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Despite her fame as an actress, Doris started her career as a singer and this 22-track compilation captures essentially two sides of her repertoire: the earlier Swing/Big Band material and the later pop/easy Listening material.
The CD opens with Doris' signature track, the Oscar-winning classic 'Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)', a song that she was so reluctant to record initially. Other classics follow with 'Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps' which was given a new lease of life in Baz Luhrmann's film Strictly Ballroom, 'Pillow Talk' from the film of the same title co-staring her long-term friend Rock Hudson and 'Move Over Darling', co-written by her son Terry Melcher (who produced such classics as The Byrds' 'Mr Tambourine Man' and 'Turn, Turn, Turn'). So far so good - but by the time you get to 'Teacher's Pet', the title track of her 1958 film, you are in for a saccharine overdose and cringe-worthy lyrics.
It's the older swing tracks that stand out and show the lesser-known side of Doris, like 'Lullabye of Broadway', 'Sentimental Journey', 'Secret Love' and 'The Deadwood Stage', the latter two from the 1953 film Calamity Jane. She may lack sex (and camp) appeal but when talking about the Magic Of Doris Day then it's the older material that fits this description.
For Doris aficionados two previously unreleased tracks have been included, these being the most recent work here: The medley 'Secret Love/ Who Will Buy/ The 59th Street Song' is a winner; however her version of 'The Way We Were' can't compete with that of America's other great singer/actress, Barbra Streisand. --Ilka Schlockermann
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With the possible exception of Barbra Streisand, Doris was the most successful singer-actress of the twentieth century - and I'm referring to those who were equally regarded as both singers and actresses. This compilation feature many songs from movies that Doris starred in, but it also includes songs from other movies that Doris recorded simply because she wanted to.
Although this is not a greatest hits package, it features several songs that became big hits for Doris including Move over darling (a UK top ten hit in the sixties), Whatever will be will be, Secret love (both UK number one hits), Black hills of Dakota (a UK top ten hit and my favorite Doris song), I'll never stop loving you (a UK top twenty hit) and several American hits that didn't chart in Britain. Among these is When I fall in love, which charted in Britain for Nat King Cole several years after Doris had a top twenty hit with it in America.
Of the movies that Doris starred in, Calamity Jane is represented by Secret love, Black hills of Dakota and The deadwood stage. Other songs from her own movies included here are It's magic, Move over darling, Tunnel of love, Pillow talk, Teacher's pet and Whatever will be will be - but a lot of her own movie songs have been omitted to make way for covers of other movie songs including Let's face the music and dance, Three coins in the fountain, Night and day, On the street where you live, Singing in the rain, Cheek to cheek, Over the rainbow, White Christmas, Swinging on a star and High hopes.
This is a magnificent collection but if you're looking for the definitive collection of Doris Day's songs from the movies she acted and sang in, this isn't it. Indeed, I'm not sure that such a collection has been released. Just enjoy this collection for what it is - a brilliant selection of movie songs generally.
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