Karen Oberlin - Secret Love: Music of Dori

From the liner notes by James Gavin (author of Deep in a Dream: the Long Night of Chet Baker, published by Knopf): Most people think of Doris Day as a Hollywood girl-next-door who sang in her films. Posterity hasn't quite placed her where she belongs: among a handful of truly great singers - Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Rosemary Clooney - who made lyrics sound so personal and true that you forgot you were hearing a so-called 'performance.' James Cagney, Day's co-star in Love me or Leave Me, summed up her gifts: 'The touchstone is simplicity, the simple line of performance, directly to you, uncluttered.' In her best and worst films, in 'The Comb and Paper Polka' or in the Rodgers & Hart score of the movie Jumbo, Day's utter genuineness never fails to touch the heart. So it is in Karen Oberlin's jazz-inspired salute to Day. For the last few years, Karen has charmed cabaret and theater audience in and out of New York, her hometown. Were this 1945 - the year that Day brought Les Brown's orchestra to it's peak of glory with her vocal on 'Sentimental Journey' - swing bandleaders would be vying for Karen's services. But we're lucky to have her here now: a singer who, like Day delivers each song with warmth, honesty, and no frills; who radiates positive energy; and who makes you feel she's by your side, singing in your ear.

1) Close Your Eyes
2) Que Sera Sera
3) Nobody's Heart
4) While the Music Plays on
5) Yes
6) Secret Love
7) I'll Never Stop Loving You
8) I'll See You in My Dreams
9) Tulip or Turnip
10) It's Magic
11) I'd Rather Be with You
12) The Night We Called It a Day
13) I Got Lost in His Arms
14) Sentimental Journey
15) Little Girl Blue
16) Put 'Em in a Box Tie 'Em with a Ribbon
17) How Are Things in Glocca Morra?
18) We'll Be Together Again