DORIS DAY

She was one of the most popular stars of the 1960s, credit to her work in both music and film. Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff or mostly known as Dori Day, started as a big band singer, reaching commercial success with her classic tunes My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time and Sentimental Journey. She would later start her solo career, recording over 650 songs between 1947 and 1967. Doris also had a successful run as an actress and holds the distinction for being one of only eight performers to have been a top box-office earner four different times.

At the age of 15, Doris got into a car accident that fractured her right leg and hindered her from being a professional dancer. While recovering, her mother saw tremendous potential in Doris’s singing. With the help of her voice teacher, she became one of the greatest singers of her generation. Doris passed away back in 2019 at the age of 97, and as her request, no funeral services or other public memorials happened.