My Heart (Doris Day album)

My Heart
Studio album by Doris Day
Released September 5, 2011 (2011-09-05)
Genre Traditional pop music, Vocal jazz
Length 43:59
Label Sony Music
Producer Ted Carfrae, Terry Melcher and Bruce Johnston
Doris Day chronology
The Love Album
(1994)		 My Heart
(2011)

My Heart is the 29th studio album by Doris Day, released on September 5, 2011.[1][2] On September 11, 2011 the album entered the UK chart at number nine, making Doris Day, at 87, the oldest artist to score a UK Top 10 with an album featuring new material. [3]

Eight of the songs are new releases, with three of them written by Day's son Terry Melcher, and Bruce Johnston. Many of the songs on this collection were recorded in the mid-eighties for her Doris Day's Best Friends television show. The songs were meant to be used as background music for segments featuring Doris and the animals. When the original recordings were recently retrieved, it seemed only right that her fans should hear these songs, newly remixed for superior sound quality. [4]

"My One and Only Love" was previously issued on Day's 1962 album with André Previn, Duet, "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" was previously issued on The Love Album (1994), "My Buddy" was previously issued on I'll See You in My Dreams (1951) and "Ohio" was issued first on 1960's Show Time.

The track "My Heart" was first heard in the 1993 PBS special "Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey". It played over the closing credits as Doris was seen walking with her grandson on the beach.

The US release includes an exclusive bonus track, "Stewball", a folk song about a racehorse. Doris selected this song personally for Stateside listeners. It is a duet with her late son, Terry Melcher. The cd also includes a song "Happy Endings" with an intro by Doris Day, but beautifully sung by Melcher.

Track listing

  1. "Hurry, It's Lovely Up Here" (Alan Jay Lerner, Burton Lane) 2:16
  2. "Daydream" (John Sebastian) 3:17
  3. "The Way I Dreamed It" (Johnston, Melcher) 3:26
  4. "Heaven Tonight" (Bruce Johnston) 3:23
  5. "My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) 3:39
  6. "My Heart" (Johnston, Melcher) 4:25
  7. "You Are So Beautiful" (Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher, Dennis Wilson) 2:24
  8. "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (Ray Henderson, Lew Brown) 2:55
  9. "Disney Girls" (Bruce Johnston) 4:32
  10. "Stewball" (in US release only) 4:08
  11. "My Buddy" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) 3:12
  12. "Happy Endings" (Johnston, Melcher) (intro by Doris Day, sung by Melcher) 4:26
  13. "Ohio" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Leonard Bernstein) 3:04

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/58642
  2. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/8703753/Doris-Day-releases-first-album-in-two-decades.html
  3. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14870590
  4. ^ CD album liner notes
Doris Day albums
You're My Thrill (1949) · Young Man with a Horn (1950) · Tea for Two (1950) · Lullaby of Broadway (1951) · On Moonlight Bay (1951) · I'll See You in My Dreams (1951) · By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953) · Calamity Jane (1953) · Young at Heart (1954) · Love Me or Leave Me (1955) · Day Dreams (1955) · Day by Day (1956) · The Pajama Game (1957) · Day by Night (1957) · Hooray for Hollywood (1958; 1959) · Cuttin' Capers (1959) · What Every Girl Should Know (1960) · Show Time (1960) · Bright and Shiny (1961) · I Have Dreamed (1961) · Duet (1962) · You'll Never Walk Alone (1962) · Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) · Annie Get Your Gun (1963) · Love Him (1963) · The Doris Day Christmas Album (1964) · With a Smile and a Song (1964) · Latin for Lovers (1965) · Doris Day's Sentimental Journey (1965) · The Love Album (1994) · My Heart (2011)