Doris Day six of her movie musicals charted in the Top 10, three of them at No. 1. After filming "Lucky Me" with Bob Cummings and "Young at Heart" (both 1954) with Frank Sinatra, Day chose not to renew her contract with Warner Brothers. During this period, Day also had her own radio program, "The Doris Day Show". It was broadcast on CBS in 1952–1953. Having become primarily recognized as a musical-comedy actress, Day gradually took on more dramatic roles to broaden her range. Her dramatic star-turn as singer Ruth Etting in "Love Me or Leave Me" (1955), co-starring James Cagney, received
If You Leave Me Now hit, "If You Leave Me Now" with them on stage live at their concerts, with proceeds going to the American Cancer Society to fight breast cancer. The fund raising effort has continued in succeeding years. Peter Cetera originally wrote "If You Leave Me Now" at the same time as "Chicago VII"'s "Wishing You Were Here", and composed it on a guitar. According to information on the sheet music for the song at MusicNotes, "If You Leave Me Now" is written in the key of B major, and Cetera's vocal range varies between F sharp 4 (F♯) and D sharp 6