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Doris Day ~ Here Comes Santa Clause
My favourite upbeat christmas song and one I really like to singalong with.
My favourite upbeat christmas song and one I really like to singalong with.
Doris Day (born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff, April 3, 1922)[1] is an American actress, singer, and animal rights activist, who began her career as a big band singer in 1939, but only began to be noticed after her first hit recording, "Sentimental Journey", in 1945.
After leaving the Les Brown & His Band of Renown to try a solo career, she started her long-lasting partnership with Columbia Records, which would remain her only recording label.
The contract lasted from 1947 to 1967, and included more than 650 recordings, making Day one of the most popular and acclaimed singers of the 20th century.
In 1948, after being persuaded by Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne and her agent at the time, Al Levy, she auditioned for Michael Curtiz, which led to her being cast in the female lead role in Romance on the High Seas.[2]
She appeared in 39 films, released 29 albums, spent 460 weeks in the Top 40 charts and eventually became one of America's most beloved entertainers.[3]
She received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Pillow Talk, won three Henrietta Awards (World Film Favorite), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Legend Award from the Society of Singers, Los Angeles Film Critics Association's Career Achievement Award and, in 1989, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures.
Her strong commitment to animal welfare began in 1971, when she co-founded "Actors and Others for Animals". She started her own non-profit organization in the late 1970s, the Doris Day Animal Foundation and, later, the Doris Day Animal League.[4]
Establishing the annual observance Spay Day USA in 1994, The Doris Day Animal League now partners with the Humane Society of the United States and continues to be a leading advocacy organization.
In 2004 she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush in recognition of her distinguished service to the country.
President Bush recognized her work on behalf of animals by saying, "It was a good day for our fellow creatures when she gave her good heart to the cause of animal welfare."[5]
Day was ranked the biggest box office star for four years (1960; 1962–1964) and ranked in the top 10 for 10 years (1951–1952; 1959–1966).
She became the top-ranking female box office star of all time and is currently ranked sixth among the top 10 box office performers (male and female), as of 2012.[6][7]
| Doris Day | |
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 Day in a studio publicity portrait for her 1960 film Midnight Lace |
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| Born | Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff April 3, 1922 [1] Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress, singer, animal rights activist |
| Years active | 1939–present 1948-1973 (acting) |
| Spouse(s) | Al Jorden (1941–1943; divorced); 1 child George Weidler (1946–1949; divorced) Martin Melcher (1951–1968; widowed) Barry Comden (1976–1981; divorced) |
| Children | Terry Melcher (deceased) |
| Website | |
| dorisday.com (official website) ddaf.org (Doris Day Animal Foundation) | |
Early life
Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff was born in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Evanston to Alma Sophia (née Welz, a housewife) and William Kappelhoff (a music teacher and choir master) on April 3, 1922.[1]All of her grandparents were German immigrants.[8]
In Doris Day: Her Own Story, the actress, who claims to have been born in 1924, asserted that she "was named by my mother in honor of her favorite actress, Doris Kenyon, a silent screen star of that year 1924."
However the 1940 U.S. census (enumerated on April 10, 1940), gives her age as 18.[1]
The youngest of three siblings, she had two older brothers: Richard (who died before her birth) and Paul, several years older.[9]
Due to her father's alleged infidelity, her parents separated.
She developed an early interest in dance, and in the mid-1930s formed a dance duo with Jerry Doherty that performed locally in Cincinnati.
A car accident on October 13, 1937, damaged her legs and curtailed her prospects as a professional dancer. [10]
Career
Early career (1938–1947)
While recovering, Day started to sing along with the radio and discovered a talent that she didn't know she had. Day said: "During this long, boring period, I used to while away a lot of time listening to the radio, sometimes singing along with the likes of Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller [...].But the one radio voice I listened to above others belonged to Ella Fitzgerald.
There was a quality to her voice that fascinated me, and I'd sing along with her, trying to catch the subtle ways she shaded her voice, the casual yet clean way she sang the words."[11]
Observing her daughter rekindled Alma's interest in show business, and she decided to give Doris singing lessons. She engaged a teacher, Grace Raine.[12]
After three lessons, Raine told Alma that Doris had "tremendous potential", which led Alma to give her daughter three lessons a week for the price of one.
Years later, Day said that Raine had the biggest effect on her singing style and career.[13]
During the eight months of singing lessons, Day had her first professional jobs as a vocalist in the WLW radio program, Carlin's Carnival and in a local restaurant, the Charlie Yee's Shanghai Inn.[14]
It was during her performances in the carnival that Day first caught the attention of Barney Rapp, who sought a girl vocalist and asked if Day would like to audition for the job.
According to Rapp, he had auditioned about 200 singers when Day got the job.[15]
It was while working for Rapp in 1939 that she adopted the stage name "Day" (at Rapp's suggestion). Rapp felt that "Kappelhoff" was too long for marquees, and he admired her rendition of the song "Day After Day."
This was the origin of her stage name.[16]
After working with Rapp, Day worked with a number of other band-leaders including Jimmy James,[17] Bob Crosby, and Les Brown.
It was while working with Brown that Day scored her first hit recording, "Sentimental Journey", released in early 1945.
It soon became an anthem of the desire of World War II demobilizing troops to return home. This song is still associated with Day, and she re-recorded it on several occasions, including a version in her 1971 television special.[18]
Her recording of "Sentimental Journey" was the first song placed in the Grammy Hall of Fame.
At one point in 1945–46, Doris (as vocalist with the Les Brown Band) had five Top Ten Hits on the Billboard Hall of Fame.
These included: "My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time", "Till The End of Time", "Come To Baby Do", and "I Got the Sun in the Mornin'".
Source: Wikipedia
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