[78-L] Doris Day

[Mark Bardenwerper]

On 9/13/2011 3:51, Milan P Milovanovic wrote:
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> Margaret Whiting, Peggy Lee, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn, and others are
> all fine
> by me.
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> -HA
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> Two jazz divas I can't stand: Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn.
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> On the other hand I like Billie Holiday, Maxine Sullivan, Ivie Anderson,
> Chris Connor and June Christy (especially when not with Kenton).
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> As for "pure" singing I like Jo Stafford the most: she was so talented even
> when singing that awful repertoire Mitch Miller used to deliver to her.
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> And, if you are in doubt: she was capable of changing the melody as seamless
> as best jazz singers always did:
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6raAdR-1s0o
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsU7dGT2Ixs
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNMV4gAF0b8
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They were all so good, I just put a stack on and let the speak for 
themselves.

But getting back to Day (and most any singer of any time), the missing 
word is "to". Right when she was going into her solo stride, her 
audience was at home from the war making babies and growing lawns. And 
watching Lucy and Mary Tyler Moore. She sang to my mom. She sang to me. 
Mom could be heard in the kitchen singing those songs. So what did she 
sing? First of all, "Kay Said Ah".
Sappy? Childish? Well, I suppose. But she was singing to us, her audience.
Who else was doing this? No one less than Frank. "High Hopes"!
What they were doing is singing to US.
It's incredible the amount of fame Day built from that song. So can one 
blame her for doing more than a few sequels?
My all time favorite and still moves my heart is "Secret Love".

There, Doris, you old virgin!

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