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Doris Day - Virgin Territory

Doris Day has often been dismissed as an actress and overlooked as a singer, despite career highs such as Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk. Covering her early years as a band singer, and her troubled private life, this documentary re-evaluates one of the screen's most enduring legends.

59 minutes

Last on

Mon 27 Dec 2021 12:55

Music Played

  • Doris Day

    Autumn Leaves

    Conductor: Buddy Cole.
  • Benny Goodman and His Orchestra

    Breakin' in a New Pair of Shoes

  • Doris Day

    By the Light of the Silvery Moon 

  • Doris Day

    Everybody Loves My Baby

  • Carlo Maria Cordio

    High Anxiety

  • Doris Day

    Hold Me In Your Arms

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    I'll Chase the Blues Away

  • Doris Day

    I'm Beginning to See the Light

    Conductor: The Harry Zimmerman.
  • Doris Day

    I'm Not At All in Love

    Orchestra: The Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra.
  • Doris Day

    It's Magic

  • Doris Day

    Just One of Those Things

  • Frank Devol Orchestra

    Keep Smilin', Keep Laughin'

  • Doris Day & Les Brown

    Let's Be Buddies

  • Doris Day

    Love Me or Leave Me

    Conductor: Buddy Cole.
  • Doris Day

    Make Someone Happy

  • Doris Day

    Mood Indigo

  • Doris Day

    Move Over Darling

  • The Byrds

    Mr. Tambourine Man

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Mrs. Robinson

  • Les Brown & His Orchestra

    My Dreams are Getting Better All the Time

  • Doris Day

    Once I Had a Secret Love

  • Doris Day

    Pillow Talk

    Conductor: Jack Marshall.
  • Doris Day

    Que Sera Sera

  • Doris Day

    Ready and Willing and Able

    Orchestra: Buddy Cole and His Orchestra.
  • Doris Day

    Sentimental Journey

  • Doris Day

    Ten cents per Dance

  • Doris Day & Paul Weston

    The Lamp is Low

  • Doris Day & Les Brown and His Orchestra

    The Last Time I Saw You

  • The Byrds

    Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)

  • Doris Day & Les Brown and His Orchestra

    While the Music Plays On

  • Matthews’ Southern Comfort

    Woodstock

  • Doris Day

    You Can't Have Everything

  • Frank Sinatra

    Young at Heart

  • Barry Manilow, Bing Crosby, Bobby Caldwell, Connie Francis

    Young At Heart

  • Doris Day

    You Can't Have Everything

  • Doris Day

    Move Over Darling

  • Doris Day

    Ten Cents A Dance

  • The Byrds

    Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)

Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator Michael Brandon
Director Karen Whiteside
Producer Gethin Scourfield
Producer Karen Whiteside
Participant James Garner
Participant Richard Carpenter
Participant Terence Davies
Participant Don Pippin

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