Archive for April, 2010

RARE Lucille Ball radio show featuring Doris Day to be included on “Here’s Lucy: Season 3″ DVD

RARE Lucille Ball radio show featuring Doris Day to be included on “Here’s Lucy: Season 3″ DVD

April 23, 2010 2 Comments

The home entertainment company MPI Home Video which produced and distributed Doris Day’s TV shows and other rarities on DVD format has now unearthed a 1965 radio interview of Doris on Lucille Ball’s “Let’s Talk To Lucy” show. This audio gem will be released on the 15 June 2010 as a bonus feature to the ...

An interview with the singer Nellie McKay

An interview with the singer Nellie McKay

April 23, 2010 No Comments

Nellie McKay’s “Normal As Blueberry Pie – A Tribute To Doris Day” album is available now. We want to wish Nellie a very Happy Birthday for today (13th April). Below are some questions which we’d love you to answer please for the ‘Discovering Doris’ website: How did you first discover Doris Day and what did she ...

We share a piece of Blueberry Pie with the adorable Nellie McKay

We share a piece of Blueberry Pie with the adorable Nellie McKay

April 23, 2010 No Comments

Nellie McKay’s “Normal As Blueberry Pie (A Tribute to Doris Day)” album is a ‘Top 5′ smash on America’s Billboard Jazz chart. One of the big surprise hits of 2009 was “Normal As Blueberry Pie”; a tribute album to the music of Doris Day; lovingly crafted by the British born American singer-songwriter Nellie McKay. For those ...

Professional jazz and DVD critic Gary Giddins home alone with some classic cinema

Professional jazz and DVD critic Gary Giddins home alone with some classic cinema

April 21, 2010 No Comments

This paperback book from long time jazz critic for the Village Voice Gary Giddins offers a collection of essays on Hollywood’s iconic films, their stars and the filmmakers  such as Lubitsch, Hawks, Hitchcock & Welles. The book notably features a great story on Michael Curtiz’s discovery of his new star Doris Day. Warning Shadows: Home ...

Sony Music Australia release a new 3CD Doris Day set “Hits, Hollywood & Broadway”

Sony Music Australia release a new 3CD Doris Day set “Hits, Hollywood & Broadway”

April 15, 2010 No Comments

In April 2010, Sony BMG Australia released a new budget Doris Day CD set of music which she originally recorded and released for the Columbia label. The set which we are now in possession of is entitled “Hits, Hollywood & Broadway”. The 3-discs come in a standard slimline case (usually associated with a single CD ...

Doris Day calls in live on her local radio station during their annual “birthday” tribute

April 4, 2010 1 Comment

Doris Day for a 4th consecutive year phoned in for a telephone chat with her local radio station. Doris Day’s local radio station KIDD 630-AM (formerly known as MAGIC 63 AM) broadcasts to the Monterey Bay Area of California. The station recently changed its name and format from Adult Standards to Oldies and now to ...

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Rock legend Bruce Johnston recalls his buddy Terry Melcher & working on songs from Doris Day’s latest album “My Heart”

We feel immensely privileged to be able to bring to you now an interview with Rock legend Bruce Johnston...

Multi-Platinum selling Producer Ted Carfrae talks about producing on Doris Day’s latest album “My Heart” and gives a track-by-track appraisal!

Over the last 30 years, Ted Carfrae has been a prominent name on the UK and USA music scene...

Mattel’s Director of Marketing Liz Grampp talks to this site about their new Barbie Collector gift set celebrating Doris Day & Rock Hudson’s “Pillow Talk”

Mattel released on the 16 June 2011 their Barbie Collector “Pillow Talk” gift set which features Ken and Barbie...

NYC photographer Michael Williams talks about his lifelong love of dolls and what he thought of Mattel’s NEW Barbie “Doris & Rock” giftset!

  The New York City photographer and graphic designer Michael Williams was the first to snap Mattel’s ‘Barbie’ doll homage to Doris...