Secret Love: 1951-1955 [Box set, Import]

Doris Day | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 4, 1995)
• Original Release Date: 1995
• Number of Discs: 5
• Format: Box set, Import
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B0000282TH
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,522 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #95 in Music > Imports > Broadway & Vocalists
  • #99 in Music > Indie Music > Jazz > Vocal Jazz

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. It's So Laughable

2. Something Wonderful

3. We Kiss in a Shadow

4. Very Good Advice

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. I'll See You in My Dreams

2. I Wish I Had a Girl

3. Ain't We Got Fun?

4. Nobody's Sweetheart

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Mister Tap Toe

2. Ma Says, Pa Says

3. A Full Time Job

4. Beautiful Music to Love By

See all 29 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Love You Dearly [From "Lucky Me"]

2. Lost in Loveliness

3. I Speak to the Stars

4. What Every Girl Should Know

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Disc: 5

1. It All Depends on You

2. You Made Me Love You

3. Stay on the Right Side, Sister

4. Mean to Me

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

(5-CD LP-sized box-set with 100-page hardcover book) From a series of 4 boxed sets, this set picks up where It's Magic: 1947-1950 left off. This deluxe edition includes all of Doris's Columbia recordings from 1951 until 1955. Once again, the emphasis is on the classic voice and the terrific songs, which include A Guy Is A Guy, The Deadwood Stage, Sugarbush (with Frankie Laine), Candy Lips (with Johnnie Ray), When I Fall In Love, and, of course, Secret Love. Doris's other duet partners include Danny Thomas, Guy Mitchell, Donald O'Connor, and Howard Keel. She's singing with small groups, large groups...she's singing pop songs, movie songs...and much more. This set also includes a 100-page LP-sized hardcover book.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Days of Doris, April 12, 2000

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[e-mail] (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secret Love (Audio CD)

This CD set includes most of the songs from the movies Doris made in the early 50's. There are great numbers from "On Moonlight Bay", "I'll See You In My Dreams", "By The Light Of The Silvery Moon", "Calamity Jane", "April In Paris" and "Love Me Or Leave Me". Perfect for fans like me who know and love Doris best from seeing her in these films.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some of the Greatest American music......but so expensive?, January 25, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Secret Love: 1951-1955 (Audio CD)

This set contains many of the very best of Doris Day's 'film star' period -- late 1940s early-to-mid 1950s -- plus contemporary studio recordings -- several of which were with singers such as Johnny Ray. Why has it taken so long to come up with many of these masterpieces on CD??
I bought (and still have) many of these on 78s in the 1950s and thought -- as a young boy -- that Doris Day was absolutely wonderful and about as good a singer as you could get. I still hold that view, having listened more recently, and believe that when the historical balances finally settle she will be rated right up there with the very best -- Sinatra, Fitzgerald, etc. Her timing, her breath control, her sparkle, and her sheer loveliness ensure that. Maybe she fell from the media's eye because she was apolitical and, as she said, she enjoyed being a girl!! How un-PC!
Question remains: why is this box so ridiculouly expensive ...You can get the best 4-CD sets of the greatest jazz stars such as Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins for less ... What is up here?? Is Doris included????

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1951-1955, October 8, 2007

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Jim Z "music aficionado" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Secret Love: 1951-1955 (Audio CD)

Bear Family's box covering the recordings of Doris Day from 51-55. Along with the other 3 boxes in the series, you will be able to spend well over 24 hours with records of this angelic voice. Enjoy it once , and I'll bet you play it again in less than a week !