Hits Collection 1945-62

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Doris Day was one of the most universally popular entertainers of the post-war era on both screen and record. Doris Day was one of the most universally popular entertainers of the post-war era on both screen and record, her stunning good looks and vivacious personality matched by an ability to handle pop songs across the spectrum of the genre, and her talents ensured she had regular chart entries across more than two decades. This great-value 79-track 3-CD set comprises just about all her entries in the Billboard and Cash Box Top 100 charts and in the UK charts through to 1962 and in the UK charts, starting with her hits as the featured vocalist with Les Brown's Orchestra in 1945, followed by her solo hits and a number of hits performing duets with other top singes of the era like Buddy Clark, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Laine, Johnnie Ray and Donald O'Connor. Of the s included here, 46 were Top 20 hits, of which 25 made the Top 10, including the No. 1s ''Sentimental Journey'', ''My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time'', ''Love Somebody'', ''A Guy Is a Guy'', ''Secret Love'', ''Que Sera, Sera''. It's not only a fabulous showcase for the talent and versatility of a much-loved artist, but it's an evocative and, dare we say it, sentimental journey through what was truly a golden era of popular music. Excerpt from her official obituary. May 13, 2019 Doris Day: Official Obituary Doris Day, Hollywood legend and the only woman to hit No. 1 at the box office and No. 1 on the music charts simultaneously, died yesterday at her Carmel Valley, Calif., home. She was 97. She was born Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff, April 3, 1922 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She pursued a passionate interest in dance, winning a number of competitions as a girl. After a serious injury in a car-versus-train collision, a fractured leg that took many months to heal, Day turned her interests to singing. Her mother arranged private lessons to distract her convalescing daughter, and vocal coach Grace Raine saw such a spark of talent in young Doris that she offered lessons at two for the price of one. Day began her professional singing career at the tender age of 15, working with local band leader Barney Rapp, who suggested she change her surname to ''Day.'' Her star rose quickly, and she caught the eye of band leader Les Brown. Day played with Brown for two stints, marrying trombonist Al Jordan, giving birth to her son Terry in 1942, and divorcing in the interim. Day s first hit with Brown s band, ''Sentimental Journey,'' captured the national mood of the day, as World War II veterans returned home. Time would show ''Sentimental Journey'' along with her signature ''Que Sera Sera'' to be Day's biggest hits...