THE SINGLE RECORDS BY DORIS DAY THAT HIT THE TOP 100 ON CHARTS, ON JUKEBOXES, ON THE RADIO, IN SHEET MUSIC SALES AND ON DJ LISTS

In her recording career, Doris recorded over 600 songs. Add to that the songs she did as "Vocal Chorus by Doris Day" with the Les Brown Band, and you can add another hundred or so. Couple that with the many songs she sang on radio, TV shows and during concerts that were never released as singles, and we can add another 200 or more. With over 100 songs available, it is a feat when we have a hundred of them which made the top 100 singles.  (The albums are another story and on the  Studio Albums page).          

* DENOTES MAJOR HIT/GOLD RECORD/MAJOR JUKEBOX HIT OR MORE
   (SONGS ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)                       
         
 **The numbers do not reflect how long various songs remained on the jukeboxes, where some remained (in some cases) for years! "Secret Love", "Que,Sera, Sera" and "If I Give My Heart To You" are still on some jukeboxes today!

+ NOTE: MOST SONGS AVAILABLE TO VIEW AND LISTEN TO ON YOUTUBE
        ( just click on the song title....IN SOME CASES, AN AUDIO FILE IS PROVIDED)

TITLE      

YEAR RELEASED     

PEAK POSITION ON  CHARTS (COMBINED SOURCES)

# OF WEEKS THE RECORD WAS LISTED ON TOP 100 CHARTS
(NOT BELOW THE TOP 100)

"A BUSHEL AND A PECK"       

1950                                                               

16

8

"A FULL TIME JOB"  (WITH JOHNNIE RAY)     

1952

20       

7

"A GUY IS A GUY" *                                                                                                                                                                                                   

1952     

1  

22

"A LITTLE KISS GOODNIGHT                                        (WITH GUY MITCHELL)                                                                                                                                    

1952  

20      

4

"A PERFECT UNDERSTANDING"                                                                                                                                                                            

1964

100 

2

"A PURPLE COW"     *                                                                                                                                                                                    

1953  

25          

3

"A VERY PRECIOUS LOVE" *       
(OSCAR NOMINEE)

1958 

16(UK)

11

"AGAIN" *                                                       

1949 

2       

20

"ANYONE CAN FALL IN LOVE"     

1954

27

2

"ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS"   

1960

50 

7

"AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU'RE YOU" * (WITH LES BROWN) 

1945

10

4

"BABY DOLL"

1952

34

7

"BEWITCHED" *

1950

(9-BILLBOARD 1-CASHBOX)

21

"BLACK HILLS OF DAKOTA"

1954

7(UK)

8

"BLUE BIRD ON YOUR WINDOWSILL"

1949

19

2

"CANADIAN CAPERS" *

1949

15 

10

"CANDY LIPS" (WITH JOHNNY RAY) *

1953

17

13

"CHOO CHOO TRAIN"

1953

20

2

COME TO BABY DO" * (WITH LES BROWN)

1945

11

3

"CONFESS" * (WITH BUDDY CLARK)

1948

16

12

"CROCODILE TEARS" (WITH HER COUNTRY COUSINS)

1949

25

4

"DAY BY DAY" * (WITH LES BROWN)

1946

10

3

"DOMINO"

1951

21

4

"ENJOY YOURSELF (IT'S LATER THAN YOU THINK)" 

1950

24

3

"EVERYBODY LOVES A LOVER" *

1958

6

14

"EVERYWHERE YOU GO"

1949

22

3

"FOOLISHLY YOURS"

1955

25

8

"GAME OF BROKEN HEARTS" (WITH HER COUNTRY COUSINS)

1950

26

8

"GENTLY, JOHNNY" (WITH GUY MITCHELL)

1952

31

6

"HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS"

1954

39 

1

"HOOP-DEE-DOO" *

1950

4

22

"HOW LOVELY COOKS THE MEAT" (WITH FRANKIE LAINE)

1952

32

2

"I DIDN'T SLIP/I WASN'T PUSHED/I FELL" *

1950

15

14

"I DREAM OF YOU" (WITH LES BROWN)

1945

50

4

"IF I GIVE MY HEART TO YOU" *

1954

1 

24

"IF I WERE A BELL"  *

1951

45

5 (#1 JUKEBOX HIT)

"I GOT THE SUN IN THE MORNING" * (WITH LES BROWN) 

1946

10

5

"I SAID MY PAJAMAS"

1950

21

6

"I SPEAK TO THE STARS" *

1954

16 

12

"I'LL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU" * (OSCAR NOMINEE)

1955

13

22

"I'M MAKING BELIEVE" (WITH LES BROWN)

1945

48

6

"IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU" (WITH LES BROWN)

1944

40

7

"IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING" (WITH LES BROWN)

1945

47

4

"IT'S A GREAT FEELING" * (OSCAR NOMINEE)

1949

25

5

"IT'S A LOVELY DAY TODAY"

1951

30

1

"IT'S MAGIC" * (OSCAR NOMINEE) 

1948

1

21

"JULIE" * (OSCAR NOMINEE)

1956

40

10

"JUST IMAGINE"  

1947

55

7 (Single recording of song from GOOD NEWS/jukebox fave)

"KISS ME AGAIN, STRANGER"

1953

30

1

"LET IT RING"

1956

51

7

"LET'S TAKE AN OLD FASHIONED WALK" * (WITH FRANK SINATRA)

1949

17

6

"LET'S WALK THAT'AWAY" (WITH JOHNNY RAY)

1953

31

5

"LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY" (WITH LES BROWN)

1944

46

5

"LOST IN LOVELINESS"

1954

25

10

"LOVE IN A HOME"

1956

79

4

"LOVE ME IN THE DAYTIME"

1959

100

2

"LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME"

1955

20

2 (TITLE SONG/TOP ALBUM OF 55)

"LOVE SOMEBODY" * (WITH BUDDY CLARK)

1948

1

24 (1ST MILLION SELLER)

"LOVER, COME BACK"

1962

98

3

"LULLABY OF BROADWAY" * (WITH HARRY JAMES)

1951

22

5

"MA SAYS, PA SAYS" * (WITH JOHNNY RAY)

1952

23

7

"MISTER TAP TOE" *

1953

10

14

"MOVE OVER DARLING" *

1963

8(UK) 

16 (REVIVED IN 87 IN UK)

"MY DARLING, MY DARLING" * (WITH BUDDY CLARK)

1948

7

13

"MY DREAMS ARE GETTING BETTER" * (WITH LES BROWN)

1945

1

16

"MY LIFE'S DESIRE"

1951

23

4

"MY LOVE AND DEVOTION" *

1952

10(UK)

5

"NO TWO PEOPLE" * (WITH DONALD O'CONNOR)

1953

25

3

"(WHERE ARE YOU) NOW THAT I NEED YOU" *

1949

20

7

"OOH BANG, JIGGLY JANG"

1955

83 

6

"OOPS"  (See below list for audio file)

1952

48

2

"OH WHAT IT SEEMED TO BE" (WITH LES BROWN)

1946

47

7

"PAPA, WON'T YOU DANCE WITH ME" *

1947

21

11

"PILLOW TALK"

1959

54

7

"PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES"

1960

100

3

"POWDER YOUR FACE W/SUNSHINE" (WITH BUDDY CLARK)

1949

16

15

"PUT 'EM IN A BOX/TIE 'EM W/ A RIBBON"

1948

27

5 (#1 JUKEBOX HIT)

"QUE, SERA, SERA" * (OSCAR WINNER)

1956

1

29  GRAMMY HALL OF FAME

"QUICKSILVER" * (WITH HER COUNTRY COUSINS)

1950

20

3

"READY, WILLING AND ABLE" *

1954

7(UK)

9

"RICKETY, RACKETY RENDEVOUS"

1957

23(CAN)

5

"SECRET LOVE" *

1954

1

29 (MULTI PLATINUM /OSCAR WINNER) HALL OF FAME

"SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY" * (WITH LES BROWN)

1945

1

29 GRAMMY HALL OF FAME

"SHANGHAI" *

1952

7

17 (#1 JUKEBOX HIT)

"SOMEONE ELSE'S ROSES"

1954

32

5

"SOONER OR LATER" * (WITH LES BROWN)

1946

8

5

"SUGARBUSH"* (WITH FRANKIE LAINE)

1952

7

14  (#1 JUKEBOX HIT)

"SWINGIN' ON A STAR" (WITH LES BROWN & BUTCH STONE)

1944

40

6

"TAIN'T ME" * (WITH LES BROWN) 

1945

10

3

"TEACHER'S PET"

1958

36

12

"TELL ME"

1951

26

7

"THAT'S FOR ME" (WITH LES BROWN)

1945

45

5

"THE CHERRIES"

1952

39

3

"THE CHRISTMAS SONG" * (WITH LES BROWN)

1947

12

5 (PERENNIAL)

"THE PARTY'S OVER"

1956

63

11

"THE RIVER SEINE"

1949

37

4

"THE SOUND OF MUSIC" *

1959

70

11 (GRAMMY NOMINEE/BEST FEMALE VOCAL)

"THE WHOLE WORLD IS SINGING MY SONG" * (W/LES BROWN)

1946

2

13

"THOUGHTLESS" (WITH THE MODERNAIRES)

1948

24

2

"TILL THE END OF TIME" * (WITH LES BROWN)

1945

3

19

"TILL WE MEET AGAIN"

1951

35

1

"TUNNEL OF LOVE"

1958

43

6

"TWELVE O'CLOCK TONIGHT"

1957

68

6

"WHEN I FALL IN LOVE"

1952

20

5

"WHEN THE RED RED ROBIN, COMES BOB BOB BOBBIN"*

1953

29

8

"WOULD I LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU" * (W/HARRY JAMES)

1951

10

10

"YOU WON'T BE SATISFIED" * (WITH LES BROWN)

1946

2 

15

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VIEWING THE LIST OF TOP SINGLES, ONE MIGHT WONDER WHY THERE ARE SO FEW SONGS LISTED AS #1. SOURCES VARY, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, DORIS HAD ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 12 #1 SONGS BUT MANY IN THE TOP 10. NOT SO WITH ALBUMS, WHICH IS ANOTHER STORY. THERE WAS A REASON WHY DORIS WAS THE THE MOST POPULAR FEMALE ALBUM SELLER OF THE 1950'S.  (Check our Studio Albums page)