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"I am through everything. I always said I got like those round-bottomed circus dolls - you understand, those dolls you might drive down and they'd keep coming back up? I've always been like that. I've always said, 'No subject what happens, if I get pressed down, I'm going to come right back up.'" - Doris Day A whole lot of printer ink has been spilled within the lives of history's most important results, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees and shrubs? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, listeners can get caught up to accelerate on the lives of America's most significant women and men in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long neglected or never known. It's understandable that few people have a job spanning eight years, yet that claim to fame is occupied by the renowned Doris Day, who got her start in show business as a performer in a large group in 1939 and has not let up since. From there, Day went on to record dozens of albums and hundreds of songs, receiving a countless number of awards on the way to being one of the 20th century's most popular singers. One of those recognitions came only a few years before in 2011, when Day, by that time nearing 90 years old, released a fresh recording that charted ninth in the UK Top 40 Albums, making her the oldest performer ever get back distinction. Her musical profession would've been impressive enough, but Doris Day is just as well known today for her film profession, which wasn't so bad itself. Though her amount of time in Hollywood was much shorter in comparison to her music profession, she nevertheless were able to reach the very best for the reason that industry as well.
