Doris Day was born Doris Kappelhof, in Cincinnatti Ohio on 3rd April 1922. Her fatehr was a music teacher, and she took up dancing at an early age, performing locally until an accident which injured her legs curtailed that career path, at which point she took up singing. She joined local bandleader Barney Rapp in 1939, and then others until joining Les Brown's Band Of Renown during WWII, with whom she had her first hit "Sentimental Journey" in 1945, which became something of an anthem for troops returning from the war. Her popularity and profile as a big band and radio artist led to her being offered her first film role after she had sung at a aprty in LA given by songwriter Jules Styne, who was working with Sammy Cahn on "Romance On The High Seas" - Betty Hutton had to drop out as she was pregnant, and Styne recommended her for the role. A string of other light romantic movies roles followed, many providing her with hit songs, with her appearance in 1953's "Calamity Jane" giving her the Academy Award winning "Secret Love", another Sammy Cahn song, this time with Paul Francis Webster. Three years later Alfred Hitchcock's "The Man Who Knew Too Much" gave her what effectively became her signature tune "Que Sera Sera". Her star waned somewhat as rock 'n' roll ariived and styles changed, although the early 60s saw a succession of successful romantic comedies, notably in 1964 "Move Over Darling", which was sufficiently removed from her previous material to be banned by the BBC. She was honoured by the entertainment industry many times for her contribution to movies and music, and was a tireless campaigner for animal welfare for many years. Acrobat has on catalogue a 2-CD collection of her classic hits from the 40s and 50s, and two more recent and substantial singles collections - for details click here.