Doris Day - Her Life In Music: 1940-1966 (3CD)
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Artist: Doris DayEdition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-04-12
Music Label: Sony International
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Move Over Darling
- Love Me Or Leave Me
- Any Way The Wind Blows
- By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
- Whatever Will Be, Will Be
- Julie
- Ready, Willing And Able
- Secret Love
- I'll See You In My Dreams
- Pillow Talk
- It's Magic
- Lullaby Of Broadway (With Norman Luboff Choir)
- The Black Hills Of Dakota
- The Tunnel Of Love
- Send Me No Flowers
- On Moonlight Bay
- I'll Never Stop Loving You (Piano Version)
- Teacher's Pet
- Glass Bottom Boat (Alternate Version 2)
- Lover Come Back
- Caprice
- A Wonderful Guy
- Everybody Loves A Lover
- Autumn Leaves
- Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
- I Enjoy Being A Girl
- The Sound Of Music
- Three Coins In The Fountain
- Steppin' Out With My Baby
- High Hopes
- Makin' Whoopee! (Alternate Take)
- A Very Precious Love
- A Guy Is A Guy
- Meditation
- Something Wonderful
- I'll Never Smile Again
- Singin' In The Rain
- If I Can Help Somebody
- Dream A Little Dream Of Me
- Love Him
- With A Song In My Heart (with Harry James & His Orchestra)
- Ain't We Got Fun (with Danny Thomas)
- Sentimental Journey (with Les Brown & His Orchestra)
- If I Give My Heart To You (with The Mellowmen)
- Falling In Love Again (with Andre Previn & His Trio)
- Why Can't I? (with Martha Raye)
- Love Ya (with Jack Smith)
- Love Somebody (with Buddy Clark)
- No Two People (with Donald O'Connor)
- Sugarbush (with Frankie Laine)
- Let's Walk That-A-Way (with Johnnie Ray)
- I Can Do Without You (with Howard Keel)
- While The Music Plays On (with Les Brown & His Orchestra)
- Crazy Rhythm (with Gene Nelson)
- Again (with The Mellowmen)
- Take An Old-Fashioned Walk (with Frank Sinatra)
- You Can Have Him (with Dinah Shore)
- There Once Was A Man (with John Raitt)
- A Little Kiss Goodnight (with Guy Mitchell)
- They Say It?s Wonderful (with Robert Goulet)
Music reviews of Her Life In Music: 1940-1966 (3CD)
Music Review: It's Magic: A Solid Sampling of Doris Day's Memorable Recording Career
Rating: 5 Stars
Doris Day first made her name in the heady days of the World War II big band era as "the girl singer" with the likes of Bob Crosby & the Bobcats and Les Brown & the Band of Renown. When her recording of "Sentimental Journey" became an instant classic, its popularity launched her to film stardom--and in some respects this is a pity, for although she would make a series of popular musicals through the 1940s and 1950s, once Day was established as a film star her work as vocalist took a back seat to the demands of film industry: her recordings tended to be of the "contractual obligation" variety, covers of popular material with pleasing but generic arrangements. Even so, her voice transended everything; there truly is something magical about her timbre and phrasing.
Even those who are generally knowledgeable of her vocal work tend to think of Day as a "light" singer. This is a great mistake, for there is absolutely nothing "light" about either the lady's voice or her technique. Her voice has tremendous power--but rather than simply belting her songs in the style of, say, Betty Hutton, Day elected for a combination of power and restraint, and the resulting sound is truly unique. In a general sense, Day usually punctuates the opening note of a phrase with an unexpectedly sharp, intense tone and then suddenly and smoothly subverts it into an exceptionally well modulated, open-throated, velvety and glowing sound. That said, she is also a remarkably witty singer, endowing her lyrics with a sly wink where appropriate. The result is subtly glamorous and covertly sexy and quite unlike the sound created by any other singer then or now.
Released to celebrate her 80th birthday, HER LIFE IN MUSIC is a three CD set that offers a sampling of Day's recording career all the way from the big band era to her retirement from the recording studio. As is the case with all compilations, one can argue about the content: I would have bounced a few of the selections in favor of others. But on the whole, this is a very nice overview, well produced, well organized, and well packaged--and while I can quibble about the indivual songs I certainly can't naysay Day herself.
The first CD is "Movie Hits," and it offers all the recordings that one would expect and then quite a few more. Day frequently recorded title tracks for her films regardless of whether the film was a musical or not, and over the years these recordings have become harder and harder to find--and often in desperate need of a remastering when you do. But there is no such problem with the likes of "Move Over Darling," "Julie," "Send Me No Flowers," and "Teacher's Pet" as presented here, and "Caprice" has never sounded better. Even the throw-away-comic "The Glass Bottom Boat" gets superior treatment, and since most of these songs were created with Day in mind she easily stamps them with her own memorable gifts.
The second disk is titled "Golden Greats" and generally consists of work that Day did purely in the recording studio for album release. It is here that we find a great many covers and a great many re-recordings of songs that were popular at the time, songs that were done and done by everyone who drew breath in front of a microphone. Day's vocals are never less than flawless, but the arrangements are often commonplace and do not always give her voice a proper setting--but when it clicks, it does so memorably. "Autumn Leaves" smolders with passion and loss; her recording of "Three Coins In The Fountain" is easily definative; her take on "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" shows what she could do with sultry Latin rythmns in no uncertain terms; and there is a truly astonishing version of "Something Wonderful" that completely lifts the song from its Broadway setting and explodes with lush power unlike that of any other version.
The third disk is titled "Classic Collaborations" and features Day at work with star bands, star instrumentalists, and in vocal duet. And again she shines. "With A Song In My Heart" finds her with Harry James on trumpet, and the result is a knock-out. The big band classic "If I Give My Heart To You" finds Day singing with back up from the Mellowmen; with "Falling In Love Again" she is backed by Andre Previn; and then, of course, there is her truly legendary recording of "Sentimental Journey" with Les Brown. Day also sparks against the likes of Robert Goulet, Johnnie Ray, Dinah Shore, and John Raitt in one memorable duet after another.
Nothing short of a massive boxed set could do justice to Day--and I must admit that I cringe over the exclusion of "Little Girl Blue" among others--but HER LIFE IN MUSIC is a memorable collection. Strongly recommended.
GFT
with special thanks to Michael Wilk, whose gift this was.
Description of Her Life In Music: 1940-1966 (3CD)
60 classics on 3 CDs! originally released to coincide with her 80th birthday (she was born April 3rd, 1924). She was one of Hollywood's biggest stars of the 1950s and especially the 1960s. The Doris Day Show was a television success from 1968 to 1973. Because she has been in retirement and out of the public eye for the past two decades, many people forget that Doris Day was an altogether wonderful singer for such pop hits as `Secret Love' and her Oscar-winning `Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)', which became her signature tune. Includes 20-page booklet with liner notes and photographs. Highlights include 'Pillow Talk', 'Love Me Or Leave Me', 'Dream A Little Dream Of Me' and 'Sentimental Journey'. Sony.Traditional Vocal Pop CDs
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