Day, Doris

Doris's first singing break came when she was only 16. Barney Rapp , a Cincinnati bandleader, hired her as the vocalist for his group and changed her stage name to “Day.” It was during this time that she met her first husband, trombonist Al Jorden . After six years with Rapp, Day joined Bob Crosby's small band, the Bob Cats . However, the band's musical style, referred to as dixieland or, more correctly, traditional jazz, was not suited to...