ABSTRACT
American popular singer and actress, born Doris Kappelhoff in Cincinnati. As a child she performed as a dancer, but turned to singing after a leg injury. During the 1940s she became a band vocalist and Hollywood actress, beginning with Les Brown’s orchestra in 1940-1941 and 1943-1945. With Brown she recorded her greatest single, “Sentimental Journey” (Columbia 36769; 1944). She then was wooed by Hollywood, where she became a major film star through the 1950s. She had a dozen chart singles in the 1950s, notably “Que será, será” (Columbia 40704; 1956). Day took the role of Ruth Etting in the 1955 motion picture Love Me or Leave Me (soundtrack record Columbia CL-710). She was a star on television in the 1960s and 1970s, and had many successful nonsinging roles in films.
