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(last names beginning with "D")

Index includes performers who currently appear on Cafe Songbook pages.

For performers with last names beginning with "D," scroll the table below. For others, click the appropriate letter(s): A \|\| B \|\| C \|\| E \|\| F \|\| G \|\| H \|\| I-J \|\| K \|\| L \|\| Ma - Mc \|\| Me-My N-O \|\| P-Q \|\| R \|\| Sa-Sim \|\| Sinatra \|\| Sk-Sy \|\| T \|\| U-V \|\| W \|\| X-Y-Z
Performer	Featured Album (or artist photo)	Performance(s) on Cafe Songbook (Click song title to visit Cafe Songbook page with performance on album and/or video.)
Albert Dailey (born June 16, 1939, Baltimore, Maryland US – June 26, 1984, Denver Colorado US, American jazz pianist)	Amazon	Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
Meredith D'Ambrosio (born 1941, Boston, Massachussetts	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Hit the Road to Dreamland I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan
Vic Damone (born Vito Rocco Farinola, June 12, 1928 (age 84) Brooklyn, New York)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Wait Till You See Her
Johnny Dankworth (born John Phillip William Dankworth, September 20, 1927 Woodford, Essex, England - died February 6, 2010 (age 82) -- jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer, husband of Cleo Laine)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Oh, Lady, Be Good!
Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto May 14, 1936, The Bronx, New York City - died December 20, 1973 (age 37) Los Angeles, California)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (with Randy Napoleon)
Ramona Davies (born March 11, 1909 − died December 14, 1972 -- 1930s cabaret singer and pianist often billed as Ramona and her Grand Piano)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan
Bette Davis (Born Ruth Elizabeth Davis April 5, 1908, Lowell, Massachusetts, US - died October 6, 1989 (age 81) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	They're Either Too Young or Too Old
Miles Davis (born Miles Dewey Davis III, May 26, 1926, Alton, Illinois, US - died September 28, 1991 (age 65), Santa Monica, California, US -- leader, composer, trumpeter)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Ain't Misbehavin' (as part of an octet accompanying Sarah Vaughan I Could Write a Book It Might As Well Be Spring (as part of a group accompanying Sarah Vaughan It's Magic (as part of a studio group accompanying Sarah Vaughan) It's Only a Paper Moon (with Sonny Rollins) The Man I Love My Funny Valentine (two versions) My Old Flame (with Sonny Rollins Wait Till You See Her (with Gil Evans arrangement) The Way You Look Tonight (with Coleman Hawkins)
Sammy Davis, Jr. (born Samuel George Davis, Jr. December 8, 1925, Harlem, New York City - died May 16, 1990 (age 64) Beverly Hills, California -- dancer, singer, actor, musician)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Alexander's Ragtime Band
Doris Day (Born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff, April 3, 1922, Cincinnati, Ohio, US -- singer, actress)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	All Alone April in Paris Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered Clap Yo' Hands Do, Do, Do I Could Write a Book I Didn't Know What Time It Was I Had the Craziest Dream It Might As Well Be Spring It's Magic (two versions: recording and movie) My Dream Is Yours (on Ralph Blane page) My Romance (on Billy Rose page) That's for Me Wait Till You See Her You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me
Blossom Dearie (born April 28, 1926, East Durham, New York, US - died February 7, 2009 (age 82) New York City -- singer, pianist)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	April in Paris (Blossom Dearie Trio) Everything I've Got (belongs to you) It Might As Well Be Spring Johnny One-Note Put On a Happy Face A Sleepin' Bee Someone To Watch Over Me Wait Till You See Her You Fascinate Me So
Matt Dennis (born February 11, 1914, Seattle, Washington US – died June 21, 2002, age 89, Riverside, California US) (composer, arranger, singer, pianist)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	It Wasn't the Stars That Thrilled Me (on Matt Dennis Page) Let's Get Away from It All Relax (on Matt Dennis page)
Dena DeRose (born February 15, 1966, Binghamton, New York US) (singer and pianist)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Day In, Day Out I Didn't Know What Time It Was If I Should Lose You You're Nearer
Tony DeSare (November 21, 1975, Glens Falls, New York, US -- singer, pianist and songwriter)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Lazy River
Paul Desmond (born November 25, 1924, San Francisco, California - died May 30, 1977 (age 52), New York City -- saxophonist, composer, arranger)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Ain't Misbehavin' (as part of the Dave Brubeck Quartet My Funny Valentine Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (on J. Fred Coots page)
Trudy Desmond (born October 11, 1945 - died 19 February 19, 1999 -- Canadian Jazz singer)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	If I Were a Bell My One and Only
Marlene Dietrich (born Marie Magdalene Dietrich, December 27, 1901, Schöneberg, German Empire died May 6, 1992, age 90, Paris, France -- singer and actress)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Miss Otis Regrets
Christine DiGiallonardo (singer most well know as a member of the trio The DiGiallonardo Sisters)	Amazon (no photo available)	Where or When
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (born: February 29, 1904, Shenandoah, PA US - died June 12, 1957, New York City, American Big Band Leader and clarinetist/saxophonist)	Amazon	Let's Get Lost (with Bob Eberle (vocal)
Tommy Dorsey (born November 19, 1905, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, US - died November 26, 1956 (age 51) Greenwich, Connecticut, US -- trombonist and band leader)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	I've Got the World on a String (Dorsey on trombone with the Lenny Hayton band) The Lady Is a Tramp (Edythe Wright vocal, 1933) My Lit'l Honey And Me (with Irving Mills and his Hotsy-Totsy Gang, 1929) You Are My Lucky Star (1. with Eleanor Powell, 2. Dorsey Bros. Orch.
Bob Dorough (born December 12, 1923 Cherry Hill, Arkansas, U.S., died c. 1997, Bethel Pennsylvania, US, American jazz pianist and songwriter)	Amazon	Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
Natalie Douglas	Amazon	Miss Otis Regrets
Morton Downey (born November 14, 1901 – died October 25, 1985, American singer)	Amazon	Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year
Matt Doyle (born Matthew Finnen Doyle, May 13, 1987, Boradway actor and singer)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	You Made Me Love You
Connie Ducey (California based jazz singer)	No Photo available	This Time the Dream's on Me
Eddie Duchin (born Edwin Frank Duchin April 1, 1909, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US - died February 9, 1951 (age 41) New York City band leader and pianist)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	You Are My Lucky Star
Todd Duncan (born Danville, Kentucky, 1903 - died Washington DC, 1998 -- singer and actor)	Amazon \|\| iTunes	Lost in the Stars (video also on Maxwell Anderson page)
Irene Dunne (born Irene Marie Dunn, December 20, 1898, Louisville, Kentucky, US - died September 4, 1990 (age 91) Los Angeles, California, U.S. -- actor and singer)	Amazon	Lovely to Look At The Folks Who Live on the HIll (audio recording and movie clip)
Deanna Durbin (born December 4, 1921, Winnipeg, Canada - died April 17, 2013, Neauphle-le-Château, France; Canadian born American singer and actress)	Amazon	Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year
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