Obviously, I've always known that it was a cover(given the fact that Sly sang it from a female perspective).

But I didn't know that it was Doris Day out of everybody its truly genius how he turned that song around and made it his own.

OK Harley, I know we're practically the SAME age but how did you NOT know of the Doris Day original?!

I thought everyone knew that.

Timmy84 said:

OK Harley, I know we're practically the SAME age but how did you NOT know of the Doris Day original?!

I thought everyone knew that.

Me too.

No disrespect intended but i don't think a lot of people on the org

be checking for Doris Day standards.

I'm surprised Clive Davis didn't push Whitney to remake this.

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phunkdaddy said:

No disrespect intended but i don't think a lot of people on the org

be checking for Doris Day standards.

noimageatall said:

Timmy84 said:

OK Harley, I know we're practically the SAME age but how did you NOT know of the Doris Day original?!

I thought everyone knew that.

Me too.

Geeeeeeeeeeet over it you two

phunkdaddy said:

No disrespect intended but i don't think a lot of people on the org

be checking for Doris Day standards.

Couple of 100s of reasons that could be found in GD say you're wrong

I'm not a fan either, its just something I found interesting,,,,,slow day I know

Harlepolis said:

noimageatall said:

Me too.

Geeeeeeeeeeet over it you two

Harlepolis said:

phunkdaddy said:

No disrespect intended but i don't think a lot of people on the org

be checking for Doris Day standards.

Couple of 100s of reasons that could be found in GD say you're wrong

I'm not a fan either, its just something I found interesting,,,,,slow day I know

If you're referring to what i'm thinking, you could be right. I've been orgnoted

last week.

Harlepolis said:

noimageatall said:

Me too.

Geeeeeeeeeeet over it you two

I *only* know Doris Day's

Cinnie said:

I *only* know Doris Day's

Me too.

Who else hasn't seen Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much ?

What a shame!

but but but that's her signature tune

no offense, but it's a bit like saying I didn't know Take the A-Train was originally done by Duke Ellington or Purple Rain was originally done by Prince

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I just come back from lunch with my 71 year old mum and believe it or not she was humming "que sera".

I've told her about the coincidende and wether she knew whose song it is and she said, of course, it's Doris Day from "The Man Who Knew Too Much".

Sometimes she kills me.

Of course she would have literally killed me had she said it was Sly's tune

Mistadobalina said:

but but but that's her signature tune

no offense, but it's a bit like saying I didn't know Take the A-Train was originally done by Duke Ellington or Purple Rain was originally done by Prince

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THAT extreme, huh?

Harlepolis said:

Mistadobalina said:

but but but that's her signature tune

no offense, but it's a bit like saying I didn't know Take the A-Train was originally done by Duke Ellington or Purple Rain was originally done by Prince

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THAT extreme, huh?

yeah . . .

it's OK, you know now.

TD3 said:

Harlepolis said:

THAT extreme, huh?

yeah . . .

it's OK, you know now.

I wanna say I prefer Sly Stone's version, but I'm afraid I might get attacked my a mob led by you

Timmy84 said:

OK Harley, I know we're practically the SAME age but how did you NOT know of the Doris Day original?!

I thought everyone knew that.

Doris' is the ONLY version I think of when I hear that song in my head. Harley, Harley . . .

Harlepolis said:

TD3 said:

yeah . . .

it's OK, you know now.

I wanna say I prefer Sly Stone's version, but I'm afraid I might get attacked my a mob led by you

"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)",[1] first published in 1956, is a popular song which was written by the Jay Livingston and Ray Evans songwriting team.

The song was introduced in Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 film The Man Who Knew Too Much,[2] with Doris Day and James Stewart in the lead roles. Day's recording of the song for Columbia Records (catalog number 40704) was a hit in both the United States— where it made it to number two on the Billboard charts[3]—and the United Kingdom. From 1968 to 1973, it was the theme song for the situation comedy The Doris Day Show, becoming her signature song.

It reached the Billboard magazine charts in July 1956. The song received the 1956 Academy Award for Best Original Song with the alternative title "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)".[2] It was the third Oscar in this category for Livingston and Evans, who previously won in 1948 and 1950.

People, Jul. 9, 1973

"Whatever will be, will be./ The future's not ours to see." Que Sera, Sera, the 1956 platter, may sound a bit soupy and syncopated today. But when Rock Star Sly Stone, 29, of Sly and the Family Stone, heard the mother of Record Producer Terry Melcher sing it at her very own piano, he was turned on.

He even decided to include an updated gospel version in his latest album, Fresh.

Terry's mother is of course Doris Day, 49. How did the Bad Guy of Rock and the Golden Oldie hit it off so well? "I told her, 'Sit down, girl.' I showed off," Sly explained. "She liked that. Yeah, she's very aware. She's very wise. Only thing—she started talking about the Baptist church, and she shouldn't do that."

Etta James said they(Doris & Sly) had an affair at some point, but eventually he kicked her in the curb.

SCNDLS said:

Harlepolis said:

I wanna say I prefer Sly Stone's version, but I'm afraid I might get attacked my a mob led by you

instigator

If you like Sly's version of "Que Sera Sera" Harle, I' guess I can learn to deal with it; I'll bring this up in my next Sly Stone's - support group meeting.

Harlepolis said:

People, Jul. 9, 1973

"Whatever will be, will be./ The future's not ours to see." Que Sera, Sera, the 1956 platter, may sound a bit soupy and syncopated today. But when Rock Star Sly Stone, 29, of Sly and the Family Stone, heard the mother of Record Producer Terry Melcher sing it at her very own piano, he was turned on.

He even decided to include an updated gospel version in his latest album, Fresh.

Terry's mother is of course Doris Day, 49. How did the Bad Guy of Rock and the Golden Oldie hit it off so well? "I told her, 'Sit down, girl.' I showed off," Sly explained. "She liked that. Yeah, she's very aware. She's very wise. Only thing—she started talking about the Baptist church, and she shouldn't do that."

Etta James said they(Doris & Sly) had an affair at some point, but eventually he kicked her in the curb.

Sly hit America's Golden Girl???? Wasn't there a rumor back in the day she part black? Or was that Dinah Shore? Looks like Doris was down wit da swirl cuz she was also linked to a black baseball player, Maury Wills. But she apparently denied BOTH relationships.

Another interesting fact: Terry Melcher, Doris' son dated and lived with Candace Bergen in the 60s. He met Charles Manson through one of the Beach Boys. Charles wanted Terry to sign him but Terry wasn't interested which angered Charles. Terry and Candace moved outta the house Charles had visited and Roman Polanski and his wife, Sharon Tate moved in. A few months later, the Manson Family went to the house and killed all the people there. They were really looking for Terry and didn't know he had moved.

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SCNDLS said:

Harlepolis said:

People, Jul. 9, 1973

"Whatever will be, will be./ The future's not ours to see." Que Sera, Sera, the 1956 platter, may sound a bit soupy and syncopated today. But when Rock Star Sly Stone, 29, of Sly and the Family Stone, heard the mother of Record Producer Terry Melcher sing it at her very own piano, he was turned on.

He even decided to include an updated gospel version in his latest album, Fresh.

Terry's mother is of course Doris Day, 49. How did the Bad Guy of Rock and the Golden Oldie hit it off so well? "I told her, 'Sit down, girl.' I showed off," Sly explained. "She liked that. Yeah, she's very aware. She's very wise. Only thing—she started talking about the Baptist church, and she shouldn't do that."

Etta James said they(Doris & Sly) had an affair at some point, but eventually he kicked her in the curb.

Sly hit America's Golden Girl???? Wasn't there a rumor back in the day she part black? Or was that Dinah Shore? Looks like Doris was down wit da swirl cuz she was also linked to a black baseball player, Maury Wills. But she apparently denied BOTH relationships.

Another interesting fact: Terry Melcher, Doris' son dated and lived with Candace Bergen in the 60s. He met Charles Manson through one of the Beach Boys. Charles wanted Terry to sign him but Terry wasn't interested which angered Charles. Terry and Candace moved outta the house Charles had visited and Roman Polanski and his wife, Sharon Tate moved in. A few months later, the Manson Family went to the house and killed all the people there. They were really looking for Terry and didn't know he had moved.

It was Dinah Shore . . . don't you start any fresh rumors.

American Golden Girl, stilll waters ran deep.

TD3 said:

SCNDLS said:

Sly hit America's Golden Girl???? Wasn't there a rumor back in the day she part black? Or was that Dinah Shore? Looks like Doris was down wit da swirl cuz she was also linked to a black baseball player, Maury Wills. But she apparently denied BOTH relationships.

Another interesting fact: Terry Melcher, Doris' son dated and lived with Candace Bergen in the 60s. He met Charles Manson through one of the Beach Boys. Charles wanted Terry to sign him but Terry wasn't interested which angered Charles. Terry and Candace moved outta the house Charles had visited and Roman Polanski and his wife, Sharon Tate moved in. A few months later, the Manson Family went to the house and killed all the people there. They were really looking for Terry and didn't know he had moved.

It was Dinah Shore . . . don't you start any fresh rumors.

American Golden Girl, stilll waters ran deep.

And you KNOW that's how shit get started.

I didn't know either until I saw "Heathers" for the first time a few years ago. (I know, I slept on this fun little movie for 20 some years.) The Doris Day version opens the movie and the Sly Stone version is used during the ending credits. I was kinda surprised, amused.

TheResistor said:

I didn't know either until I saw "Heathers" for the first time a few years ago. (I know, I slept on this fun little movie for 20 some years.) The Doris Day version opens the movie and the Sly Stone version is used during the ending credits. I was kinda surprised, amused.

That's how I got to hear them both too. I was like five hahaha

TD3 said:

SCNDLS said:

Sly hit America's Golden Girl???? Wasn't there a rumor back in the day she part black? Or was that Dinah Shore? Looks like Doris was down wit da swirl cuz she was also linked to a black baseball player, Maury Wills. But she apparently denied BOTH relationships.

Another interesting fact: Terry Melcher, Doris' son dated and lived with Candace Bergen in the 60s. He met Charles Manson through one of the Beach Boys. Charles wanted Terry to sign him but Terry wasn't interested which angered Charles. Terry and Candace moved outta the house Charles had visited and Roman Polanski and his wife, Sharon Tate moved in. A few months later, the Manson Family went to the house and killed all the people there. They were really looking for Terry and didn't know he had moved.

It was Dinah Shore . . . don't you start any fresh rumors.

American Golden Girl, stilll waters ran deep.

Didnt Carol Channing also admit couple of years ago that she was a part of black persuasion too?

And Doris Day didn't like it when somebody from Sly's crew leaked the news about their "thing". She denied it in one of her books.

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Harlepolis said:

TD3 said:

It was Dinah Shore . . . don't you start any fresh rumors.

American Golden Girl, stilll waters ran deep.

Didnt Carol Channing also admit couple of years ago that she was a part of black persuasion too?

And Doris Day didn't like it when somebody from Sly's crew leaked the news about their "thing". She denied it in one of her books.

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Yeah Carol admitted that her father was black I think... or at least was a mixed man of black and German descent.

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