Doris Day - Day Time on the Radio: Lost Radio Duets From the Doris Day Show (1952-1953) (2017) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. It's Magic-The Doris Day Show Radio Opening
02. A Wooin' We Will Go
03. The Love Nest
04. You're Just in Love
05. Ma Says, Pa Says
06. Dearie
07. If Life Were All Peaches & Cream
08. Red Hot Henry Brown
09. I Will Marry You
10. By the Light of the Silvery Moon
11. A Kiss Like This
12. Merrily Song
13. Take Me Out to the Ball Game
14. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
15. Tea for Two
16. We're in Love
17. My Darling, My Darling
18. Around the Corner
19. Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie
20. Little By Little
21. Something Sort of Grandish
22. You're My Peaches & Cream
23. Together
24. I'll Be Seeing You
25. Ma Says, Pa Says
26. I'm Gonna Mend My Fences
27. Cuddle Up a Little Closer / Till We Meet Again
28. Jingle Bells / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
29. Love to Be With You-The Doris Day Radio Show Closing
30. Till I Waltz Again With You
31. It's Magic
32. Love to Be With You

One couldn’t imagine a better opening number for the radio program The Doris Day Show than “It’s Magic,” for each week between March 1952 and May 1953, the versatile song stylist and beloved motion picture star cast a spell over listeners worldwide with an intimate gathering of famous friends filled with music and laughter. Over the course of five dozen broadcasts of The Doris Day Show—recorded in Hollywood in front of a live audience and happily preserved on 16-inch transcription discs—Doris joined her special guests at the piano for performances of songs she often had never commercially recorded. This is a largely unknown and scarcely documented facet of Doris’ career, and Day Time on the Radio brings to light no less than 32 rarities including 27 duets and five solo performances. Among her notable foils are frequent leading man Gordon MacRae, who starred in five pictures with Doris; here the two of them sing a total of four duets, highlighted by their medley of “Cuddle Up a Little Closer”/”Till We Meet Again.” Movie stars Kirk Douglas, George Murphy, Ronald Reagan (!), and Broderick Crawford all prove willing and able duet partners, while the more musically-inclined Tony Martin, Howard Keel, Smilin’ Jack Smith, and Frank Loesser lend their formidable talents to a mix of traditional and Broadway-inspired fare. Doris’ sparkling solo performance of “Till I Waltz Again with You” finishes Day Time on the Radio with a flourish before a couple of hidden bonus tracks: her renditions of the opening “It’s Magic” and closing “Love to Be with You” radio themes sans announcer. Joe Marchese’s detailed notes and rare photos round out what is a fantastic addition to the Doris Day discography, the first authorized release ever of her long-lost radio performances.

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