References to Doris Day in songs
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Grease
Reunion “Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)“1974
Mungo Jerry,
Peter Peter Paul and Paul and Mary Mary Dr. John the nightly tripper, Doris Day and Jack the Ripper
Gotta go Sir, gotta swelter, Leon Russell, Gimme Shelter
Wham “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”
You take the gray skies out of my way / You make the sun shine brighter than Doris Day…”
Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire,”.
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray,
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio”
Super Furry Animals “Shoot Doris Day”
Beatles “La De Da.” Take a Ringo-istic(!) sentiment, Ringo on drums, Paul on backing vocals (and a cast of thousands), a very Beatle-esque Mark Hudson production (imagine what he might have done with “FAAB”), and you have an upbeat bit of Ringo whimsy that actually commanded a little airplay when it was released on “Vertical Man” in 1998. Any song with the lyric, “Just like Doris Day said, che sera” is A-okay
Ted Herold “Bill Haley” references Bill Haley, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, and Perry Como
Urban Tale ”Doris Day”
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howard green
August 25th, 2006 at 11:45 am
Here are a few additions to your song listing:
In the Broadway show, “Bells Are Ringing,” there is a song entitled “Drop That Name.” It’s about phony cocktail parties where everyone is dropping every big name they can think of, “Danny Kaye, and Doris Day and Pasternak.”
In the show “Hairspray” there is a song entitled “Without Love.” According to the lyric, life without love makes about as much sense as Doris Day singing at the Apollo. (A well known Harlem, New York theatre where many black entertainers have gotten their early career start.
The Beatles song “Dig It” makes reference to Doris Day, amongst others.
Elton John and George Michael duet on a song entitled “Wrap Her Up.” They sing of the many female entertainers they would like to wrap up and take home.
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Edward Correll
April 27th, 2010 at 12:12 am
A Scandinavian rock group called Urban Tales has written an entire song about her:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5291574485496117405&pr=goog-sl#
“…Doris Day, please laugh away our troubled skies…”
Beautiful!
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webmaster
April 30th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
Thanks Edward,
I heard the song and I like it…
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