The 1960s Singles

Doris Day

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The 1960s Singles Review

by John Bush

Just like Elvis Presley over at RCA, Doris Day's work for Columbia during the early and mid-'60s benefited from crack producers, the best session players in the business, and one of the purest, most distinctive vocalists of the century. Unfortunately, none of those positives made much of a difference when both singers were confronted with material of the poorest quality. This Collectables compilation focuses on Day's pop-slanted work of the '60s, and though she never reached the Top 40 after 1958, the songs will have a similarly curious attraction for a limited number of fans who appreciate great singers even when they're not singing great material. Unsurprisingly, Day's singles of the '60s are happy, breezy, universal-appeal stuff, filled with handclaps, vocal choruses, shuffling percussion, and accentuated brass -- all engineered and produced to the highest standards. Many of them were used as movie titles ("Please Don't Eat the Daisies," "Send Me No Flowers"). The earliest work (with Frank Devol) is the best here, and it slips slightly with a switch to Mort Garson in 1964. (During 1963-1964, though, she also recorded four interesting girl group fusions with Jack Nitzsche, known best for arranging most of Phil Spector's hits.) The 1960s Singles may be intriguing for the historically curious and those who appreciate a great vocalist, but it definitely has a limited appeal.

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Any Way the Wind Blows By Dunham / Joe Hooven	Doris Day feat: Frank DeVol & His Orchestra	02:21	Spotify Amazon
2	Please Don't Eat the Daisies Joe Lubin	Doris Day	02:23	Spotify Amazon
3	Here We Go Again Joe Seneca	Doris Day	02:35	Spotify Amazon
4	The Blue Train Jim Harbert / Paul Manning	Doris Day	02:46	Spotify Amazon
5	A Perfect Understanding Milton Drake / Fred Spielman	Doris Day feat: Frank DeVol & His Orchestra	02:34	Spotify Amazon
6	What Does a Woman Do Maxwell Anderson / Allie Wrubel	Doris Day	03:02	Spotify Amazon
7	Daffa Down Dilly Charlene Harbert / Jim Harbert	Doris Day	01:44	Spotify Amazon
8	Should I Surrender William Landau / Adam Ross	Doris Day	02:40	Spotify Amazon
9	Who Knows What Might Have Been? Betty Comden / Adolph Green / Jule Styne	Doris Day	02:36	Spotify Amazon
10	Lover Come Back Frank DeVol / Alan Spilton	Doris Day feat: Frank DeVol & His Orchestra	02:17	Spotify Amazon
11	Falling Bruce Johnston / Don Wyatt	Doris Day	02:15	Spotify Amazon
12	Move Over Darling Hal Kanter / Joe Lubin / Terry Melcher	Doris Day	02:39	Spotify Amazon
13	Twinkle Lullaby Joe Lubin	Doris Day	01:50	Spotify Amazon
14	Send Me No Flowers Burt Bacharach / Hal David	Doris Day	02:13	Spotify Amazon
15	Rainbow's End John Junkin / Denise King	Doris Day	02:35	Spotify Amazon
16	Catch the Bouquet Hans Peter Haller / Fred Spielman	Doris Day	02:40	Spotify Amazon
17	Another Go Around Noël Regney / Gloria Shayne	Doris Day	02:30	Spotify Amazon
18	Do Not Disturb Mark Barkan / Ben Raleigh	Doris Day	02:07	Spotify Amazon
19	Au Revoir Is Goodbye With a Smile Mort Garson / Bob Hilliard	Doris Day	01:58	Spotify Amazon
20	There They Are Donald Borzage / Paul Francis Webster / Carter Wright	Doris Day	03:08	Spotify Amazon
21	Every Now and Then (You Come Around) Richard Ahlert / Eddie Snyder	Doris Day	02:12	Spotify Amazon
22	Glass Bottom Boat Mark Barkan / Joe Lubin / Ben Raleigh	Doris Day	02:40	Spotify Amazon
23	Sorry Gene DePaul / Johnny Mercer	Doris Day	02:23	Spotify Amazon
24	Caprice Larry Marks	Doris Day	02:33	Spotify Amazon
25	Let the Little Girl Limbo Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil	Doris Day	02:57	Spotify Amazon
26	Oo-Wee Baby Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil	Doris Day	02:18	Spotify Amazon

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The 1960s Singles Review

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