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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
some of miss day`s finest recordings, 17 Jul 2001
By A Customer
essiantial love songs is for the most part, one of the best cd`s of doris day on the market today. the songs,"fly me to the moon" "day by day","something wonderful","three coins in a fountain" and "moonlight lover" are too beautiful for words....however, for this type of collection,i can`t understand how "send me no flowers","move over darling" and one or two other songs made it on this compilation...there are many other lovely day recordings such as "kiss me again, stranger", "heart full of love", "my buddy","i`ll remember april", "my romance","my love and devotion" "till my love comes to me" these are all beautiful ballads by miss day and are much better qualified for a compilation such as this and the list goes on...but overall, this is a must buy.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
absolutely superb!, 23 Oct 2000
By A Customer
The best Doris "non hits package" I've seen. Wonderful work and quality. Special mention of, "Three Coins In The Fountain", the sound is amazing. Like she's singing in your living room, personally even! The USA could never release something this good. Pity since I live there.
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19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the more imaginative Doris compilations, 24 Sep 2002
This excellent compilation is made up of tracks that fans voted for (will record companies try this idea more, please?). There are some songs that can found on a lot of Doris compilations, but also plenty of equally brilliant less well known songs.Some of the songs are very old. Dream a little dream of me hit the top of the American charts back in 1931. Doris recorded her version in the late fifties, before the Shirelles and a good ten years before the Mamas and Papas. I only have eyes for you is also from the thirties, although many people identify it with the Flamingoes or Art Garfunkel, both of whom had huge hits with covers of it. You'll never know and The more I see you were big American hits for Dick Haymes (who also wrote and had a hit with Love letters, normally associated with Ketty Lester) in the 1940's. When I fall in love was an American top 20 hit for Doris in 1952, but it is Nat King Cole's cover which everybody in Britain regards as the definitive version. His version almost topped the charts in the late fifties and again in the late eighties. Doris's versions of all these songs are of the highest quality, but it is the less obvious songs which make this collection essential. My personal favorite is Send me no flowers, which is usually ignored by compilers of Doris CD's, but there are some even rarer tracks here. This is a stunning compilation, with plenty for Doris diehards yet with enough familiar songs to attract casual buyers.
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