The day that Doris Day

sang to Tom Moore

Happy 90^th birthday, Doris

BJ newsroom retiree Tom Moore has memories of seeing and hearing singer Doris Day, who observed her 90th birthday today.

Doris in 1957, Tom in 2014

Posts Tom:

"When i went into the Air Force, the morning after we arrived, we were taken to the amphitheater and saw Doris along with Bob Hope--1949."

Doris Day -- born in Cincinnati as Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff to music teacher William Kappelhoff and wife Alma Sophia Welz Kappelhoff -- began her career as a big-band singer in 1939. She rocketed to fame in 1945 with her rendition of "Sentimental Journey." I hear Doris Day songs on my XM satellite radio daily. With 31 Doris Day albums, there's plenty to choose from. 

Doris was in 39 movies, through 1968, often co-starring with the late Rock Hudson, including "Pillow Talk," which brought her an Oscar nomination.  

Doris has been a powerful, public advocate for animal rights since 1971. Her husbands were Al Jorden (1941-43), George Weidler (1947-49), Martin Melcher (1951-68) and Barry Comden (1976-81).

She lives in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.

Tom keeps busy working on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad that goes from Akron to Peninsula and points beyond in the summer.

In October he heads south to Fort Myers, Florida to print a daily newspaper for the participants in former BJ sports editor Tom Giffen's Roy Hobbs Baseball World Series for older players, which isn't far from its Silver Anniversary year.

Tom and wife Dot have four children:

Tom's son, also named Tom, who with wife Sabrina Naylor are the parents of Amanda Jean. Son Tom deals in pallets and junk.

Amy Moore, Tom and Dot's youngest daughter.

Caroline Jean Moore Krack, their oldest daughter, who lives in Minnesota and retired as a teacher's aide.

Katherine Ann Moore, who lives in Cuyahoga Falls, after retiring from the Environmental Protection Agency after 34 years with the government.

All of Tom and Dot's daughters were copygirls at the BJ in their younger days.