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Doris Day started her career as a featured vocalist with the big bands of Bob Crosby and Les Brown and became a regular on radio's ''Your Hit Parade''. Day topped the chart in 1948 with "Love Somebody" and "It's Magic". "My Darling, My Darling" was a top ten that same year, with "Again" peaking at #2 in 1949. "Bewitched" reached the top ten in 1950 and the following year, as did "Shanghai".
Doris Day started her career as a featured vocalist with the big bands of Bob Crosby and Les Brown and became a regular on radio's ''Your Hit Parade''. Day topped the chart in 1948 with "Love Somebody" and "It's Magic". "My Darling, My Darling" was a top ten that same year, with "Again" peaking at #2 in 1949. "Bewitched" reached the top ten in 1950 and the following year, as did "Shanghai".
Another muti-million-selling single, "A Guy is A Guy", was #1 in 1952, and Day teamed up with Frankie Laine for a top ten hit, "Sugerbush", that same year. "Secret Love" topped the Hit Parade in 1954 and stayed on the best-seller chart for 22 weeks straight. It was followed with a top five hit, "If I Give My Heart To You".
Another multi-million-selling single, "A Guy is A Guy", was #1 in 1952, and Day teamed up with Frankie Laine for a top ten hit, "Sugerbush", that same year. "Secret Love" topped the Hit Parade in 1954 and stayed on the best-seller chart for 22 weeks straight. It was followed with a top five hit, "If I Give My Heart To You".
Even with the birth of rock 'n' roll in 1955, Doris Day hit with the ballad, "I'll Never Stop Loving You", taken from her film ''Love Me Or Leave Me''. Another film, ''The Man Who Knew Too Much'', spawned Day's "Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)", which peaked at #2 in 1956. Her "Everybody Loves A Lover" was top ten in 1958.
Even with the birth of rock 'n' roll in 1955, Doris Day hit with the ballad, "I'll Never Stop Loving You", taken from her film ''Love Me Or Leave Me''. Another film, ''The Man Who Knew Too Much'', spawned Day's "Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)", which peaked at #2 in 1956. Her "Everybody Loves A Lover" was top ten in 1958.
Today Doris Day lives quietly near Carmel, [[California]], where she is an animal welfare advocate.
Today Doris Day lives quietly near Carmel, [[California]], where she is an animal welfare advocate.
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