25 Movie Greats [Import]

Doris Day | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 7, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Columbia Europe
• ASIN: B00008G9JH
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,041 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. It's Magic - From Romance On The High Seas

2. Move Over Darling - From Move Over Darling

3. Singin' In The Rain - From Singin' In The Rain

4. Secret Love - From Calamity Jane

5. Pretty Baby - From I'll See You In My Dreams

6. Whatever Will Be, Will Be - From The Man Who Knew Too Much

7. Anything You Can Do - From Annie Get Your Gun

8. The Very Thought Of You - From Young Man With A Horn

9. As Long As He Needs Me - From Oliver

10. The Party's Over - From Bells Are Ringing

11. Getting To Know You - From The King And I

12. The Sound Of Music - From The Sound Of Music

13. A Wonderful Guy - From South Pacific

14. When I Fall In Love - From Sleepless In Seattle

15. Lover Come Back - From Lover Come Back

16. High Hopes - From Antz

17. The Deadwood Stage - From Calamity Jane

18. I'm Not At All In Love - From The Pajama Game

19. The Tunnel Of Love (Take 1) - From The Tunnel Of Love

20. Pillow Talk - From Pillow Talk

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

DORIS DAY (born: Doris Mary Anne Von Kappelhoff - 3rd April 1924 - Cincinnati Ohio, USA) "Pop icon" and "movie legend" are probably fair descriptions of the American sweetheart who dominated much of the 1950s and ‘60s with her 39 feature films and 16 top40 singles in the UK alone. Who else could I mean but everyone’s favourite girl-next-door Doris Day. It was in 1946, after a successful run as a band singer, that Doris signed a solo record contract with music giant Columbia Records. This would herald the start of a very productive partnership which would see her capitalise on the popularity she had earned through her work with Les Brown’s band. Already having scored with him a huge million-seller Sentimental Journey (1945), her singing career continued to flourish over an intense 3 decades. This meant hundreds more beautiful Day recordings (some of which are exemplified here) with a variety of hit singles like It’s Magic (1948), Secret Love (1954), Que Sera Sera (! 1956) and Move Over Darling (1964), as well as countless studio albums which received critical and commercial acclaim.

If this wasn’t impressive enough, in 1947 a very young Doris Day also began her transition into motion pictures, initially signing to Warner Bros. A score of musical and dramatic roles followed, with her career reaching new heights as a result of a glowing performance alongside leading man Rock Hudson in romantic-comedy Pillow Talk (1959). For this role she was nominated at the Oscars for "Best Actress". Soon after Ms. Day had established herself as America’s #1 box-office attraction retaining this prestigious position with further releases such as Lover Come Back (1961) and That Touch of Mink (1962). During the late 1960s, Doris began slowly but surely taking a step back from Hollywood’s fast paced showbiz world. Leaving the big screen for a succession of hugely popular prime time television shows. By the mid 1970s, she was all but ready to leave the glitzy spotlight of Tinseltown for the serene comforts of Carmel-by-the-sea. Publishing her memoirs in her #1 best-seller Her! Own Story (1975) was her way to close one chapter in order to begin something just as exciting and rewarding. The now homely star focused her new found time and energy on a cause she had felt for many years very impassioned over. This was the provision of animal welfare for which over subsequent years she was instrumental in establishing animal charities like her current day organisations the Doris Day Animal Foundation and Doris Day Animal League. No matter whether the Doris Day of today [who fast approaches her landmark 80th birthday in 2004] ever chooses to return to the world of entertainment there is no denying her legacy of music and film will remain forever young in the hearts of the people who discover it.

Product Description

This UK collection brings together 25 magical movie tunes all digitally remastered from the vaults at Columbia. Prepare to be dazzled by America's leading lady of song with classic recordings from 1947 to 1964. Sony Music. 2003.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant compilation of movie songs, January 17, 2005

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 25 Movie Greats (Audio CD)

With the possible exception of Barbra Streisand, Doris was the most successful singer-actress of the twentieth century - and I'm referring to those who were equally regarded as both singers and actresses. This compilation features many songs from movies that Doris starred in, but it also includes songs from other movies that Doris recorded simply because she wanted to.

Although this is not a greatest hits package, it features several songs that became big hits for Doris including Move over darling (a UK top ten hit in the sixties), Whatever will be will be and Secret love (both UK number one hits) although Black hills of Dakota and I'll never stop loving you are among her hits that are missing despite their use in soundtracks.

Of the movies that Doris starred in, Calamity Jane is represented by Secret love and The deadwood stage. Other songs from her own movies included here are It's magic, Move over darling, Tunnel of love, Pillow talk, Teacher's pet and Whatever will be will be - but a lot of her own movie songs have been omitted to make way for covers of other movie songs including Let's face the music and dance, Three coins in the fountain, Singing in the rain, You'll never walk alone, The sound of music, White Christmas and High hopes.

It is worth noting that many of these songs are also available on another UK compilation, 41 Hollywood greats, which is also a collection of songs from the movies.

This is a magnificent collection but if you're looking for the definitive collection of Doris Day's songs from the movies she acted and sang in, this isn't it. Indeed, I'm not sure that such a collection has been released. Just enjoy this collection for what it is - a brilliant selection of movie songs generally.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!!, September 8, 2009

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Rachel Rinehimer "Rachel" (Allentown, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 25 Movie Greats (Audio CD)

I love this one!! Doris Day has a way of taking a song and making it her own, so that the listener never wants to hear anyone else sing it!!!

This CD contains a great mixture of songs---fun ("Anything You Can Do", "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles"); inspirational ("You'll Never Walk Alone"); love songs ("When I Fall in Love", "Secret Love"); a nice little Christmas number ("White Christmas"); and some of the greatest musical numbers ever written ("The Sound of Music", "It's Magic", "As Long as He Needs Me"); and that's just the beginning!

Twenty-five wonderful Doris Day recordings on one CD!! What could be better???

Doris Day just makes me smile :)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Missing some song titles, June 5, 2010

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Max Fabien (Illinois) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 25 Movie Greats (Audio CD)

As much as I like Doris Day's reditions of these songs, I wish this disc would've included more of her persoanl movie songs, such as "Send Me No Flowers" and "Do Not Disturb". I realize those songs are available on other cd's, but it would be nice to get them all on one disc. But "Que Sera Sera" and "Secret Love" are still gems. And "Move Over, Darling", which was written by her son, Terry Melcher, is my favorite.