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"
Daydreaming
Doris Day Lyrics
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Well, it's kind of fun for one who's all alone
Daydreaming, just daydreaming
Helps me find the joy, the boy I call my own
Night comes on, it's true I'm blue
My heart is with the sun
Dawn comes through, I glow
Although I know that lovers I've had none
Please don't mind if I just sigh and stay
Stay dreaming, daydreaming
Maybe small but it's all I've known
Lovers, I've had none
Daydreaming, just daydreaming
Please don't mind if I just sigh and stay
Stay dreaming, daydreaming
Maybe small but it's all I've known
In Doris Day's song Daydreaming, she sings about finding solace and joy in daydreaming. The lyrics express the idea that daydreaming can provide an escape from loneliness and heartache. Daydreaming, for the singer, is "kind of fun for one who's all alone" and "helps me find the joy, the boy I call my own". Even though night brings sadness and longing, the dawn brings hope and the glow of the daydreamer's imagination. The lyrics end with a resigned acceptance of the limited pleasures of daydreaming, acknowledging that the daydreamer has had no real-life lovers.
Overall, the lyrics of Daydreaming reflect the theme of fantasy and imagination as coping mechanisms for the pain of isolation and unrequited love. It reveals how an individual in a lonely position may resort to creating fantasies to fill the absence of real human connection. The song also affirms the idea that even small joys such as daydreams can make life bearable.
Line by Line Meaning
Daydreaming, just daydreaming
The act of daydreaming is a fun and relaxing escape for someone who is alone.
Well, it's kind of fun for one who's all alone
When someone is alone, daydreaming provides an enjoyable break from reality.
Daydreaming, just daydreaming
Continuing to daydream helps the singer experience the joy of being with the person she loves.
Helps me find the joy, the boy I call my own
Daydreaming helps the singer feel closer to the person she loves even when they're apart.
Night comes on, it's true I'm blue
As the night approaches, the singer feels sad and lonely.
My heart is with the sun
Despite feeling down, the singer's heart is hopeful and positive.
Dawn comes through, I glow
As the sun rises in the morning, the singer feels happy and radiant.
Although I know that lovers I've had none
Even though the singer has never been in a relationship, daydreaming makes her feel like she's experienced the joy of love.
Daydreaming, just daydreaming
The act of daydreaming is such a comforting escape that the singer asks others not to judge her for sighing and continuing to daydream.
Please don't mind if I just sigh and stay
The singer requests that others don't interrupt or judge her for daydreaming because it's what she knows and loves.
Stay dreaming, daydreaming
The singer encourages herself to keep dreaming and daydreaming, no matter how small it may seem to others.
Maybe small but it's all I've known
Although daydreaming may not seem like much to others, it's what brings the singer comfort and happiness in life.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ANDRE G. PREVIN, DORY LANGDON
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
pingkai
Andre did such a fantastic job here.
Dayniac4324
Yes...he and his trio are marvelous ! This is a great album. One of my favorites. Thanks .. happy you enjoyed !
Dayniac4324
This is from one of my favorite DD albums - Duet with Andre Previn and his trio. Love the whole album. Glad you enjoyed the video and song - Thank you !!
Dayniac4324
Well - thank you Louie800 ! Terrific song - terrific Doris - what more can you ask for ?? Glad you enjoyed it !
Dayniac4324
She really does -- when I'm down -- Doris can make me feel better ! Glad you enjoyed - Thanks !
Dayniac4324
Thanks Indy - so glad you enjoyed it. It's one of my favorite songs ! Thanks David for sharing my video's with your friends -- love you xxoxoxoxoxoxx
ra86226
Absolutely. That voice. That face. That body. That personality that just makes you feel great no matter how crummy you feel.
Rob Rijnders
This is from the album "Duet" with the Andre Previn Trio. Here Doris Day shows how volatile she is, here as a Jazz singer. Andre is of course one of the best accompanists. He wrote this song, as also "Yes" and "Control yourself". The best three songs on this album, along with "Close your eyes". A pity you do not hear this top music at all on the radio.
Dayniac4324
This is a great album - Andre Previn is amazing. Doris certainly aged nicely ... no doubt about that !! To me - her best look was around 1956-57-58. At any age .. she was beautiful - maybe its whats inside ! Thanks !!
Dayniac4324
TatTwamAsi - I agree this is one of the best on the album - Close Your Eyes is another of my favorites. Its a great album - Doris could do jazz too ! I wish we heard this type of music on the radio too ! Glad you enjoyed !