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Doris Day & Harry James - Young Man with a Horn

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Doris Day & Harry James
Album Title
Young Man with a Horn
Release Date
1954 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
The 1950 film Young Man With a Horn proved to be a pivotal point in Doris Day's career, as it represented her first major screen dramatic role. The soundtrack gave her an opportunity to return to big-band music, this time with Harry James leading the band. Naturally, the tunes in the film leaned toward the familiar, but those standards -- "The Man I Love," "Get Happy," "I Only Have Eyes for You," "Too Marvelous for Words," among others -- provided an excellent showcase for Day's appealing voice, along with James' forceful solos. Read More
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