Doris Day

Doris Day (born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 or 1924) is an American actress, singer, and animal rights activist.

Day began her career as a big band singer in 1939, and is well known for her string of romantic comedies with leading man Rock Hudson including 'Pillow Talk' and 'Lover Come Back' in the early 1960s. Her popularity began to rise after her first hit recording "Sentimental Journey", in 1945. After leaving Les Brown & His Band of Renown to embark on a solo career, Day started her long-lasting partnership with Columbia Records, which remained 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 songwriters Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne and by Al Levy, her agent at the time, she auditioned for film director Michael Curtiz, which led to her being cast as the female lead in Romance on the High Seas.

Over the course of her career, Day appeared in 39 films. She was ranked the biggest box-office star, the only woman appearing on that list in the era, for four years (1960, 1962, 1963 and 1964), ranking in the top 10 for ten years (1951–52, and 1959–66). 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. Day received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Pillow Talk, won three Henrietta Awards (World Film Favorite), and received the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's Career Achievement Award. In 1989, she received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures. She made her last film in 1968.

Doris E. Day

Doris Elinor Hermitage Day (1873, Abbeycwmhir, Powys, Great Britain 1966, East London, South Africa) was a British archer. She competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.

Day competed at the 1908 Games in the only archery event open to women, the double National round. She took 16th place in the event with 483 points.

References

  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association. 
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). "Archery 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 14 July 2006. 
  • Doris E. Day's profile at Sports Reference.com

  • Doris Day (song)

    "Doris Day" is a song from 1982 by Dutch band Doe Maar. It was the title-track off their third album Doris Day en Andere Stukken and became their first top 10-hit.

    Bass-player Henny Vrienten, lead-vocalist alongside pianist Ernst Jansz, wrote "Doris Day" as a complaint about TV-boredom (which includes the screening of a Doris Day-movie) best tackled by pressing the off-button and going out. The original lyrics also mentioned movie-expert Simon van Collem, but this was altered to "ein Wiener Operette" when he appeared to be the father of the band's new drummer Rene (1961).

    "Doris Day" catapulted the otherwise thirtysomething Doe Maar into superstardom, but overexposure and creative exhaustion would split them up two years later. Vrienten, who went on to write TV- and movie-soundtracks, told Music Maker-magazine in 1985: "You can flush 'Doris Day' down the toilet anytime you like; it's the worst song I ever wrote. Rhyming for rhyming's sake, and stuff. And the worst thing of all is that it drew full crowd-participation every night".

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  • Heart in Motion

    Heart in Motion is the eighth studio album, and twelfth album by Christian pop singer Amy Grant, released on March 5, 1991. The album features Grant's biggest worldwide hit, "Baby Baby".

    Composition

    In contrast to its predecessor, the more acoustic Lead Me On, Heart in Motion consisted of songs that were more heavily processed, as was the style of mainstream music at the time. In addition, unlike Lead Me On, Heart in Motion contained few overtly religious songs, with most of the lyrics for the songs on the album dealing with love or other life issues which would not be the exclusive concern of devout Christians. A couple of songs on the album, however, were openly Christian in their content, such as "Ask Me", which describes how a woman's faith helps her to heal from child sexual abuse, and "Hope Set High", both of which were hits on Christian radio. Another song with an overtly Christian theme was "You're Not Alone" which referenced a greater power despite edgy features like whipcracks and a screaming guitar solo.

    Doris Day (disambiguation)

    Doris Day (born 1922) is an American actress and singer.

    Doris Day may also refer to:

  • Doris E. Day (1873–1966), British archer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
  • Jim Gray (UDA member) (1958 – 4 October 2005), loyalist paramilitary, had the nickname Doris Day
  • "Doris Day" (song), a song by Doe Maar
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    Doris Day

    ALBUMS

    The Ultimate Collection - 125 Original Recordings

    Released 2011
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    Doris Day

    by: Jack's Mannequin

    I saw her wait, waitng at the bus stop
    Watching as her tears dropped
    Like pennies down a well
    Oh well
    We can drink until the sun comes up
    I never let a good thing go
    So I'll stay here if you're not leaving
    I am on your side
    This house is empty
    We could cross the line
    And we could make a big mistake
    The silence breaks and you hear me say
    "Don't go, don't go so far away"
    (You don't have to go)
    "Don't go, don't go so far away"
    You don't have to go
    I saw your man, fast car and a dark suntan
    You said he's in a punk-rock band
    But baby, punk-rock's dead
    Oh well
    We can drink till you forget about him
    It's not like he waits up for you
    I'm sure he'd do the same thing too
    But I am on your side
    This house is empty
    We could cross the line
    And we could make a big mistake
    The silence breaks and you hear me say
    "Don't go, don't go so far away"
    (You don't have to go)
    "Don't go, don't go so far away"
    You don't have to
    I knew it was a crime
    I did it anyway
    I tell him we're like magnets
    I tell him I feel no shame
    If I crawl into your blood
    Can I sleep under your skin?
    C'mon let me in
    Don't make me wait
    I am on your side
    This house is empty
    We could cross the line
    And we could be making a big mistake
    The silence breaks and you hear me say
    "Don't go, don't go so far away" [x5]
    You don't have to go




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