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"
Where Are You
Doris Day Lyrics
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Where are you, now that I need you
Now that I want you so badly I could cry
Where are you (Where are you?)
Where did fate lead you (Where are you?)
Funny how I dreamed you'd still be standing by
I called you any time at all
I guess I took too much for granted
I never thought I'd lie awake and sigh
Where are you, now that I need you
Now that I love you so madly I could die
I had you at my beck and call
I called you any time at all
I guess I took too much for granted
I never thought I'd lie awake and sigh
Where are you, now that I need you
Now that I love you so madly I could die
(Where are you, now that I need you)
Now that I love you so madly I could die
(Where are you?)
In the song “Where are you” by Doris Day, the lyrics express the desperate feeling of someone who has lost someone they loved dearly. The singer is asking where the person they loved is, now that they need them the most. The opening line of the song “Where are you, now that I need you” sets the stage for the melancholic tone that runs through the entire song. The singer longs for the person they love and describes how they’ve been searching for them everywhere, hoping to see them again. They say, “Where did fate lead you, funny how I dreamed you'd still be standing by.” These lines express how the singer had assumed they would always be with the person they love, but fate had other plans.
The second verse continues the feeling of loss and heartbreak. The singer reflects on how they had the person they loved “at their beck and call” and called them anytime they wanted. They took their love for granted, thinking they would always be around when needed. The lyrics “I never thought I'd lie awake and sigh” convey the deep sadness and loneliness that is felt when someone you love is no longer with you. The chorus repeats the same question three times, emphasizing the desperation and pain of the singer.
Overall, the song is a poignant expression of loss and nostalgia for what was lost. The lyrics are simple and straightforward, but delivered in Doris Day's signature emotive style that conveys the heartbreak and longing of the singer.
Line by Line Meaning
(Where are you?)
The singer is questioning the whereabouts of the person she is addressing.
Where are you, now that I need you
The singer is expressing her current need for the person she is addressing and wondering where they are.
Now that I want you so badly I could cry
The singer is conveying her intense desire for the person she is addressing, to the point where she feels like crying.
Where did fate lead you (Where are you?)
The singer recognizes that the person she is addressing may have been led in a different direction by fate, but still questions their current location.
Funny how I dreamed you'd still be standing by
The singer is reflecting on her past thoughts and desires, thinking about how she had hoped this person would always be there for her.
I had you at my beck and call
The singer acknowledges that she had the person she is addressing at her disposal.
I called you any time at all
The singer frequently relied on the person she is addressing, knowing they would be there to answer her calls.
I guess I took too much for granted
The singer had become comfortable in her reliance on the person she is addressing, and now realizes that she may have taken that for granted.
I never thought I'd lie awake and sigh
The singer is expressing her sadness and surprise at finding herself unable to sleep and instead feeling the need to sigh.
Where are you, now that I need you
The singer repeats this line to emphasize the urgency of her need for the person she is addressing.
Now that I love you so madly I could die
The singer is conveying the depth of her feeling for the person she is addressing, to the point where she feels it may be overwhelming.
(Where are you?)
The singer repeats this line to end the song with the same question that began it.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Frank Loesser
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Dominique Nemynar
This is a wonderful song and a GREAT movie too! It is so comic and well told... :-) One of my favorite films ever!! The song is really unforgetable! :o)
level242
Doris Day always looks good in a nightgown
lettermen1
Good song!! Thanks for posting
petclark1
This is a great song...I wonder if The Letterman made a single or album track for release. I was only two in the '65 blackout,so I don't remember it. However,the week I turned 40 was the same time as the stupid 2003 Blackout, which in my part of Canada lasted 3days.
Nicole
Everybody says this is Doris's worst film, but it looks good to me. I've got to find it somewhere...
shnuki
I've never seen this movie but I sooooo wish I could! I just can't bring myself to spend 30 plus dollars on ebay for a copy of this movie. :( Thanks for giving me a little to enjoy. :)
DenverDave
The letterman are awesome! I was just 2 years old on the eastern seaboard when this happened...
Gary Pike
We recorded it in LA.. Kelly Gordon was involved along with Dave Grusin..
Chris Johnson
Keep your fingers crossed maybe warner archive will release this and Julie so they can finally have a legit release here in the us. Granted not a big fan of made on demand dvd-r releases but better then nothing.
petclark1
Thanks for the info...now I know it's not a waste of time looking for a copy!