Day's film career began during the latter part of the Classical Hollywood Film era with the 1948 film Romance on the High Seas, and its success sparked her twenty-year career as a motion picture actress. She starred in a series of successful films, including musicals, comedies, and dramas. She played the title role in Calamity Jane (1953), and starred in Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) with James Stewart. Her most successful films were the bedroom comedies she made co-starring Rock Hudson and James Garner, such as Pillow Talk (1959) and Move Over, Darling (1963), respectively. She also co-starred in films with such leading men as Clark Gable, Cary Grant, David Niven, and Rod Taylor. After her final film in 1968, she went on to star in the CBS sitcom The Doris Day Show (1968–1973).
Day was usually one of the top ten singers between 1951 and 1966. As an actress, she became the biggest female film star in the early 1960s, and ranked sixth among the box office performers by 2012. In 2011, she released her 29th studio album, My Heart, which became a UK Top 10 album featuring new material. Among her awards, Day has received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a Legend Award from the Society of Singers. In 1960, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and in 1989 was given the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures. In 2004, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush followed in 2011 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's Career Achievement Award. She was one of the last surviving stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Her death was announced by her charity, the Doris Day Animal Foundation, on Monday 13th May 2019.
Discography
chart hits
Year Title Chart Positions
US CB UK
1945 "Sentimental Journey" (w/ Les Brown) 1 — —
"My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" (w/ Les Brown) 1 — —
"'Tain't Me" (w/ Les Brown) 10 — —
"Till the End of Time" (w/ Les Brown) 3 — —
"Aren't You Glad You're You?" (w/ Les Brown) 11 — —
"Come to Baby Do" (w/ Les Brown) / 13 — —
1946 "You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)" (w/ Les Brown) 4 — —
"Day by Day" (w/ Les Brown) 15 — —
"I Got the Sun in the Mornin' (and the Moon at Night)" (w/ Les Brown) 10 — —
"The Whole World Is Singing My Song" (w/ Les Brown) 6 — —
1947 "The Christmas Song" (w/ Les Brown) 12 — —
"Sooner or Later" (w/ Les Brown) 13 — —
"Papa, Won't You Dance With Me" 21 — —
1948 "Thoughtless" (w/ Modernaires) 24 — —
"Love Somebody" (w/ Buddy Clark) / 1 — —
"Confess" (w/ Buddy Clark) 16 — —
"Put 'em in a Box, Tie 'em with a Ribbon, and Throw 'em in the Deep Blue Sea" / 27 — —
"It's Magic" 2 — —
"My Darling, My Darling" (w/ Buddy Clark) 7 — —
1949 "Powder Your Face with Sunshine" (w/ Buddy Clark) 16 — —
"Again" 2 — —
"Everywhere You Go" 22 — —
"Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk" (w/ Frank Sinatra) 17 — —
"Now That I Need You" 20 — —
"Canadian Capers" 15 — —
"Bluebird on Your Windowsill" 19 — —
1950 "Quicksilver" 20 — —
"I Said My Pajamas (and Put on My Prayers)" 21 — —
"Enjoy Yourself (It's Later than You Think)" 24 — —
"Hoop-Dee-Doo" 17 — —
"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" 9 — —
"I Didn't Slip, I Wasn't Pushed, I Fell" 19 — —
"A Bushel and a Peck" 16 — —
1951 "It's a Lovely Day Today" 30 — —
"Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)" 10 — —
"Shanghai" 7 — —
"Domino" 21 — —
1952 "A Guy Is a Guy" 1 — —
"Sugarbush" (w/ Frankie Laine) 7 12 8
"When I Fall in Love" 20 — —
"No Two People" (w/ Donald O'Connor) 25 — —
"My Love and Devotion" — 31 10
"The Cherries" — 39 —
"A Full Time Job" (w/ Johnnie Ray) / 20 21 11
"Ma Says, Pa Says" (w/ Johnnie Ray) 23 28 12
1953 "Mister Tap Toe" 10 11 —
"When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)" 29 — —
"Candy Lips" (w/ Johnnie Ray) / 17 18 —
"Let's Walk That-a-Way" (w/ Johnnie Ray) — 31 4
"Kiss Me Again, Stranger" / 30 — —
"A Purple Cow" 25 — —
"Choo Choo Train (Ch-Ch-Foo) 20 — —
1954 "Secret Love" 1 1 1
"The Black Hills of Dakota" — — 7
"Lost in Loveliness" — 25 —
"I Speak to the Stars" 16 17 —
"Someone Else's Roses" — 32 —
"If I Give My Heart to You" / 3 2 4
"Anyone Can Fall in Love" 27 41 —
"Ready, Willing, and Able" / — 31 7
"Hold Me in Your Arms" — 39 —
1955 "Foolishly Yours" — 25 —
"Love Me Or Leave Me" — — 20
"I'll Never Stop Loving You" 13 14 17
"Ooh Bang Jiggily Jang" 83 — —
1956 "Let It Ring" 51 — —
"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" 2 3 1
"Julie" / 64 40 —
"Love in a Home" 79 — —
"The Party's Over" 63 47 —
1957 "Twelve O'Clock Tonight" 68 — —
1958 "Teacher's Pet" 56 36 —
"A Very Precious Love" — — 16
"Everybody Loves a Lover" 6 6 25
"Tunnel of Love" 43 53 —
1959 "Love Me in the Daytime" 100 51 —
1960 "Any Way the Wind Blows" 50 109 —
"Please Don't Eat the Daisies" 102 102 —
"A Perfect Understanding" 111 — —
1962 "Lover Come Back" 98 — —
1964 "Move Over Darling" — — 8
"Send Me No Flowers" 135 — —
1967 "Sorry" * — — —
* "Sorry" made the US AC charts at #19.
Albums
10" LP
You're My Thrill (1949)
Young Man with a Horn (1950, soundtrack with Harry James)
Tea for Two (1950, soundtrack)
Lullaby of Broadway (1951, soundtrack)
On Moonlight Bay (1951, soundtrack)
I'll See You in My Dreams (1951, soundtrack)
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953, soundtrack)
Calamity Jane (1953, soundtrack)
Young at Heart (1954, soundtrack with Frank Sinatra)
12" LPs
Love Me or Leave Me (1955, soundtrack)
Day Dreams (1955, expanded re-issue of You're My Thrill)
Day By Day (1956)
The Pajama Game (1957, soundtrack)
Day by Night (1957)
Hooray for Hollywood (2 volumes, 1958)
Cuttin' Capers (1959)
What Every Girl Should Know (1960)
Show Time (1960)
Listen to Day (1960)
Bright and Shiny (1961)
I Have Dreamed (1961)
Duet (with André Previn, 1962)
You'll Never Walk Alone (1962)
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962, soundtrack with film cast)
Annie Get Your Gun (1963, with Robert Goulet)
Love Him (1963)
The Doris Day Christmas Album (1964)
With a Smile and a Song (1964)
Latin for Lovers (1965)
Doris Day's Sentimental Journey (1965)
The Love Album (recorded in 1967, released in 1994)
My Heart (2011)
Singles
Hit records:
(with Les Brown's Band of Renown)
"Sentimental Journey"
5,000,000+ sales
"My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time"
1,000,000+ sales
(As a solo performer)
"It's Magic"
1,000,000+ sales
"Again"
"Love Somebody" (duet with Buddy Clark)
1,000,000+ sales
"Confess" (duet with Buddy Clark) (also done by Patti Page)
"Bewitched"
1,000,000+ sales
"Shanghai"
"Sugarbush" (duet with Frankie Laine)
1,000,000+ sales
"Mister Tap Toe"
"Secret Love"
1,000,000+ sales
"If I Give My Heart to You" (also done by Denise Lor)
"I'll Never Stop Loving You"
1,000,000+ sales
"Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)" ("Que Sera, Sera")
1,000,000+ sales
"Everybody Loves a Lover"
"Move Over Darling"
A Woman’s Touch
Doris Day Lyrics
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The magic of Aladdin couldn't do as much
She's a wizard, she's a champ
And she doesn't need a lamp
A woman's touch can weave a spell
The kind of hocus pocus that she does so well
With the magic of a broom
With a whisk whisk here and a whisk whisk there
And a dustpan for the cinders
With a rub rub here and a rub rub there
She can polish up the winders
Then presto chango
Suddenly, the sun comes shining through
And what does Mr Sunshine say to you?
How d'you do?
It makes you blink, to stop and think
A woman and a whisk-broom
Can accomplish so darn much
So never under-estimate a woman's touch
A woman's touch can quickly fill
The empty flower boxes on a window sill
One smile from her and zoom
Little buds begin to bloom
A touch of paint, a magic nail
Can turn a kitchen chair into a Chippendale
Even make the lamp appear
Like a crystal chandelier
With a tack tack here and a tack tack there
And a hand around a hammer
With a mop mop here and a mop mop there
You can give a cabin glamour
Then gosh, almighty, all at once
The cabin that we knew
Becomes a shining castle built for two
Me and you
The pies and cakes a woman bakes
Can make a fella tell her
That he loves her very much
So never under-estimate a woman's touch
The lyrics to Doris Day's "A Woman's Touch" celebrate the power and magic of a woman's touch in various areas of life. The song suggests that a woman's touch can transform ordinary, everyday things into something extraordinary. The chorus repeats "A woman's touch, a woman's touch, the magic of Aladdin couldn't do as much" to emphasize the inherent worth and value of being a woman. The song also suggests that women possess a kind of magic, capable of weaving spells and mesmerizing people. These skills are highly valued as they can change a person's mood and uplift their spirit.
The verses describe how women use their skills to enhance their surroundings. The first verse discusses how women can use a broom, dustpan, and other cleaning tools to make a room shine. The second verse talks about a woman's ability to decorate and beautify living spaces by filling empty flower boxes or transforming an ordinary kitchen chair into a Chippendale. The final verse praises a woman's culinary skills and how the pies and cakes she bakes can make a person feel loved.
Overall, the song is a tribute to women's abilities and the magic of their touch. It celebrates the power and impact women can have in their immediate surroundings and on people's lives.
Line by Line Meaning
A woman's touch, a woman's touch
The power of a woman's ability to transform things with her touch
The magic of Aladdin couldn't do as much
Even the magic of Aladdin is no match for the abilities of a woman's touch
She's a wizard, she's a champ
She has exceptional skills and is a phenomenal woman
And she doesn't need a lamp
She has a natural gift and doesn't require any assistance to use her abilities
A woman's touch can weave a spell
The touch of a woman can work magic
The kind of hocus pocus that she does so well
She has a natural talent for creating magic with her touch
With the magic of a broom
Even a broom can become a magical tool in the hands of a woman
She can mesmerize a room
She has the power to captivate a room with her touch and work miracles with her abilities
With a whisk whisk here and a whisk whisk there
By using a whisk in a specific way, she can create amazing results
And a dustpan for the cinders
She can transform a dirty and cluttered space into something clean and polished
With a rub rub here and a rub rub there
By applying some elbow grease and effort, she can make surfaces shine
She can polish up the winders
She can make windows sparkle and shine
Then presto chango
With her touch, things can change drastically and instantaneously
Suddenly, the sun comes shining through
Even the sun seems to be impressed by a woman's touch
And what does Mr Sunshine say to you?
The power of her touch is so great that even the sun takes notice
How d'you do?
Greetings
It makes you blink, to stop and think
Her touch is awe-inspiring and makes you pause and reflect
A woman and a whisk-broom
The combination of a woman's touch and a common household tool can be magical
Can accomplish so darn much
Together, they can achieve amazing things
So never under-estimate a woman's touch
The power of a woman's touch is not to be underestimated
A woman's touch can quickly fill
Her touch can bring life to even the most barren spaces
The empty flower boxes on a window sill
She can bring beauty to spaces that were previously empty or unremarkable
One smile from her and zoom
Her influence can have a powerful impact
Little buds begin to bloom
She has the power to bring even the smallest things to life
A touch of paint, a magic nail
With just a little paint and some skill, she can make something appear brand new
Can turn a kitchen chair into a Chippendale
She can transform even the most mundane objects into something of great value
Even make the lamp appear
Her touch can make an ordinary lamp appear extraordinary
Like a crystal chandelier
Her touch can transform even the most ordinary objects into something grand
With a tack tack here and a tack tack there
With the use of simple tools like tacks, she can create amazing results
And a hand around a hammer
She has the strength and skill to wield tools like hammers with ease
With a mop mop here and a mop mop there
Her touch can even transform dirty and dingy spaces with the use of a simple mop
You can give a cabin glamour
She can transform even the most basic cabins into something extraordinary
Then gosh, almighty, all at once
Suddenly, in one swift moment, everything can be transformed
The cabin that we knew
Even familiar places can be totally transformed with her touch
Becomes a shining castle built for two
The spaces she touches can become something grand and beautiful that can be shared with others
Me and you
Together, we can share the beauty that a woman's touch brings
The pies and cakes a woman bakes
Her touch can bring mouth-watering delights that are made with love and care
Can make a fella tell her
Her baking can have such an impact that even the most stoic men will show their appreciation
That he loves her very much
Her touch can inspire deep feelings of affection and care in others
So never under-estimate a woman's touch
The power of her touch can have a profound impact on the world around her
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER, SAMMY FAIN
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