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 (1968โ1973).
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 โ โ
"My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" (w/ Les Brown) 1 โ โ
"'Tain't Me" (w/ Les Brown) 10 โ โ
"Till the End of Time" (w/ Les Brown) 3 โ โ
"Aren't You Glad You're You?" (w/ Les Brown) 11 โ โ
"Come to Baby Do" (w/ Les Brown) / 13 โ โ
1946 "You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)" (w/ Les Brown) 4 โ โ
"Day by Day" (w/ Les Brown) 15 โ โ
"I Got the Sun in the Mornin' (and the Moon at Night)" (w/ Les Brown) 10 โ โ
"The Whole World Is Singing My Song" (w/ Les Brown) 6 โ โ
1947 "The Christmas Song" (w/ Les Brown) 12 โ โ
"Sooner or Later" (w/ Les Brown) 13 โ โ
"Papa, Won't You Dance With Me" 21 โ โ
1948 "Thoughtless" (w/ Modernaires) 24 โ โ
"Love Somebody" (w/ Buddy Clark) / 1 โ โ
"Confess" (w/ Buddy Clark) 16 โ โ
"Put 'em in a Box, Tie 'em with a Ribbon, and Throw 'em in the Deep Blue Sea" / 27 โ โ
"It's Magic" 2 โ โ
"My Darling, My Darling" (w/ Buddy Clark) 7 โ โ
1949 "Powder Your Face with Sunshine" (w/ Buddy Clark) 16 โ โ
"Again" 2 โ โ
"Everywhere You Go" 22 โ โ
"Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk" (w/ Frank Sinatra) 17 โ โ
"Now That I Need You" 20 โ โ
"Canadian Capers" 15 โ โ
"Bluebird on Your Windowsill" 19 โ โ
1950 "Quicksilver" 20 โ โ
"I Said My Pajamas (and Put on My Prayers)" 21 โ โ
"Enjoy Yourself (It's Later than You Think)" 24 โ โ
"Hoop-Dee-Doo" 17 โ โ
"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" 9 โ โ
"I Didn't Slip, I Wasn't Pushed, I Fell" 19 โ โ
"A Bushel and a Peck" 16 โ โ
1951 "It's a Lovely Day Today" 30 โ โ
"Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)" 10 โ โ
"Shanghai" 7 โ โ
"Domino" 21 โ โ
1952 "A Guy Is a Guy" 1 โ โ
"Sugarbush" (w/ Frankie Laine) 7 12 8
"When I Fall in Love" 20 โ โ
"No Two People" (w/ Donald O'Connor) 25 โ โ
"My Love and Devotion" โ 31 10
"The Cherries" โ 39 โ
"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 โ
"When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)" 29 โ โ
"Candy Lips" (w/ Johnnie Ray) / 17 18 โ
"Let's Walk That-a-Way" (w/ Johnnie Ray) โ 31 4
"Kiss Me Again, Stranger" / 30 โ โ
"A Purple Cow" 25 โ โ
"Choo Choo Train (Ch-Ch-Foo) 20 โ โ
1954 "Secret Love" 1 1 1
"The Black Hills of Dakota" โ โ 7
"Lost in Loveliness" โ 25 โ
"I Speak to the Stars" 16 17 โ
"Someone Else's Roses" โ 32 โ
"If I Give My Heart to You" / 3 2 4
"Anyone Can Fall in Love" 27 41 โ
"Ready, Willing, and Able" / โ 31 7
"Hold Me in Your Arms" โ 39 โ
1955 "Foolishly Yours" โ 25 โ
"Love Me Or Leave Me" โ โ 20
"I'll Never Stop Loving You" 13 14 17
"Ooh Bang Jiggily Jang" 83 โ โ
1956 "Let It Ring" 51 โ โ
"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" 2 3 1
"Julie" / 64 40 โ
"Love in a Home" 79 โ โ
"The Party's Over" 63 47 โ
1957 "Twelve O'Clock Tonight" 68 โ โ
1958 "Teacher's Pet" 56 36 โ
"A Very Precious Love" โ โ 16
"Everybody Loves a Lover" 6 6 25
"Tunnel of Love" 43 53 โ
1959 "Love Me in the Daytime" 100 51 โ
1960 "Any Way the Wind Blows" 50 109 โ
"Please Don't Eat the Daisies" 102 102 โ
"A Perfect Understanding" 111 โ โ
1962 "Lover Come Back" 98 โ โ
1964 "Move Over Darling" โ โ 8
"Send Me No Flowers" 135 โ โ
1967 "Sorry" * โ โ โ
* "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 Andrรฉ 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"
Happy Talk
Doris Day Lyrics
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keep talkin' happy talk
Talk about things you'd like to do.
You gotta have a dream
if you don't have a dream
How you gonna have a dream come true?
Talk about a moon floatin' in the sky
Lookin' like a lily on a lake;
Talk about a bird learnin' how to fly
Makin' all the music he can make.
Happy talk
keep talkin' happy talk
Let's talk about a star lookin' like a toy
Peekin' through the branches of a tree;
Talk about a girl
talk about a boy
Countin' all the ripples on the sea.
Happy talk
keep talkin' happy talk
Talk about a boy sayin' to the girl:
Golly, Baby ! I'm a lucky cuss !
Talk about a girl sayin' to the boy:
'You and me are lucky to be us !"
Happy talk
keep talkin' happy talk
If you don't talk happy and you never have a dream
Then you'll never have a dream come true !
Doris Day's song "Happy Talk" is a positive and uplifting tune that encourages people to speak about their dreams and aspirations. The repeated phrase "talkin' happy talk" acts as a reminder to maintain a positive attitude and to discuss things that bring joy and positivity into one's life. The song underscores the importance of having a dream and actively pursuing it because without a dream, one cannot hope to make it come true.
The song's lyrics use vivid imagery to paint pictures of different things worth talking about. For example, the moon is compared to a lily on a lake, and a bird learning to fly is described as making sweet music. These metaphors depict the beauty of the world around us and encourage listeners to appreciate the little things in life. The song also speaks to the power of love and connection, as witnessed in the lyrics, "Talk about a boy sayin' to the girl: Golly, Baby! I'm a lucky cuss! Talk about a girl sayin' to the boy: 'You and me are lucky to be us!"
In summary, "Happy Talk" is a feel-good song that encourages positivity, dreaming big, and appreciating life's simple pleasures. Its lyrics remind listeners to keep a positive outlook, to speak about what brings them joy, and to actively pursue their dreams.
Line by Line Meaning
Happy talk
Express positive and joyful words
keep talkin' happy talk
Keep saying uplifting and hopeful things
Talk about things you'd like to do.
Discuss activities that would make you happy
You gotta have a dream
You must have aspirations in life
if you don't have a dream
If you lack any goals or ambitions
How you gonna have a dream come true?
How will you achieve your goals and dreams?
Talk about a moon floatin' in the sky
Describe the beauty of the moonlight
Lookin' like a lily on a lake;
Resembling a serene and delicate flower on water
Talk about a bird learnin' how to fly
Narrate a bird's flight lessons and melodies
Makin' all the music he can make.
Singing and chirping to the fullest
Let's talk about a star lookin' like a toy
Imagine a tiny, twinkling star resembling a plaything
Peekin' through the branches of a tree;
Appearing from behind the leaves of a tree
Talk about a girl
Converse about a female
talk about a boy
Discuss a male
Countin' all the ripples on the sea.
Observing every tiny wave on the vast ocean
Talk about a boy sayin' to the girl:
Retell a boy's confession to a girl
Golly, Baby ! I'm a lucky cuss !
Wow, my dear! I'm fortunate to have you!
Talk about a girl sayin' to the boy:
Report a girl's response to a boy
'You and me are lucky to be us !"
You and I are blessed to have each other!
If you don't talk happy and you never have a dream
If you don't keep a positive attitude and lack ambition
Then you'll never have a dream come true !
You will never achieve your aspirations!
Lyrics ยฉ BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
Written by: Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Dayniac4324
I couldn't agree more ... we need some happy talk and smiles right now and Doris delivers both !! Happy you enjoyed ... thank you !
Doortje
Wonderful Toni! We all need happy talk and coming from Doris is even more cheer!The pictures are great.Thanks.
Dayniac4324
She is very versatile ... and this is a wonderful song. So happy you enjoyed ... hope you have a wonderful weekend ... hugs.. Toni
Dayniac4324
I hope she had a wonderful birthday ... and has many more to come ! My cat, Neo, loves Doris music. He gets upset if I play anything else ! Its so cute ! So happy you enjoyed !!
Prionel
Thanks! Doris Day is such a wonderful lady! Loved her work ever since I was 9 y/o, in the 50s.
Thomas IV
This is my favorite version. Toni thanks for sharing this. This must be from "I Have Dreamed" album you described. Wish she had done the "South Pacific". Doris is a classic beauty.
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Grannis Avenue
RIP dear Doris Day. We will never forget you! May 13th, 2019
giorgio candioli
All is magic! Thank to Neal Hefty and the big band.
OKtennisfan
Love this cheerful song Toni ! :) Great video and awesome pics of Doris ! Thank you so much for posting my friend . :)