HALL OF FAME
"QUICKSILVER" * (WITH HER COUNTRY COUSINS) 1950/20/3
"READY, WILLING AND ABLE" * 1954/7(UK)/9
"RICKETY, RACKETY RENDEVOUS" 1957/23(CAN)/5
"SECRET LOVE" * 1954/1/29 (MULTI PLATINUM /OSCAR WINNER) HALL OF FAME
"SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY" * (WITH LES BROWN) 1945/1/29 GRAMMY HALL OF FAME
"SHANGHAI" * 1952/7/17 (#1 JUKEBOX HIT)
"SOMEONE ELSE'S ROSES" 1954/32/5
"SOONER OR LATER" * (WITH LES BROWN) 1946/8/5
"SUGARBUSH" * (WITH FRANKIE LAINE) 1952/7/14 (#1 JUKEBOX HIT)
"SWINGIN' ON A STAR" (WITH LES BROWN & BUTCH STONE) 1944/40/6
"TAIN'T ME" * (WITH LES BROWN) 1945/10/3
"TEACHER'S PET" 1958/36/12
"TELL ME" 1951/26/7
"THAT'S FOR ME" (WITH LES BROWN) 1945/45/5
"THE CHERRIES" 1952/39/3
"THE CHRISTMAS SONG" * (WITH LES BROWN) 1947/12/5 (PERENNIAL)
"THE PARTY'S OVER" 1956/63/11
"THE RIVER SEINE" 1949/37/4
"THE SOUND OF MUSIC" * 1959/70/11 (GRAMMY NOMINEE/BEST FEMALE VOCAL)
"THE WHOLE WORLD IS SINGING MY SONG" * (W/LES BROWN) 1946/2/13
"THOUGHTLESS" (WITH THE MODERNAIRES) 1948/24/2
"TILL THE END OF TIME" * (WITH LES BROWN) 1945/3/19
"TILL WE MEET AGAIN" 1951/35/1
"TUNNEL OF LOVE" 1958/43/6
"TWELVE O'CLOCK TONIGHT" 1957/68/6
"WHEN I FALL IN LOVE" 1952/20/5
"WHEN THE RED RED ROBIN, COMES BOB BOB BOBBIN" * 1953/29/8
"WOULD I LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU" * (W/HARRY JAMES) 1951/10/10
"YOU WON'T BE SATISFIED" * (WITH LES BROWN) 1946/2/ 15
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HER TOP
SELLING ALBUMS
* SEE THE ALBUM COVERS IN THE ALBUM SLIDE SHOW
ON THE "JUST DORIS" PAGE
Note: Until 1955, all of Doris' albums were released as
78 rpm sets (4 records/8 sides) as well as on 45 rpm sets.
By 1955, the releases were on the then new 12" lp.
As the earlier albums were re-released in the mid 50's,
they were put on 12" lps, and other songs were added
to allow the usual 12 or 13 songs.
In the track listings for each album (below), where
possible we have linked to the song in youtube, so have
a listen. If there is no link, try it on youtube anyway;
sometimes it does not allow us to copy.
1949 YOU'RE MY THRILL
PEAKED AT #5 IN THE TOP 10
THIS WAS HER FIRST ALBUM COLLECTION
First release was on 78 rpm and had 4 records/8 sides
Also was available on 45 rpm/4 records-8 songs
Today, it is available with 12 songs/ four added
THE ORIGINAL TRACKS WERE:
"YOU'RE MY THRILL" "BEWITCHED"
"I'M CONFESSIN" "SOMETIMES I'M HAPPY"
"YOU GO TO MY HEAD" "I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS"
"WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE" "THAT OLD FEELING"
The second time it was released, these songs were
added and the album was retitled "DAY DREAMS"
"IMAGINATION" "DARN THAT DREAM"
"IF I COULD BE WITH YOU" "I'VE ONLY MYSELF TO BLAME"
1950 "YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN"
#1 TOPPED THE CHARTS
featured 4 songs by Doris with Harry James/ and 4 songs by Harry James and His Orchestra no vocals
Doris with Harry:
"I MAY BE WRONG"
"THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU"
"TOO MARVELOUS FOR WORDS"
"WITH A SONG IN MY HEART"
Just the Orchestra:
"THE MAN I LOVE"
"MELANCHOLY RHAPSODY"
"LIMEHOUSE BLUES"
"GET HAPPY"
When the album was reissued as a 12" lp,
these four songs were added:
"I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU" (borrowed from TEA FOR TWO)
"PRETTY BABY" (An earlier single release by Doris)
(NEITHER OF THE ABOVE TWO SONGS FEATURED HARRY JAMES
ALTHOUGH THE ALBUM ERRONEOUSLY GIVES HIM CREDIT)
"WOULD I LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU"
"LULLABY OF BROADWAY" (THE ABOVE TWO WERE FROM A TWO SIDED SINGLE MONSTER HIT FOR DORIS AND HARRY IN 1951)
1950 TEA FOR TWO
ANOTHER TOP TEN
MOVIE SOUNDTRACK
The songs:
"CRAZY RHYTHM"
"HERE IN MY ARMS"
"I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW" (with Gene Nelson)
"I WANT TO BE HAPPY" (soundtrack w/G.MacRae)
"DO DO DO" (soundtrack w/Gordon MacRae)
"I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU"
"OH ME, OH MY, OH YOU" (with Gene Nelson)
"TEA FOR TWO"
1951 A RECORD
YEAR FOR DORIS!!!!
3 ALBUMS IN THE TOP 10;
TWO HIT #1
1951 ON MOONLIGHT BAY
#2 IN ALBUM SALES
the FIRST of many movie song
collections for Doris Day that topped the charts
The songs were:
"Moonlight Bay"
"Till We Meet Again" (with Gordon MacRae)
"Love Ya, Honey" (with Jack Smith)
"The Christmas Story"
"I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" (with Jack Smith)
"Tell Me"
"Cuddle Up A Little Closer"
"Every Little Movement (has a meaning)"
1951
LULLABY OF BROADWAY
A #1 ALBUM IN 1951
Released as 10" lp with 8 songs/also as a set of 45 rpm records (4 in all):
"Lullaby of Broadway"
"Fine and Dandy"
"Shanty in Old Shanty Town"
"Somebody Loves Me"
"Just One of Those Things"
"You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me"
"I Love The Way You Say Goodnight"
"Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone"
I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS
THE TOP SELLING FEMALE VOCAL ALBUM OF '51
THE TOP SELLING SOUNDTRACK ALBUM OF '51
THE SONGS:
"AIN'T WE GOT FUN" (with Danny Thomas)
"THE ONE I LOVE"
"IT HAD TO BE YOU"
"NOBODY'S SWEETHEART"
"I WISH I HAD A GIRL"
"MY BUDDY"
"MAKIN' WHOOPEE" (with Danny Thomas)
"I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS"
1953:
BY THE LIGHT
OF THE SILVERY MOON #3
The Songs:
"By The Light of the Silvery Moon"
"If You Were The Only Girl in the World"
"Your Eyes Have Told Me So"
"Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee"
"Just One Girl"
"I'll Forget You"
"Ain't We Got Fun"
"King Chanticleer"
1953
CALAMITY JANE #2
#2 in overall album sales
#1 in soundtrack lp's
THE SONGS:
"THE DEADWOOD STAGE"
"A WOMAN'S TOUCH"
"I CAN DO WITHOUT YOU" (with Howard Keel)
"HIGHER THAN A HAWK" (Howard Keel)
"THE BLACK HILLS OF DAKOTA"
"TIS HARRY I'M PLANNING TO MARRY"
"JUST BLEW IN FROM THE WINDY CITY"
"SECRET LOVE" (ACADEMY AWARD)
1954 YOUNG AT HEART
REACHED #15
Released as a 10 inch lp with 6 songs by Doris (five from the movie) , and two songs sung by Frank Sinatra (from old Columbia tapes)
The songs were:
"Till My Love Comes To Me"
"Ready, Willing and Able"
"There's A Rising Moon (for every falling star)"
"Hold Me In Your Arms"
"You, My Love" (sung as a duet in the movie
but not on the cd)
"Just One of Those Things" (sung by Frank in the
movie; this track was borrowed from the film
"Lullaby of Broadway" where sung by Doris)
FRANK SINGS: "One For My Baby"
"Someone To Watch Over Me"
1955 A RECORD SMASH
DORIS HAD THE #1 SELLING ALBUM OF THE ENTIRE YEAR...AND THE BIGGEST SELLER OF
HER ENTIRE RECORDING CAREER
"LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME" (THE SOUNDTRACK OF THE MOVIE WHICH STARRED DORIS AS RUTH ETTING)
STILL HOLDS A RECORD FOR ONE OF THE LONGEST CHARTED ALBUMS FOR A FEMALE ARTIST IN MUSIC HISTORY
THE SONGS:
"IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOU"
"YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU"
"STAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE, SISTER"
"MEAN TO ME"
"EVERYBODY LOVES MY BABY"
"SAM, THE OLD ACCORDIAN MAN"
"SHAKING THE BLUES AWAY"
"TEN CENTS A DANCE"
"I'LL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU"
"NEVER LOOK BACK"
"AT SUNDOWN"
"LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME" (FINALE)
1956 "DAY BY DAY"
REACHED # 1
One of her most consistent sellers
now packaged with DAY BY NIGHT.
THE SONGS:
"The Song Is You"
"Hello, My Lover, Goodbye"
"But Not For Me"
"I Remember You"
"I Hadn't Anyone Till You"
"But Beautiful"
"Autumn Leaves"
"Don't Take Your Love From Me"
"There Will Never Be Another You"
"Gone With The Wind"
"The Gypsy in My Soul"
"Day By Day"
1957 'THE PAJAMA GAME'
SOUND TRACK OF THE MOVIE
BASED ON THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY
SHOW. ORIGINAL CAST WITH DORIS
REPLACING JANIS PAGE AS LEAD.
ALBUM PEAKED AT #9
THE SONGS:
"OVERTURE"/THE PAJAMA GAME
RACING WITH THE CLOCK (ensemble)
I'M NOT AT ALL IN LOVE (Doris and the girls)
I'LL NEVER BE JEALOUS AGAIN (second leads)
HEY, THERE (John Raitt)
ONCE A YEAR DAY (ensemble)
SMALL TALK (WITH John Raitt)
THERE ONCE WAS A MAN (with John Raitt)
STEAM HEAT (Carol Haney, Bob Fosse)
HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY (ensemble)
SEVEN AND A HALF CENTS (ensemble)
FINALE
1958 "DORIS DAY'S GREATEST HITS" WAS RELEASED AND HAS BECOME A CONSISTENT BEST SELLER
1960: "LISTEN TO DAY" REACHED
THE TOP 30
1994: "THE LOVE ALBUM"
(album recorded in 1968 and
lost until son Terry resurrected
it and had it released)
An international Best Seller/A
compilation of love songs and
standards picked by Doris
2011/2012: "MY HEART" worldwide
Best Seller/ Reached #1 in several
categories, especially JAZZ , VOCAL
POP and CONTEMPORARY.
2012: TWO NEW CD'S/BOTH SELLING IN THE TOP TWENTY:
"WITH A SMILE AND A SONG" (2 CD)
"THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION"
OTHER CONSISTENT BEST SELLERS INCLUDE:
"I HAVE DREAMED" released in 1961
"DUET" (WITH ANDRE PREVIN) A REAL JAZZ GREAT
RELEASED IN 1962
"LOVE HIM" RELEASED IN 1963
"THE DORIS DAY CHRISTMAS ALBUM"
released in 1964
"LATIN FOR LOVERS" RELEASED IN 1965
"DORIS DAY'S SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY"
RELEASED IN 1965
(This is a wonderful retrospective
collection of songs that Doris sang in
her years as a band singer but never
had the chance to record and ones she
sang with Les Brown's Band that she could
now record again as a single vocalist)
FACT: DORIS DAY IS THE TOP FEMALE ALBUM ARTIST OF THE 1950'S! AND NOW, SHE IS THE ONLY FEMALE ARTIST OF HER AGE GROUP IN MUSIC HISTORY TO HAVE A TOP TEN CD IN THE UK
AND IN THE US WITH MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED! Top Ten at 87!!! YOU GO, GIRL....AND KEEP THEM COMING!
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CELEBRATING DORIS
AT THE MOVIES
39 FILMS IN 20 YEARS...
MUST BE SOME KIND OF RECORD!
(click on the movie title and see the theatrical trailer or part of the original film when no trailer allowed)
1948: "ROMANCE ON THE
HIGH SEAS"
1949: "MY DREAM IS YOURS"
"IT'S A GREAT FEELING"
1950: "YOUNG MAN WITH
A HORN"
"TEA FOR TWO"
"WEST POINT STORY"
1951: "STORM WARNING"
"LULLABY OF BROADWAY"
"ON MOONLIGHT BAY"
"I'LL SEE YOU IN
MY DREAMS"
"STARLIFT"
1952: "THE WINNING TEAM"
"APRIL IN PARIS"
1953: "BY THE LIGHT OF
THE SILVERY MOON"
"CALAMITY JANE"
1954: "LUCKY ME"
"YOUNG AT HEART"
1955: "LOVE ME OR
LEAVE ME"
1956: "THE MAN WHO
KNEW TOO MUCH"
"JULIE"
1957: "THE PAJAMA GAME"
1958: "TEACHER'S PET"
"TUNNEL OF LOVE"
1959: "IT HAPPENED TO JANE"
(AKA "TWINKLE & SHINE")
"PILLOW TALK"
1960: "PLEASE DON'T EAT
THE DAISIES"
"MIDNIGHT LACE"
1961: "LOVER, COME BACK"
1962: "THAT TOUCH OF MINK"
" BILLY ROSE'S JUMBO"
1963: "THE THRILL OF IT ALL"
"MOVE OVER DARLING"
1964: "SEND ME NO FLOWERS"
1965: "DO NOT DISTURB"
1966: "GLASS BOTTOM BOAT"
1967: "BALLAD OF JOSIE"
"CAPRICE"
1968: "WHERE WERE YOU
WHEN THE LIGHTS
WENT OUT"
"WITH SIX YOU
GET EGGROLL"
THAT SEXY
GIRL NEXT DOOR
(THE SONGS MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST CAN BE HEARD ON SPOTIFY BY CLICKING HERE)
PART ONE:
PART TWO:
PART THREE (CONCLUSION):
IN 1952 AND 1953, DORIS DAY HAD HER OWN RADIO SHOW. ALTHOUGH IT WAS OFTEN A SHOWCASE FOR CURRENT SINGLE OR PAST HIT RECORDINGS FOR HER, SHE OCCASIONALLY WOULD SING ONE OF THE THEN CURRENT TOP HITS THAT SHE HAD NOT RECORDED. SUCH IS THE CASE WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL SONG THAT WAS A HIT FOR EDDY HOWARD AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND FOR PEGGY LEE. HAD IT BEEN RELEASED BY DORIS, SHE WOULD HAVE BLOWN THE COMPETITION AWAY.
THE DORIS DAY PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE, HERE FROM "TEA FOR TWO"
WITH HER 1ST MAJOR CO-STAR, GORDON MACRAE
DORIS DAY STARRING IN.....
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF PUCK
Puck has been a Doris fan for many many years, and she is extremely talented when it comes to embellishing various photos of our favorite gal. Here are some wonderful examples supplied by this special artist from The Netherlands. Many of these have been featured as web banners on the Doris Day Forum, and we are proud to display them here. Thanks, Puck, for sharing your terrific work:
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