Hollywoods Leading Lady Doris Day Turns 80 April 3rd
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:29 pm
Happy Birthday Miss Doris Day
April 3rd is her Birthday
for all of those interested their is going to be a big online party!
This Is Going To be The On Line Party of The Century So All Attend And Enjoy Yourselves!
Click Here For More Information
http://www.dorisday.tk/
This will be the biggest online Extravaganza of the year featuring Singing and Tributes To Hollywoods Leading Lady Miss Doris Day!
For all of you who don't know who Doris Day Is Here Is A Brief Biograhy
By Stephen Munns President of http://www.dorisdaytribute.com
Born Doris Mary Anne von Kappelhoff on the 3rd of April 1924, she grew up in Evanston, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio (USA). It was during her teens, after encouragement from her mother, that she began studying with a vocal coach who arranged for her to perform on local radio. Needless to say, she was soon snapped up by band leader Barney Rapp. Rapp was also instrumental in changing her name:
“When he asked me my name I said it was Doris Kappelhoff. He said it’s a very nice name but (laughs) it’s a little too long for the marquee outside.” – Doris Day
Rapp was impressed enough to hire her after she sang Day After Day, and the song’s title inspired her new stage name….Doris Day.
Subsequently, Doris moved to Chicago to sing with Bob Crosby and his Bobcats and within weeks, aged only 16, found herself in New York fronting Les Brown’s band. Touring and a series of successful records followed, such as the huge million-seller Sentimental Journey (1945). This paved the way to an inevitable solo recording contract which came when Columbia Records signed her.
Doris began recording for Columbia in February 1947, heralding the start of a very productive partnership. Over the next twenty years, hundreds of magical recordings followed, establishing her as one of America’s foremost female vocalists. She also achieved commercially eleven Top 20 albums in the USA and over fifty hit singles world-wide, including million sellers like Love Somebody (1948), It’s Magic (1948), A Guy Is A Guy (1952), and Academy Award winning songs Secret Love (1954) and Que Sera, Sera (1956).
“When I recorded for Columbia, I could usually do anything in one take…I would invariably want to use the first take because that would be the one that was spontaneous and fresh.” – Doris Day
If this wasn’t impressive enough, in 1947 a very young Doris Day also began her transition into motion pictures, initially signing to Warner Bros. A score of musical and dramatic roles followed including Calamity Jane (1953), Love Me Or Leave Me (1955) and Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). Her career then soared to new heights as a result of a glowing performance alongside leading man Rock Hudson in the romantic-comedy Pillow Talk (1959). For this role she was nominated at the Oscars for “Best Actress”. Soon after, she had established herself as “America’s #1 Box-Office Attraction” retaining this prestigious position with further releases such as Lover Come Back (1961), That Touch of Mink (1962) and Move Over, Darling (1963).
During the late 1960s, Doris began slowly but surely taking a step back from Hollywood’s fast paced showbiz world. Having made a total of 39 films she left the big screen to appear in The Doris Day Show (1968-73) a hugely popular prime time family-sitcom for American network CBS. By the mid 1970s, she was all but ready to leave the glitzy spotlight of Tinseltown. Publishing her memoirs in her #1 best-seller Her Own Story (1975) was her way to close one chapter in order to begin another just as exciting and rewarding in her new home of Carmel, California (USA).
Although the Doris of today is so far removed from her showbiz heyday, she still remains the same vibrant and sunny character that people remember. It’s just that her days of being in make-up, on film sets or at Columbia’s recording studios are now replaced with eventful days surrounded by and caring for her many four legged friends, who live with her on her vast and picturesque estate.
Her concerns are no longer learning lines or lyrics but to lobby tirelessly for the sake of suffering animals, defending their rights to the hilt. This is something she does out of sheer passion and sincere conviction through her two animal charities, the Doris Day Animal League and the Doris Day Animal Foundation.
No matter whether Doris ever chooses to return to the world of entertainment there is no denying her legacy of music and film will remain forever young in the hearts of the people who discover it.
Stephen Munns
February 2004
We Hope To see everybody attend this big extravaganza! It will be loads of fun so get out your party hats and come on down!
April 3rd is her Birthday
for all of those interested their is going to be a big online party!
This Is Going To be The On Line Party of The Century So All Attend And Enjoy Yourselves!
Click Here For More Information
http://www.dorisday.tk/
This will be the biggest online Extravaganza of the year featuring Singing and Tributes To Hollywoods Leading Lady Miss Doris Day!
For all of you who don't know who Doris Day Is Here Is A Brief Biograhy
By Stephen Munns President of http://www.dorisdaytribute.com
Born Doris Mary Anne von Kappelhoff on the 3rd of April 1924, she grew up in Evanston, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio (USA). It was during her teens, after encouragement from her mother, that she began studying with a vocal coach who arranged for her to perform on local radio. Needless to say, she was soon snapped up by band leader Barney Rapp. Rapp was also instrumental in changing her name:
“When he asked me my name I said it was Doris Kappelhoff. He said it’s a very nice name but (laughs) it’s a little too long for the marquee outside.” – Doris Day
Rapp was impressed enough to hire her after she sang Day After Day, and the song’s title inspired her new stage name….Doris Day.
Subsequently, Doris moved to Chicago to sing with Bob Crosby and his Bobcats and within weeks, aged only 16, found herself in New York fronting Les Brown’s band. Touring and a series of successful records followed, such as the huge million-seller Sentimental Journey (1945). This paved the way to an inevitable solo recording contract which came when Columbia Records signed her.
Doris began recording for Columbia in February 1947, heralding the start of a very productive partnership. Over the next twenty years, hundreds of magical recordings followed, establishing her as one of America’s foremost female vocalists. She also achieved commercially eleven Top 20 albums in the USA and over fifty hit singles world-wide, including million sellers like Love Somebody (1948), It’s Magic (1948), A Guy Is A Guy (1952), and Academy Award winning songs Secret Love (1954) and Que Sera, Sera (1956).
“When I recorded for Columbia, I could usually do anything in one take…I would invariably want to use the first take because that would be the one that was spontaneous and fresh.” – Doris Day
If this wasn’t impressive enough, in 1947 a very young Doris Day also began her transition into motion pictures, initially signing to Warner Bros. A score of musical and dramatic roles followed including Calamity Jane (1953), Love Me Or Leave Me (1955) and Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). Her career then soared to new heights as a result of a glowing performance alongside leading man Rock Hudson in the romantic-comedy Pillow Talk (1959). For this role she was nominated at the Oscars for “Best Actress”. Soon after, she had established herself as “America’s #1 Box-Office Attraction” retaining this prestigious position with further releases such as Lover Come Back (1961), That Touch of Mink (1962) and Move Over, Darling (1963).
During the late 1960s, Doris began slowly but surely taking a step back from Hollywood’s fast paced showbiz world. Having made a total of 39 films she left the big screen to appear in The Doris Day Show (1968-73) a hugely popular prime time family-sitcom for American network CBS. By the mid 1970s, she was all but ready to leave the glitzy spotlight of Tinseltown. Publishing her memoirs in her #1 best-seller Her Own Story (1975) was her way to close one chapter in order to begin another just as exciting and rewarding in her new home of Carmel, California (USA).
Although the Doris of today is so far removed from her showbiz heyday, she still remains the same vibrant and sunny character that people remember. It’s just that her days of being in make-up, on film sets or at Columbia’s recording studios are now replaced with eventful days surrounded by and caring for her many four legged friends, who live with her on her vast and picturesque estate.
Her concerns are no longer learning lines or lyrics but to lobby tirelessly for the sake of suffering animals, defending their rights to the hilt. This is something she does out of sheer passion and sincere conviction through her two animal charities, the Doris Day Animal League and the Doris Day Animal Foundation.
No matter whether Doris ever chooses to return to the world of entertainment there is no denying her legacy of music and film will remain forever young in the hearts of the people who discover it.
Stephen Munns
February 2004
We Hope To see everybody attend this big extravaganza! It will be loads of fun so get out your party hats and come on down!
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