The Formative Years (2000)

About this title: The Doris Day of the early 1940s is not the stereotype that persists today. Her transition from swing band vocalist to pop vocalist and then film icon effectively left her early jazz work relegated to the periphery of her stardom. This is a shame since her early singing career draws comparisons to such luminaries as Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. The three best collections of this early material include the double album Complete Doris Day With Les Brown, the six-CD box set It's Magic, and this two-CD set. The buyer investigating Day's early music will find the 145-track large set to be ... read more

Tracks:

1. Aren't You Glad You're You [Burke/VanHeusen]
2. Barbara Allen [Traditional]
3. Made up My Mind [Evans/Mann]
4. While the Music Plays On [Fein/Heim/Mills]
5. Dig It [Borne/Mercer]
6. My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time [Curtis/Mizzy]
7. He's Home for a Little While [Goellner/Shapiro]
8. 'Tain't Me [Davis/Palmer]
9. A Red Kiss on a Blue Letter [Evans/Genger/Lang]
10. I'll Always Be With You [Goetschius/Osser]
11. He'll Have to Cross the Atlantic (To Get to the Pacific) [Cahn/Styne]
12. The Last Time I Saw You [Goetschius/Osser]
13. Come to Baby, Do! [Miller/James]
14. We'll Be Together Again [Fischer/Laine]
15. Sentimental Journey [Brown/Green/Homer]
16. You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) [James/Stock]
17. Day by Day [Cahn/Stordahl/Westo]
18. In the Moon Mist [Lawrence]
19. (Oh Yes) There's Good Blues Tonight [Osser/Osser]
20. My Number One Dream Come True [Brown/Green]
21. I Got the Sun in the Morning [Berlin]
22. Sooner or Later [Gilbert/Wolcott]
23. The Whole World Is Singing My Song [Curtis/Mizzy]
24. You Should Have Told Me [Berlin/Evans/Osser]
25. It's Magic [Styne/Cahn]
26. My Young and Foolish Heart [Lewis/Murray/Tobias]
27. Just an Old Love of Mine [Barbour/Lee]
28. It Takes Time [Korb]
29. I'm Still Sitting Under the Apple Tree [Cahn/Chaplin]
30. Pete [Grey]
31. A Chocolate Sundae on a Saturday Night [David/Frisch/Wise]
32. Why Should We Both Be Lonely? [Loeb/Lombardo]
33. Tell Me, Dream Face (Tulip or Turnip) [George/Ellington]
34. Just Imagine [DeSylva/Brown/Hende]
35. Say Something Nice About Me Baby [Stept]
36. Pretty Baby [Jackson/Kahn/VanAls]
37. Papa, Won't You Dance With Me? [Styne/Cahn]
38. Imagination [Burke/VanHeusen]
39. That's the Way He Does It [James/Pepper]
40. Love Somebody [Kramer/Whitney]
41. I've Only Myself to Blame [Evans/Mann]
42. Put 'Em in a Box, Tie 'Em With a Ribbon (And Throw 'Em in the Deep ...) [Styne/Cahn]
43. Thoughtless [Kaye/Lampl]
44. It's a Quiet Town (In Crossbone County) [Hillard/Sigman]
45. Confess [Benjamin/Weiss]
46. It's the Sentimental Thing to Do [Fisher/Alfred]
47. I'm in Love [Cahn/Styne]
48. It's You or No One [Styne/Cahn]
49. I'll String Along With You [Dubin/Warren]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.