1922 ~ 2019
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Doris Day died today. She was born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff on April 3, 1922. She was an American actress and singer; the very first vinyl LP I bought was her album, Day Dreams (link below). In later life she was an animal welfare activist.
During
recovery after a car accident on October 13, 1937, Day started to sing
along with the radio and discovered a talent she did
not know she had. Day said:
"During this long, boring period, I used to while away a lot of time listening to the radio, sometimes singing along with the likes of Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, and Glenn Miller [...]. But the one radio voice I listened to above others belonged to Ella Fitzgerald. There was a quality to her voice that fascinated me, and I'd sing along with her, trying to catch the subtle ways she shaded her voice, the casual yet clean way she sang the words."
Aquarium Jazz Club, New York (1946)
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Day once said, " . . . the one radio voice I listened to above others belonged to Ella Fitzgerald.
There was a quality to her voice that fascinated me, and I'd sing along
with her, trying to catch the subtle ways she shaded her voice, the
casual yet clean way she sang the words."
Doris Day - 1952
photographer unknown
Day had her first professional jobs as a vocalist, on the WLW radio program Carlin's Carnival, and in a local restaurant, Charlie Yee's Shanghai Inn. During her radio performances, Day first caught the attention of Barney Rapp, who was looking for a girl vocalist and asked if Day would like to audition for the job. According to Rapp, he had auditioned about 200 singers when Day got the job. While working for Rapp in 1939, she adopted the stage surname "Day", at Rapp's suggestion. Rapp felt thLes at "Kappelhoff" was too long for marquees, and he admired her rendition of the song Day After Day. After working with Rapp, Day worked with bandleaders Jimmy James, Bob Crosby, and Les Brown.
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As of January 2014, Day was the oldest living artist to score a UK Top 10 with an album featuring new material. Day received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Pillow Talk, won three Henrietta Awards (World Film Favorite), and received the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's Career Achievement Award. In 1989, she received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures. She made her last film in 1968.
Doris Day
publicity photo - 1960
publicity photo - 1960
photographer unknown
Doris Day died on May 13, 2019, after contracting pneumonia. She was 97 years old. Her death was announced by her charity, the Doris Day Animal Foundation.
Viewfinder links:
Day Dreams
Love Me or Leave Me
Doris Day articles/mentions
Net links:
Doris Day website
Doris Day Animal Foundation
BBC News obit
CBS News obit
NBC News obit
NPR obit
NY Times obit
The Guardian obit
YouTube link:
Doris Day - Sentimental Journey
Doris Day - Sentimental Journey (live)
Doris Day & Les Brown - Sentimental Journey (live) 1985
Tonight Show
What's My Line?
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"I never retired"
~ Doris Day
Styrous® ~Monday, May 13, 2019
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