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"
Somebody Like You
Doris Day Lyrics
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Turns wrong into right, brightens the night
Brings happiness to me
Makes me luckier than throwin' a seven
Takes me nearer to heaven than anyone's allowed to do
When your heart is talkin' I feel like I'm walkin'
On a cloud with someone like you
Somebody to hug a bug in a rug to snuggle up close to
And whenever I do, do you know the who
Who I'll give the most to
You prey on my mind, stay till I find
Someone like you
Someone like you cures everything gloomy
Turns wrong into right, brightens the night
Brings happiness to me
Makes me luckier than throwin' a seven
Takes me nearer to heaven than any other boy could do
My pockets are burnin' to spend all I'm earnin'
On a whirl with someone like you
Some day I'll find someone I can boast to
Somebody to hug a bug in a rug to snuggle up close to
And whenever I do, do you know the who
Who I'll give the most to
You prey on my mind, stay till I find
Someone like you for me
Until I find someone like you
In the song "Someone Like You," Doris Day expresses her gratitude for having that one special person in her life who brings happiness and joy to her. She sings about how this person cures everything gloomy and converts all the wrong into right. She recognizes the impact of this person's presence in her life and how much luckier she is with them. For Day, this person is heaven-sent, and being with them is akin to walking on a cloud. She knows that when her heart speaks, she feels like she is walking with this person.
The second stanza talks about her hope to find someone to share life with. Day speaks of how she wishes to have someone to hug, cuddle with, and be close to. She longs for someone to give her life more meaning and value. She knows that the person for whom she will reserve the most love and affection is someone like the person she has in her life. She dreams of one day finding someone who will fill her heart with love and affection as the present person in her life does. She hopes that this feeling of happiness and gratitude will stay with her until she finds someone like them.
Line by Line Meaning
Someone like you cures everything gloomy
A person who is like you has the ability to make every bad thing seem good and improve my mood.
Turns wrong into right, brightens the night
You have the power to make everything okay and brighten up a dark night.
Brings happiness to me
You bring happiness to my life.
Makes me luckier than throwin' a seven
Being with you feels like winning a lucky game of throwing dice and it makes me feel fortunate.
Takes me nearer to heaven than anyone's allowed to do
Being with you feels like being close to heaven, even more than what one is allowed to experience in reality.
When your heart is talkin' I feel like I'm walkin'
When you speak from your heart, it makes me feel like I am walking on a cloud.
On a cloud with someone like you
Being with someone like you feels like being on a cloud.
Some day I'll find someone I can boast to
One day, I hope to find someone I can proudly talk about and show off to others.
Somebody to hug a bug in a rug to snuggle up close to
I am looking for someone to hug and snuggle up closely with.
And whenever I do, do you know the who
When I find that person, do you know who it will be?
Who I'll give the most to
That person will be who I give my all to.
You prey on my mind, stay till I find
You are always on my mind, but I will continue to search until I find someone like you.
Someone like you cures everything gloomy
A person who is like you has the ability to make every bad thing seem good and improve my mood.
Turns wrong into right, brightens the night
You have the power to make everything okay and brighten up a dark night.
Brings happiness to me
You bring happiness to my life.
Makes me luckier than throwin' a seven
Being with you feels like winning a lucky game of throwing dice and it makes me feel fortunate.
Takes me nearer to heaven than any other boy could do
Being with you makes me feel closer to heaven than any other boy could ever do.
My pockets are burnin' to spend all I'm earnin'
I am eager to spend all the money I am earning to take you out.
On a whirl with someone like you
I want to go on a thrilling adventure with someone like you.
Some day I'll find someone I can boast to
One day, I hope to find someone I can proudly talk about and show off to others.
Somebody to hug a bug in a rug to snuggle up close to
I am looking for someone to hug and snuggle up closely with.
And whenever I do, do you know the who
When I find that person, do you know who it will be?
Who I'll give the most to
That person will be who I give my all to.
You prey on my mind, stay till I find
You are always on my mind, but I will continue to search until I find someone like you for me.
Until I find someone like you
I will not stop searching until I find someone like you.
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: HARRY WARREN, RALPH BLANE
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@faye5515
Doris Day has one of the most beautiful voices in the world! Love the song!
@Dayniac4324
This is a really great song from Doris ... one of my fave's. You know... there are quite a few "old souls" in their teens and 20's I've met here on yt. I think its wonderful ! It means the classic movies and wonderful music like Doris' will live on ! Thank you .. I'm so happy you enjoyed !
@acrucker
Another Masterpiece for future generations to enjoy! Thank you, Doris Day!
@bustersings
Thanks! Really takes me back. I heard her when she was still singing with Les Brown. I was a singer too - now I'm 85yrs. Loved her in movies - I think she just released some more music. 5/17/12
@calvinstaley0123
I agree. Big Band needs to come back to this world.
@joanbaguley7540
It is my favorite song ever heard Doris sing!! I love her early crooner style sax style voice!! Ella Fitzgerald was her mentor. Thank you for posting this treasure!! :-)
@michaelhills9271
Doris Is and thanks to movies & recording she will always be Great
@njplr
A perfect example - though only one of thousands - of the reasons I love the Big Band era so much. The music is bouncy, fun, and swings along, while the lyrics are simple,, but clever, and the delivery is sheer perfection (nod to you, Doris). You just wanna enter IN to the fun and sing along. A very ordinary song that is very very outstanding!
@willemdethouars1816
A hard to beat voice, and soo sweet and cool.
@sunnytsofiya
i adore this song. can't stop singin' it. Doris was amazing!