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This discount-priced two-fer combines two up-tempo Doris Day albums from the late '50s and early '60s. The discs were not released sequentially; 1959's Cuttin' Capers was followed by two 1960 releases, What Every Girl Should Know and Show Time, before Bright and Shiny appeared in 1961. But the two albums share a sprightly tone. The theme of Bright and Shiny is happy songs -- "I Want to Be Happy," "Happy Talk" -- while Cuttin' Capers is even more frolicsome. There are songs that were newly written at the time, such as the scene-setting "Cuttin' Capers," which leads things off, and "Twinkle and Shine," the title song from Day's reissued 1961 film (the first time around in 1959 it had been called It Happened to Jane), which closed the disc, but for the most part the songs are drawn from the Great American Songbook, dating back to the mid-'20s for tunes like "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" and "I Want to Be Happy" (both songs Day had sung in films in the '50s) and as recent as the late '40s for "Steppin' out With My Baby" from the 1948 film Easter Parade and "Happy Talk" from the 1949 musical South Pacific. The material and the arrangements are well chosen for a singer who was better at conveying contentment than turmoil. Of course, Day was always on an even keel, and though she gamely joins in on the celebration like the professional she is, she never gets deliriously happy. Like the screen persona she was developing at the same time in her comedies with Rock Hudson, she is friendly and even sexy, but wholesome and down to earth. These albums were not big sellers in their initial releases, but they hold up well 40-plus years later.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Phil Stephans, Bass - Alton Hendrickson, Guitar - male quartet, Performer - Robert McGarity, Trombone - John Cyr, Drums - John Rarig, Conductor - R. Blane, Arranger - Arnold Ross, Piano - Donald Bonnee, Clarinet - H. Warren, Arranger - Male Quartet, Performer - Unknown, Producer - Ted Nash, Saxophone - Doris Day, Vocal - Doris Day, Performer
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Frank DeVol, Conductor - Irving Berlin, Composer - Irving Berlin, Lyricist - Orchestra, Performer - Doris Day, Performer
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Frank DeVol, Conductor - Walter Donaldson, Composer - Orchestra, Performer - Doris Day, Performer - Gus Kahn, Lyricist
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Frank DeVol, Conductor - Burton Lane, Composer - Burton Lane, Lyricist - Frank Loesser, Composer - Frank Loesser, Lyricist - Orchestra, Performer - Doris Day, Performer
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Frank DeVol, Conductor - Charles Newman, Composer - Charles Newman, Lyricist - Allie Wrubel, Composer - Allie Wrubel, Lyricist - Orchestra, Performer - Doris Day, Performer
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Frank DeVol, Conductor - Harold Arlen, Composer - E.Y. Harburg, Lyricist - Ira Gershwin, Lyricist - Orchestra, Performer - Doris Day, Performer
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Frank DeVol, Conductor - Joe Young, Lyricist - Ray Henderson, Composer - Orchestra, Performer - Doris Day, Performer - Sam M. Lewis, Lyricist
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Frank DeVol, Conductor - William Jerome, Lyricist - Larry Shay, Composer - Orchestra, Performer - Doris Day, Performer - Charles Tobias, Lyricist
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Frank DeVol, Conductor - Al Hofman, Composer - Orchestra, Performer - Doris Day, Performer - Al Goodhart, Composer - Arthur Freed, Lyricist
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Frank DeVol, Conductor - Harry Woods, Composer - Harry Woods, Lyricist - Orchestra, Performer - Doris Day, Performer - Charles Tobias, Composer - Charles Tobias, Lyricist - Al Sherman, Composer - Al Sherman, Lyricist
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Frank DeVol, Conductor - Mack Gordon, Lyricist - Orchestra, Performer - Doris Day, Performer - Harry Revel, Composer
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Frank DeVol, Conductor - Cole Porter, Composer - Cole Porter, Lyricist - Orchestra, Performer - Doris Day, Performer
Originally released 1959. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
D. Sherman, Composer - Neal Hefti, Conductor - neal hefti orchestra, Performer - Doris Day, Performer - B. Sherman, Composer
Originally released 1961. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Doris Day With Neal Hefti & His Orchestra, Performer - Neal Hefti, Conductor - Vincent Youmans, Composer - Irving Caesar, Lyricist - neal hefti orchestra, Performer
Originally released 1961. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Doris Day With Neal Hefti & His Orchestra, Performer - Neal Hefti, Conductor - Louis C. Singer, Composer - Louis C. Singer, Lyricist - neal hefti orchestra, Performer
Originally released 1961. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Doris Day With Neal Hefti & His Orchestra, Performer - Neal Hefti, Conductor - neal hefti orchestra, Performer - Nacio Herb Brown, Composer - Arthur Freed, Lyricist
Originally released 1961. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Doris Day With Neal Hefti & His Orchestra, Performer - Neal Hefti, Conductor - neal hefti orchestra, Performer - A. Prince, Composer - A. Prince, Lyricist
Originally released 1961. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Doris Day With Neal Hefti & His Orchestra, Performer - Neal Hefti, Conductor - neal hefti orchestra, Performer - Oscar Hammerstein II, Lyricist - Richard Rodgers, Composer
Originally released 1961. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Doris Day With Neal Hefti & His Orchestra, Performer - Neal Hefti, Conductor - Adolph Green, Lyricist - Betty Comden, Lyricist - neal hefti orchestra, Performer - Jule Styne, Composer
Originally released 1961. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Doris Day With Neal Hefti & His Orchestra, Performer - Neal Hefti, Conductor - neal hefti orchestra, Performer - Cole Porter, Composer - Cole Porter, Lyricist
Originally released 1961. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jimmy McHugh, Composer - Doris Day With Neal Hefti & His Orchestra, Performer - Neal Hefti, Conductor - Dorothy Fields, Lyricist - neal hefti orchestra, Performer
Originally released 1961. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Doris Day With Neal Hefti & His Orchestra, Performer - Neal Hefti, Conductor - George Gershwin, Composer - neal hefti orchestra, Performer - Ira Gershwin, Lyricist
Originally released 1961. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Bob Hilliard, Lyricist - Doris Day With Neal Hefti & His Orchestra, Performer - Neal Hefti, Conductor - neal hefti orchestra, Performer - Jule Styne, Composer
Originally released 1961. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
William D. Dunham, Composer - William D. Dunham, Lyricist - Doris Day With Neal Hefti & His Orchestra, Performer - Neal Hefti, Conductor - neal hefti orchestra, Performer
Originally released 1961. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
This discount-priced two-fer combines two up-tempo Doris Day albums from the late '50s and early '60s. The discs were not released sequentially; 1959's Cuttin' Capers was followed by two 1960 releases, What Every Girl Should Know and Show Time, before Bright and Shiny appeared in 1961. But the two albums share a sprightly tone. The theme of Bright and Shiny is happy songs -- "I Want to Be Happy," "Happy Talk" -- while Cuttin' Capers is even more frolicsome. There are songs that were newly written at the time, such as the scene-setting "Cuttin' Capers," which leads things off, and "Twinkle and Shine," the title song from Day's reissued 1961 film (the first time around in 1959 it had been called It Happened to Jane), which closed the disc, but for the most part the songs are drawn from the Great American Songbook, dating back to the mid-'20s for tunes like "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" and "I Want to Be Happy" (both songs Day had sung in films in the '50s) and as recent as the late '40s for "Steppin' out With My Baby" from the 1948 film Easter Parade and "Happy Talk" from the 1949 musical South Pacific. The material and the arrangements are well chosen for a singer who was better at conveying contentment than turmoil. Of course, Day was always on an even keel, and though she gamely joins in on the celebration like the professional she is, she never gets deliriously happy. Like the screen persona she was developing at the same time in her comedies with Rock Hudson, she is friendly and even sexy, but wholesome and down to earth. These albums were not big sellers in their initial releases, but they hold up well 40-plus years later.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:42
- Main artists: Doris Day
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Pop/Rock International Pop
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
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