Doris's major impact on the world of musical entertainment began when she started singing with Les Brown and his Band of Renown, in 1940. Les and the orchestra members treated her like a favorite sister, and for 6 years (on and off), she became the most famous (and the best paid) big band singer in the world, between times off to get married.
On another of our musical pages for Doris, you can see all the songs by her and Les which hit the Top of the Hit Parade (see Doris's Top 100 Hit Single Records). But this page is devoted to those little known songs by this winning combination. Some were recorded and rarely heard. Some were sung over the radio or in person and taped but never released. It is high time the world had access to these wonderful performances, and they are also important when looking at this fabulous singer historically.
On another of our musical pages for Doris, you can see all the songs by her and Les which hit the Top of the Hit Parade (see Doris's Top 100 Hit Single Records). But this page is devoted to those little known songs by this winning combination. Some were recorded and rarely heard. Some were sung over the radio or in person and taped but never released. It is high time the world had access to these wonderful performances, and they are also important when looking at this fabulous singer historically.
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Click on the audio players below to hear some other live performances by Doris and Les from the mid 40's.
"Love, Love, Love"; "There's No You"; "Don't You Know I Care"
"He's Home For A Little While"; "It's A Crying Shame"; "There I Go"; "Growing Pains"
Below are the songs by Doris and Les that cracked the top 100. Click on the song title below to hear them.
Title of Song
ALL THROUGH THE DAY
AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU'RE YOU COME TO BABY DO DAY BY DAY I DREAM OF YOU I GOT THE SUN IN THE MORNING I'M MAKING BELIEVE IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY MY DREAMS ARE GETTING BETTER OH WHAT IT SEEMED TO BE SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY SOONER OR LATER SWINGIN' ON A STAR TAIN'T ME THAT'S FOR ME THE CHRISTMAS SONG THE WHOLE WORLD IS SINGING MY SONG TILL THE END OF TIME YOU WON'T BE SATISFIED |
Peak Position
45
10 11 10 50 10 48 40 47 46 1 47 1 8 40 10 45 12 2 3 2 |
Weeks Charted
10
4 3 3 4 5 6 7 4 5 16 7 29 5 6 3 5 5 13 19 15 |
Here's another gem found on YouTube. This is a demo of Doris Day singing "Old Mr. Moon" written by drummer Dick Shanahan and recorded in the late 1940's, on a day off, while Doris and Dick were on the road with Les Brown and His Band of Renown.
