Editing Doris Day (section)

===Early career (1938–1947)===
[[File:Doris Day and Bob Crosby (1940).png|thumb|upright|Day and [[Bob Crosby]] (1940)]]
While recovering from her car accident, Day sang along with the radio and discovered her singing talent. She later said: "During this long, boring period, I used to while away a lot of time listening to the radio, sometimes singing along with the likes of [[Benny Goodman]], [[Duke Ellington]], [[Tommy Dorsey]], and [[Glenn Miller]]. But the one radio voice I listened to above others belonged to [[Ella Fitzgerald]]. There was a quality to her voice that fascinated me, and I'd sing along with her, trying to catch the subtle ways she shaded her voice, the casual yet clean way she sang the words."

Day's mother Alma arranged for Doris to receive singing lessons from Grace Raine.{{Sfn|Hotchner|1975|p=38}} After three lessons, Raine told Alma that Day had "tremendous potential" and gave her three lessons per week for the price of one. Years later, Day said that Raine had a greater effect on her singing style and career than had anyone else.{{Sfn|Hotchner|1975|pp=38–39}}
[[File:Doris Day, Aquarium, gottlieb.01841.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Day at the Aquarium Jazz Club, New York (1946)]]

During the eight months when she was receiving singing lessons, Day secured her first professional jobs as a vocalist on the [[WLW]] radio program ''Carlin's Carnival'' and in a local restaurant, Charlie Yee's Shanghai Inn.{{Sfn|Hotchner|1975|pp=40–41}} During her radio performances, she first caught the attention of [[Barney Rapp]], who was seeking a female vocalist and asked her to audition for the job. According to Rapp, he had auditioned about 200 other singers.{{Sfn|Hotchner|1975|p=44}}

In 1939, Rapp suggested the stage name Doris Day<ref>{{cite news|title=Doris Day's sweet success| url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3569113.stm|work=[[BBC News]] |access-date= August 10, 2013|date=April 3, 2004}}</ref> because the Kappelhoff surname was too long for [[Marquee (sign)|marquees]] and he admired her rendition of the song "Day After Day".{{Sfn|Kaufman|2008|p=22}} After working with Rapp, Day worked with bandleaders Jimmy James,<ref>{{cite news|title=To Entertain at Convention Here |url= https://newspaperarchive.com/anonymous-celebrity-clipping-apr-17-1940-241851| access-date=April 3, 2017|work=[[The Lima News]]|date=April 17, 1940|page=11}} {{free access}}</ref> [[Bob Crosby]]<ref name="Sutro2011">{{cite book| last= Sutro| first=Dirk|title=Jazz For Dummies| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=tqkRibY3RHoC&pg=PA112|access-date=August 8, 2013|year=2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-06852-6|page=112}}</ref> and [[Les Brown (bandleader)|Les Brown]].<ref name="Family2009">{{cite book|author=The Guinan Family |title= Lakewood Park |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=zh0zVcyDFxUC&pg=PA72 |access-date= August 8, 2013|date=October 2009| publisher= Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-6578-1|page=72}}</ref> In 1941, Day appeared as a singer in three [[Soundies]] with the Les Brown band.<ref name="TerenzioMacGillivray1991">{{cite book|last1=Terenzio|first1=Maurice|last2=MacGillivray|first2=Scott|last3=Okuda|first3=Ted|title=The Soundies Distributing Corporation of America: a history and filmography of their "jukebox" musical films of the 1940s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aH5ZAAAAMAAJ|access-date=August 9, 2013|date=1991|publisher=McFarland & Co.|isbn=978-0-89950-578-7|pages=33–35}}</ref>

While working with Brown, Day recorded her first hit recording, "[[Sentimental Journey (song)|Sentimental Journey]]", released in early 1945 and which went to #1 on the Billboard. It soon became an anthem for [[World War II]] servicemen.<ref name=pc1b>{{Pop Chronicles 40s|1|B}}</ref><ref name="Santopietro2008">{{cite book| last=Santopietro|first=Tom|title=Considering Doris Day| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=oXw9voJackQC&pg=PA22|access-date=August 8, 2013|year=2008|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-1-4299-3751-1|page=22}}</ref> The song continues to be associated with Day, and she rerecorded it on several occasions, including a version for her 1971 television special.{{Sfn|Braun|2004|p=26|ps=: "It is not surprising&nbsp;... that she took so readily to Christian Science in her later life"}} During 1945–46, Day (as vocalist with the Les Brown Band) had six other top ten hits on the [[Billboard charts|''Billboard'' chart]]: "[[My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time]]", {{"'}}Tain't Me", "[[Till the End of Time (Buddy Kaye and Ted Mossman song)|Till the End of Time]]", "[[You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)]]", "The Whole World Is Singing My Song" and [[I Got the Sun in the Mornin'|"I Got the Sun in the Mornin{{'"}}]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954|year=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc.|location=Wisconsin|isbn=978-0-89820-083-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/63 63]|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/63}}</ref> Les Brown said, "As a singer Doris belongs in the company of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra."<ref name="nytimes" >{{cite web|first=Aljean|last= Harmetz| date= May 13, 2019| title=Doris Day, Movie Star Who Charmed America, Dies at 97| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/obituaries/doris-day-death.html| work= [[The New York Times]]| access-date= April 2, 2022 }}</ref>