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Post by rick on May 13, 2019 10:01:54 GMT -5
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Post by 70smusicfan on May 13, 2019 10:29:36 GMT -5
How sad, but 97 is pretty good. I always thought that she was the most comparable artist to Linda. They both had distinctive voices that you could immediate recognize in any setting. While not quite as powerful as Linda, Doris Day's vocals are outstanding on some of her earlier work with the Les Brown band. While Linda had a varied career over many musical genres, Doris had stellar careers in both music and movies. So, RIP to my favorite artist from the "earlier" generation before Linda's.
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Post by musedeva on May 13, 2019 10:56:59 GMT -5
Yep.....I didn't appreciate Doris' vocals till my partner, multi instrumentalist, told me how he adored her as a kid....then I paid attention.....she was very melodic and def had pipes....
.......wow they got her for twenty million,,,,,even back in the day...that was an incredible fortune...and she went on to sing Que Sera ....un real the cruelty
I always remember driving thru her neighborhood/past her house in Carmel....she really had her refuge there,,,i think she must of been there 50 years? 97!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1wow!
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Post by musedeva on May 13, 2019 11:04:44 GMT -5
Oh Wow! she sued and won!!! how inspiring!!....wonder if she collected? her first and only kid....the husband beat her at 8 months pregnant..... she died surrounded by friends and constantly worked at her animal foundation THAT's our Doris!! Goddess Bless her and R.I.P
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Post by fabtastique on May 13, 2019 12:50:31 GMT -5
a legend has left us - lovely lovely lady, but wonderful films and music she's left us to enjoy
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Post by Richard W on May 13, 2019 13:55:30 GMT -5
Loved her. I have an autographed picture she signed for me several years ago, a still I made from the Hitchcock film and stylized in Photoshop. She had a marvelous, intimate singing style -- when she wasn't belting, and she could belt it with the best of them.
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Post by erik on May 13, 2019 18:24:40 GMT -5
By any stretch of the imagination, ninety-seven years is a really long life, especially Doris Day, who lived hers in the most fulfilling way possible, whether it was doing 1950s/1960s romantic comedy with Rock Hudson; the Western musical CALAMITY JANE; her turn alongside James Stewart in Hitchcock's 1956 classic THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH; or the TV show she had in the late 1960s and early 1970s. That's a very big deal; and while it is sad to see her depart this world, it's important to remember what that life was about (IMHO).
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Post by the Scribe on May 13, 2019 18:59:58 GMT -5
I think she hated doing that tv show but reluctantly did it as well as several movies she didn't care for out of loyalty to her employer whom she felt was doing things in her best interest.
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Post by Harry Hot Dog on May 14, 2019 5:39:50 GMT -5
I am a huge fan of Doris Day (and Lucille Ball). Day starred in my favorite movie: "Lullaby Of Broadway". She had a great voice. I wrote to her and told her how much I enjoyed some of her movies and that they made you feel good about life. She sent me a reply and an autographed photo. Her favorite movie that she made is: Calamity Jane. I told her I wish Linda Ronstadt made a Doris Day tribute album the way Bette Midler did for Rosemary Clooney.
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Post by jhar26 on May 14, 2019 9:03:31 GMT -5
Lovely woman, lovely actress, great singer. R.I.P. She could make the sun shine on a cloudy day. Also, let's not forget that Doris made a number of fine albums that aren't related to her movies. And then there is her early music with Les Brown. A fine, fine artist.
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Post by Richard W on May 14, 2019 9:08:55 GMT -5
I am a huge fan of Doris Day (and Lucille Ball). Day starred in my favorite movie: "Lullaby Of Broadway". Just watched Lullaby of Broadway for the first time last night! Loved it. Funny you mentioned Linda in your letter to Doris. So did I! In my cover letter I said how much I loved her big band singing and said the only other singer who could put across that "intimate" sound was Linda.
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Post by Richard W on May 14, 2019 9:09:43 GMT -5
Lovely woman, lovely actress, great singer. R.I.P. She could make the sun shine on a cloudy day. Also, let's not forget that Doris made a number of fine albums that aren't related to her movies. And then there is her early music with Les Brown. A fine, fine artist. Day by Night is a fantastic album.
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Post by Richard W on May 14, 2019 9:14:56 GMT -5
I think she hated doing that tv show but reluctantly did it as well as several movies she didn't care for out of loyalty to her employer whom she felt was doing things in her best interest. She did the TV show because her husband and manager (not a good combo!) Marty Melchor stole and squandered the money she'd made over the years, and she was broke. The TV show restored her finances (somewhat), and she came to like doing it, even if it were more a means to an end at the start. Melchor also, as her manager, committed her to that string of (largely) lame sex comedies in the '60s (Where Were You When the Lights Went Out, Caprice, etc.) that she was contractually/legally obligated to make. She only discovered all of this perfidy upon Melchor's death. No wonder she quit making movies!
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Post by rick on May 14, 2019 10:49:33 GMT -5
My Mom loved Doris Day and she would take me to the movies whenever a new Doris Day film came out. I loved her, too. In the obituary in the Los Angeles Times, it quotes Drew Casper, a film professor at USC. I took a class from him about American films in the 1950s and he showed us “Calamity Jane,” which was her favorite. He talked about the optimism she personified. When she was making that string of comedies with Rock Hudson, Oscar Levantine said: “I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.” Rest In Peace, Dodo
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Post by jhar26 on May 14, 2019 11:17:10 GMT -5
Lovely woman, lovely actress, great singer. R.I.P. She could make the sun shine on a cloudy day. Also, let's not forget that Doris made a number of fine albums that aren't related to her movies. And then there is her early music with Les Brown. A fine, fine artist. Day by Night is a fantastic album. Day by Day too.
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Post by Richard W on May 14, 2019 13:08:52 GMT -5
It sure is, jhar.
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Post by Harry Hot Dog on May 14, 2019 15:32:01 GMT -5
I like her album: "Showtime".
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Post by Harry Hot Dog on May 14, 2019 15:57:54 GMT -5
Out of 39 movies she made I've seen 31. I like these movies
It happened to Jane Calamity Jane On Moonlight Bay By The Light Of The Silvery Moon I'll see You In My Dreams April In Paris
I havent seen her last 8 movies but will soon.
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Post by 70smusicfan on May 14, 2019 20:49:20 GMT -5
I have been listening to DD "in memorandum" (I have over 16 CDs of hers, that I listen to chronologically every 6-12 months) and I think one big difference from LR is that Linda learned early on not to mix business and "pleasure". Early on, Doris Day's music was fantastic. But, later on, DD was controlled by her husband in her selection of music (mostly sappy popular stuff) and concentrating on movies - all for the bucks (which he blew anyway with his shyster friend). Linda would have never gotten to do Broadway and light opera, the American Songbook, Mexican Mariachi/Ranchero, and the rest of her later stuff if she was controlled like DD. I read DD's autobiography and the only reason she did the TV show, which she hated, was for the money. So we can probably thank LR and her romantic "hesitation" for her great discography.
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Post by 70smusicfan on May 14, 2019 20:52:01 GMT -5
We talk about DD's romantic comedies, but she also starred in some heavy-weight drama movies - Man with a Horn comes to mind, but I think there were others (obviously Hitchcock is one).
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Post by erik on May 14, 2019 21:28:14 GMT -5
Quote by 70smusicfan:
And not that it matters (because I don't think too many people have heard of it), but Doris did star in what was more or less a "feminist" western/comedy called THE BALLAD OF JOSIE, which came out in 1968.
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Post by rick on May 15, 2019 1:14:13 GMT -5
Bear Family Records released a series of box sets of Doris Day’s recordings. I believe there were three or four exhaustive box sets — www.bear-family.com/search?sSearch=doris+day I believe one or two of the titles/sets may be out-of-print now. I can remember being in Tower Records before it closed and seeing these comprehensive Doris Day boxed sets but the prices were more than I could afford. Sometimes they show up on eBay.
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Post by the Scribe on May 15, 2019 3:38:02 GMT -5
Doris Day won't be having a funeral: Here's whyAOL.com Gibson Johns,AOL.com 19 hours ago www.yahoo.com/news/doris-day-wont-having-funeral-132103437.html
There won't be a funeral for Doris Day -- and that's exactly how she would've wanted it.
The legendary Hollywood actress, who passed away at the age of 97 on Monday, "had difficulty accepting death" and, thus, there will be "no funeral, no memorial and no [grave] marker" for her, longtime manager Bob Bashara told People.
"She didn't like death, and she couldn't be with her animals if they had to be put down," Bashara explained, adding that she didn't "like to talk about" any plans that were to be made following her passing.
SEE ALSO: Hollywood reacts to the death of Doris Day
"I think it was because she was a very shy person," Bashara said when asked why she didn't want a funeral. "She never let her celebrity affect her and who she was, and she was always the little girl from Cincinnati who was extraordinarily talented and went out in the world and did what she loved to do despite herself."
"She was guileless, and I had discussions with her about how popular she was, and she would say, ‘I don’t understand it’ about why she was so loved," he went on. "She knew her fans loved her from all the letters, and that meant a lot to her."
Another sign pointing to Day's difficulty wrapping her mind around death tied to her beloved dogs: Her manager said that the longtime animal lover was preoccupied not with her own funeral or burial, but with how her dogs would be taken care of once she had passed.
SEE ALSO: 5 things you didn't know about Doris Day
"I’d say we need to provide for her dogs [after she died], and she’d say, 'I don’t want to think about it' and she said, 'Well, you just take care of them,'" Bashara expained. "She had several when her will was written, and she wanted to be sure they were taken care of. She didn’t like to talk about the dogs dying."
Day founded the Doris Day Animal Foundation in 1978, and her manager said "the ultimate thing for it is to keep the foundation going," which is where her estate will be donated, per her will.
This article was initially published on AOL.com: Doris Day won't be having a funeral: Here's why
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Post by Richard W on May 15, 2019 9:48:29 GMT -5
"She never let her celebrity affect her and who she was...who was extraordinarily talented and went out in the world and did what she loved to do despite herself."
"She was guileless...and she would say, ‘I don’t understand it’ about why she was so loved. She knew her fans loved her...and that meant a lot to her."
Hmm. Sounds familiar...
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Post by rick on May 15, 2019 11:07:45 GMT -5
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Post by the Scribe on May 16, 2019 1:47:25 GMT -5
It is terribly sad and a great loss when such a kind, generous and giving person like a Doris Day or a Linda Ronstadt leaves this planet to shine elsewhere but it is said that the spirit doesn't leave until the last person who remembers them also leaves. This NPR special rebroadcast is a tribute worth listening to of this special woman. Also, visit her website which I have linked.dorisday.com/dorisday.com/audio/Imagination.mp3'Fresh Air' Remembers Hollywood Legend Doris DayMay 15, 20191:33 PM ET 23:00 LISTEN ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/fa/2019/05/20190515_fa_02.mp3?orgId=427869011&topicId=1008&d=1380&p=13&story=723531128&siteplayer=true&size=22043871&dl=1
TERRY GROSS, HOST:
This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. We're going to listen back to the interview I was lucky enough to record with Doris Day, who stayed out of the public eye for decades after giving up her movie career. She died Monday at the age of 97. As film critic Carrie Rickey wrote in her obituary for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Doris Day was beloved for her popular songs, films and wholesomeness. It's hard to name another figure whose sunny persona was so at odds with her stormy life.
I spoke with Doris Day in April 2012 after TCM, Turner Classic Movies, released a DVD box set of four of her films and a double CD of her recordings. We first broadcast this interview one day before Day's 88th birthday. Here's our broadcast from 2012.
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Post by moon on May 16, 2019 21:14:08 GMT -5
I think she hated doing that tv show but reluctantly did it as well as several movies she didn't care for out of loyalty to her employer whom she felt was doing things in her best interest. She did the TV show because her husband and manager (not a good combo!) Marty Melchor stole and squandered the money she'd made over the years, and she was broke. The TV show restored her finances (somewhat), and she came to like doing it, even if it were more a means to an end at the start. Melchor also, as her manager, committed her to that string of (largely) lame sex comedies in the '60s (Where Were You When the Lights Went Out, Caprice, etc.) that she was contractually/legally obligated to make. She only discovered all of this perfidy upon Melchor's death. No wonder she quit making movies!
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Post by moon on May 16, 2019 21:15:27 GMT -5
I think she hated doing that tv show but reluctantly did it as well as several movies she didn't care for out of loyalty to her employer whom she felt was doing things in her best interest. She did the TV show because her husband and manager (not a good combo!) Marty Melchor stole and squandered the money she'd made over the years, and she was broke. The TV show restored her finances (somewhat), and she came to like doing it, even if it were more a means to an end at the start. Melchor also, as her manager, committed her to that string of (largely) lame sex comedies in the '60s (Where Were You When the Lights Went Out, Caprice, etc.) that she was contractually/legally obligated to make. She only discovered all of this perfidy upon Melchor's death. No wonder she quit making movies!
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Post by moon on May 16, 2019 21:17:51 GMT -5
My mom used to talk about how Marty Melchor ripped her off financially. She had a nickname for him “farty belcher”. Just saying!,,
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Post by the Scribe on May 17, 2019 4:53:28 GMT -5
My mom used to talk about how Marty Melchor ripped her off financially. She had a nickname for him “farty belcher”. Just saying!,, One of her contemporaries had a similar "difficult" marital history. Rosemary Clooney. Two great talents now gone but not forgotten.
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