Sentimental Journey : Celebrating Doris Day

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Pam Munter has always lived at the heart of show business, even when she was in another profession. Since leaving the practice of clinical psychology, she has hosted and produced her own arts show on television, appeared in a half dozen films and in many commercials and informercials. As a jazz and cabaret singer, she has toured the U.S. with her one-woman shows about Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. She has performed in most cities, including the Cinegrill in Hollywood and the Algonquin in New York. Her first CD was a tribute to Sinatra, "A Torch You Can't Lose."

Album Description
This 20-song CD is a loving tribute to 50s icon Doris Day, whose career spanned multiple genres and generations. Featured are songs from all these eras, including big band, movie musicals, standards, novelty tunes and pop.

Tracks:

Sentimental Journey
Everybody Loves A Lover
Love Me Or Leave Me
Sam, The Old Accordion Man
With A Song In My Heart
Shanghai
Pillow Talk
The Song Is You
When I Fall In Love/If I Give My Heart To You
Secret Love
Purple Cow
Canadian Capers
My Dream Is Yours
Teachers' Pet
Que Sera Sera
Someone Like You
Ten Cents A Dance
I'll Never Stop Loving You
Today Will Be Yesterday Tomorrow

Album Description

This 20-song CD is a loving tribute to 50s icon Doris Day, whose career spanned multiple genres and generations. Featured are songs from all these eras, including big band, movie musicals, standards, novelty tunes and pop.

Customer Reviews:

A Fine Tribute.......2006-02-21

I'd never heard of Pam Munter, but I've always liked Doris Day, so I thought I'd give this a try and I'm very happy I did. Munter's career switch (a former psychologist) is one of the oddest I've come across, but Pam is no slouch in the singing department. I'm sorry to hear though, that she has retired from performing. This is a loving tribute and its obvious from the liner notes that Doris means a great deal to her (she even won a look a like contest in her younger days). Munter's throaty voice sounds nothing like Day, nor does she try to mimic her singing style, but that's all to the good as one can enjoy this set if you love Doris, or if you just like good music. Most of the songs are sung with jazzy arrangements and Munter is not afraid to give a different interpretation than Day's originals. This is an eclectic mix. Songs very associated with Doris (oddly, no It's Magic though); and some that dont readily come to mind (Purple Cow and Sam, the Accordian Man), along with some movie songs that were never covered much by other artists. Munter even won me over on Love Me Or Leave Me, a song I've never liked even when Doris sang it. If you are a Doris fan, I highly recommend this and even if you're not, its quite enjoyable.

A nice example of a tribute CD that works.......2005-01-25

I've heard a number of tribute CDs, dedicated to singers whose peak years were the 1950s, recently. For one example, there was a tribute by Diana Krall to Nat King Cole, which was a nice collection that sounds great, because Diana Krall is a good singer herself and interpreted the songs well. On the other hand, Bette Midler did a very disappointing collection of Rosemary Clooney songs, which I've elsewhere reviewed, which sent me back to the originals. This one falls somewhere in between, but on the better side.

One thing that I think helps is that Pam Munter doesn't try to duplicate Doris Day's delivery or style, and since her voice is very different from Doris', this is wise. So the performances stand on their own to a large extent. Just as Doris Day (in "Love Me or Leave Me" and the songs therein) doesn't try to sound like Ruth Etting, Pam Munter does everything in her own way, and I think the songs sound better than if she'd tried to imitate Doris Day too closely.

I still prefer the originals, as any Doris Day fan would, but I honestly like these versions too, which is more than I can say for Bette Midler's remakes of Clooney's hits.

A lovely tribute to Doris Day.......2003-02-23

The first movie Pam ever saw was Romance on the high seas, and she immediately became a fan of Doris Day. She bought all the records and saw all the movies. On this album, Pam captures the essence of Doris Day's music in the nineteen tracks here.

Generally, Pam sings the songs straight, although she interprets a few of them differently. For example, The song is you is more upbeat, while Secret love is done Latin style, with shakers and congas added.

Elsewhere, you will find several familiar songs - Sentimental journey, Everybody loves a lover, Love me or leave me, Pillow talk, Teacher's pet, Que sera sera and I'll never stop loving you - as well as two Ruth Etting songs (Sam the old accordian man and Ten cents a dance) that Doris covered for the movie Love me or leave me, based on Ruth's life.

This is one of three Doris Day tribute albums that I own. All three are different. For example, Karen Oberlin's album has fewer obvious songs and her interpretation differs from Pam's, even when they sing the same songs. My third tribute, by Australian jazz singer Janet Seidel, is harder to find - I had to get my copy from Australia. Again, her versions are noticeably different from the other two.

Like the other two, this is a wonderful tribute to Doris Day, but if you haven't got any of the original music, you should buy some Doris Day CD's first.

A touch of Day, all thanks to Pam !.......2001-01-08

This CD includes some beautiful songs which Doris Day made famous during the 1940-50s. Pam interprets them with affection, keeping some arrangements true to the originals and giving others a new twist but sealing them all with her strong vocals & jazzy style. With pretty orchestration, this is a just retrospect on why Miss Day's legacy of song lives on. Pam's obvious adoration for Doris is felt from start to finish. A delight ! Even better I'd guess seeing her perform these live in cabaret !

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