DORIS DAY'S TOP SELLING ALBUMS

THE #1 SELLING FEMALE ALBUM ARTIST OF THE 1950'S


VIEW THE VIDEO BELOW FOR A LOOK AT ALL OF DORIS DAY'S MAJOR STUDIO ALBUMS (Non-compilations)

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HER TOP SELLING ALBUMS


DORIS WAS THE #1 FEMALE ALBUM ARTIST THROUGHOUT THE 1950'S AND THE HIGHEST PAID COLUMBIA CONTRACT SINGER. "LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME", THE SOUNDTRACK ALBUM FROM THE HIT MOVIE, WAS THE #1 ALBUM OF 1955 AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST SELLING AS WELL AS ONE OF LONGEST SELLING ALBUMS BY ANY FEMALE ARTIST IN HISTORY. (IT IS STILL A GREAT LISTEN!)



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 songs on youtube, so have a listen. If there is no link, try it on youtube anyway; sometimes it does not allow us to copy. We have not linked all the songs on any albums that are still available today...Doris Day fans should have them in their personal collections!




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 sidesAlso 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   IT WAS HER FIRST #1 TOP CHART ALBUM
             
Doris with Harry James featuring    4 songs AND 4 songs by Harry and his orchestra with 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


THIS ONE WAS ANOTHER TOP TEN ALBUM HIT IN THE SAME YEAR


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 WAS A RECORD YEAR FOR DORIS

3 ALBUMS IN THE TOP 10,

TWO OF WHICH CLIMBED

ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP





1951  ON MOONLIGHT BAY


#2  IN ALBUM SALES


the FIRST of many movie standard song
collections for Doris 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). THE SONGS WERE:

 "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"
 
    
 1951:  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"

THERE WERE NO ALBUMS RELEASED BY DORIS IN 1952; AS A RESULT, THAT WAS HER BIGGEST YEAR FOR TOP HIT SINGLES ALONE AND AS DUETS.  CHECK THE CHARTS ON TOP HITS PAGE!

1953:  "BY THE LIGHT OF

             THE SILVERY MOON" #3 ALBUM

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"


NOTE: AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE STOPPED PROVIDING LINKS TO THE SONGS FROM THE ALBUMS BECAUSE ALL THE RECORDS THAT FOLLOW ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR SALE, AND WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU PURCHASE THEM FROM ANY OF THE MUSIC PURVEYORS.  (Because your purchase of many of these albums provide needed funds for Doris Day's Pet Foundations, we recommend purchase. ) However, you can always go to youtube.com and type in the name of the song and see if you are given the option to listen.


1953 CALAMITY JANE #2

#2 in overall album sales

#1 in soundtrack lp's

(at this point, we stop providing links  to the songs in the albums because they are still available online.)

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 ON SALES CHARTS

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: This was the year that Doris released her first (and only) 2 lp set called 'HOORAY FOR 
HOLLYWOOD", a wonderful album that featured 24 Academy Award Nominees for Best Song Oscars. It has been a consistent best seller on sites like Amazon.com, when it is available every so often. Some of Miss Day's finest performances appear on this album:




1958 "DORIS DAY'S

GREATEST HITS"

WAS RELEASED AND HAS BECOME A CONSISTENT BEST SELLER
STILL ON AMAZON'S BEST SELLER CHARTS TODAY!!!


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 herself, despite the fact that they were not supposed to be the kinds of songs that sold at that time


2011/2012: "MY HEART"

WORLDWIDE  Best Seller/ Reached #1 in several
categories, especially JAZZ , VOCAL , POP and
CONTEMPORARY.
this album now certified silver in the uk (click link)



2012: 2 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)

       

 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 2011/12 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!