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Birthday girl <b>DORIS DAY</b>, 90, has more than a few secrets. WHAT ARE THEY?
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Birthday girl DORIS DAY, 90, has more than a few secrets. WHAT ARE THEY?
Doris’s real name is Doris Mary Ann Von Kapplehoff.
Big band leader Barney Rapp convinced Doris to change her last name, reputedly after the song 'Day After Day' which she sang with his band.
Reportedly, Doris never liked the name change, thinking it made her sound too much like a burlesque queen! That’ll be the day...
Doris actually wanted to be a professional dancer. She partnered with Jerry Doherty in the mid-1930s Her dance dreams were shattered after she crushed her leg in a car accident in 1937 at age 13.
Doris’s her first hit in 1945 was a singer for the Les Brown band with the song 'Sentimental Journey'.