Day By Day / Day By Night

Doris Day | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 14, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B0000507ZL
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,410 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Song Is You

2. Hello, My Lover, Goodbye

3. But Not for Me

4. I Remember You

5. I Hadn't Anyone Till You

6. But Beautiful

7. Autumn Leaves

8. Don't Take Your Love from Me

9. There Will Never Be Another You

10. Gone with the Wind

11. The Gypsy in My Soul

12. Day by Day

13. I See Your Face Before Me

14. Close Your Eyes

15. The Night We Called It a Day

16. Dream a Little Dream of Me

17. Under a Blanket of Blue

18. You Do Something to Me

19. Stars Fell on Alabama

20. Moon Song

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Doris at her best, December 5, 2000

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Charles Middleton (Inchon, South Korea) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Day By Day / Day By Night (Audio CD)

When I was in high school, I used to go to Doris Day movies. Then in the 70's I watched Doris Day on TV. I always thought, "How cute! What fluff!" Then I turned 50, and I discovered Doris Day the singer. I never knew she was so talented, so capable of taking a song and making it completely magical! I bought this CD on a lark. I thought maybe it would make me feel like I was in high school again. It did so much more. It touched my heart! Someone said that Doris Day is the only singer that can sound like your mother and your girlfiend at the same time. Well, in this CD, she is difintely your girlfriend. She sings every song with a passion and expression that makes it a personal experience between you, the listener, and her. And Paul Weston's orchestrations are superb, the voice and the instruments compliment each other completely. BUY this CD. If you like Doris Day the actress and don't know Doris Day the singer, you will be completely enthralled. If you know Doris Day, the Big Band Singer, this will introduce you to Doris Day the "seductress." If you don't know Doris Day at all, too bad for you. This CD is an incredible bargain. Two of Miss Day's best albums for the price of one. Get some wine, listen to "But Not For Me,""I Remember You," or "But Beautiful" and let the warmth of the music flow over you. And "Dream a Little Dream of Me"? You thought it was a Mama Cass song? Not true. It's a Doris Day song. I can't recommend this CD too highly. I'm considering buying it for all my friends for Christmas 2000.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great twofer, December 27, 2002

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Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Day By Day / Day By Night (Audio CD)

This great twofer from Columbia comprises Doris Day's two albums 'Day By Day' and 'Day By Night', regarded by many of Day's contemporaries (and fans) as some of her best work.

'Day By Day' includes such timeless numbers as "Autumn Leaves", "The Song is You", "But Not For Me", "The Gypsy in My Soul" and "There Will Never Be Another You". Doris Day's gorgeous velvet-tinged voice never fails to move me, which very few singers can do.

In the 'Day By Night' set, we have such numbers as "The Night We Called it a Day", "Dream a Little Dream of Me", "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" and "You Do Something to Me". Top stuff.

Doris Day is one of the greatest of all female vocalists, and this excellent twofer is a must for all Doris Day fans.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Doris in love - 24 very romantic song - sensational !!!!, September 29, 2002

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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: Day By Day / Day By Night (Audio CD)

Doris is my favorite singer of her generation and one of my all-time favorite singers. She has demonstrated an ability to do many different types of song, although this collection focuses exclusively on romantic love songs. Doris lives and breathes every song, convincing you that she means every word. The effect is heightened by the sympathetic backing from Paul Weston's orchestra. Paul had plenty of experience, especially on the recordings of his wife, Jo Stafford (another brilliant and versatile singer of the era).

The 24 songs that make up this twofer are among the best romantic songs from the era of the Great American Songbook, including songs written by Gershwin, Kern, Mercer, Van Heusen, Cahn and Porter. Some of the songs will be recognised even by people unfamiliar with the era, including I remember you (originally written in the forties, it was a British #1 hit for Australian singer Frank Ifield in the sixties) and Autumn leaves (originally a French song titled Les Feuilles Mortes), both of which have been covered by countless singers down the years.

Dream a little dream of me, originally from the thirties, only really started to pick up in popularity when Doris recorded her version in 1957. It was a hit for the Shirelles a couple of years or so later, but it is the Mama Cass hit version from the late sixties that is most famous today. Great though these versions are, I love the Doris version best of all.

When I bought the British version of this twofer some years ago (same tracks, same order, different packaging), it was easily the best album of slow, seductive love songs I had then come across. Since then, I have bought - and enjoyed - music by Peggy Lee, Polly Bergen, Julie London, June Christy and Gogi Grant among others, but this twofer is as good as any of their albums, many of which are outstanding. Only Jeri Southern (who specialised in this type of song and lacked Doris' versatility) at her very best could improve on this - and not by very much.

So, here are two of Doris Day's greatest albums on one CD, which make this (or it's equivalent British version) an essential purchase for any fan of the great ladies of the fifties, or of the Great American Songbook generally.