The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection

by Doris Day

Overview

Although she is chiefly known for her movie career, which took off in the late '50s, and pop songs like "Secret Love" and "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" she recorded concurrently with her screen success, Doris Day was a consummate big-band vocalist in the '40s, and her musical legacy as a singer ultimately begins with those recordings, which will startle and amaze those who are only familiar with her later pop fare. But it is those subsequent pop hits, many of which came from the soundtracks of movies, that gave her career such an amazingly productive (and graceful) longevity. Make no mistake, she could sing, and she came from the first generation of singers to truly understand the nuance of singing on studio microphones, which gives her vocals depth, clarity, and an uncommon presence. This three-disc set collects key tracks she recorded for Columbia Records during her long association with the label, which means it deftly bridges her early big-band work with the later pop sides, making it a nice introduction to a gently innovative singer and a high-points summary of her early and middle years as a recording artist. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	01/25/2011
Label:	Big3 Records
UPC:	0805520130301
Rank:	188170

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Blame My Absent-Minded Heart
2. Hold Me in Your Arms
3. Dream a Little Dream of Me
4. If I Were a Bell
5. I Got the Sun in the Morning
6. Again
7. It's Magic
8. It Could Happen to You
9. The Best Thing for You
10. It's Better to Conceal Than Reveal
11. It Had to Be You
12. Do Do Do
13. I Know That You Know
14. Everywhere You Go
15. Secret Love
16. Sentimental Journey
17. Aren't You Glad You're You?
18. If I Give My Heart to You
19. Hoop-Dee-Doo
20. Domino

Disc 2

21. Autumn Leaves
22. Imagination
23. It's a Great Feeling
24. Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)
25. It's a Lovely Day Today
26. It's You or No One
27. A Full Time Job
28. If You Were the Only Girl in the World
29. But Beautiful
30. I've Never Been in Love Before
31. I'll Be Around
32. Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk
33. But Not for Me
34. Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)
35. (Why Did I Tell You I Was Going To) Shanghai
36. Let's Face the Music and Dance
37. Pillow Talk
38. A Bushel and a Peck
39. Love Me or Leave Me
40. I Didn't Know What Time It Was

Disc 3

41. Day by Day
42. I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)
43. I Didn't Slip, I Wasn't Pushed, I Fell
44. The Black Hills of Dakota
45. I'm Not at All in Love
46. Gently Johnny
47. Love Somebody
48. I'll See You in My Dreams
49. Sugarbush
50. Confess
51. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
52. The Deadwood Stage
53. Cheek to Cheek
54. I'll Never Stop Loving You
55. It All Depends on You
56. Crazy Rhythm
57. Gone with the Wind
58. Everybody Loves a Lover
59. Pennies from Heaven
60. Over the Rainbow

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Doris Day   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Irving Berlin   Composer
Jacques Prevert   Composer
Don Raye   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Vincent Youmans   Composer
Allie Wrubel   Composer
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg   Composer
Jay Livingston   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Johnny Burke   Composer
Frank Loesser   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer