Doris Day

...her housework. She notes that even the popular singers at the time had loads of problems. "I'll be performing music from Doris Day, Rosemary Clooney, Ella Fitzgerald and others," she says. "Day is the epitome of a 1950s female singer and...

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...did in the 60s, with maybe Steve McQueen being the exception. Garner starred in Westerns (Hour of the Gun) romantic comedies with Doris Day, serious anti-war movies (The Americanization of Emily, war movies (The Great Escape) and more. He...

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...Blueberry Pie" during a two-night engagement this week at the Kranzberg Arts Center. It's a Cabaret St. Louis presentation. These days, Day is largely remembered for co-starring with Rock Hudson in a string of fluffy romantic comedies,...

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...picking, plunking and beats provided by Frayne, who can sing a lick as well. Friend also does a hilarious mocking imitation of Doris Day, who played her in the mostly fictional Warner Brothers 1953 classic. But this is Calamity's show, and...

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...Songs - Harry Connick, Jr. (/Sony Music) 5 7 32 1 Quiet Nights - Diana Krall (/VG) 6 6 3 5 Normal As Blueberry Pie: A Tribute To Doris Day - Nellie McKay (/VG) 7 5 3 4 Songs From Lonely Avenue - The Brian Setzer Orchestra () 8 9 20 1...

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...during World War II and eventually established himself with songs such as My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time, recorded by Doris Day, and Three Little Sisters for the Andrews Sisters. In the late 1950s he began writing TV themes,...

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...put it another way, she sounds genuinely corny, if that makes any sense. McKay doesn't try to alter her vocal style to match Day's (she doesn't employ a strong, antiquated vibrato, for instance), but it's hard to think of another...

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...queen of her generation, but her private life was in turmoil. She was married four times, and while her many movies had made her rich, Day's husband and their attorney squandered and mismanaged her money and drove her deeply into debt.

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...and film tracks closely associated with Day along with selections from the Great American Songbook that Day tackled. Irony-free, McKay channels Day's elegance and liveliness on not only swing, Dixieland, and showtunes, but also makes detours...

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...Air from WHYY will be available at approx. 3:00 p.m. ET "I was initially attracted to her optimism and gaiety" says McKay of Doris Day. "Her approach to life is irresistible." Nellie McKay "I was initially attracted to her optimism and...

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