Schneider reckons the transformation that Day’s character undergoes in the title role of the 1953 film  Calamity Jane was a first.

Schneider, a six-time Golden Guitar winner, has put her country music career on hold and parlayed her childhood love for Day into sell-out concert tours, two albums, and a musical that honour the American entertainer’s work.

Her latest concert tour, named after her 2016 album Melinda Does Doris. Again: The Movie Songs arrives at Laycock Street Theatre, Gosford, for a matinee performance, on Sunday, April 9.

“It all goes back to Calamity Jane,” Schneider said of her love for Day.

“I saw the movie when I was about eight, and I just loved Doris in that character as the ‘rootin’, tootin’, whip-crackin’, sharp shootin’ tomboy’,” she said.

“She was just so charming. She was funny, a great dancer, a wonderful actress, and a great singer.

“And that makeover at the end of the show – it was probably the world’s first makeover show. The fact that it was also a western-themed movie, and a musical, really resonated with me because I come from a country music background.”

Schneider said the new show, featuring her jazz trio, is not quite the same as the one she performed to a full house at Laycock Street last year.

“It’s a slightly different show, with some new songs added,” she said.

This nostalgic celebration includes such hits as Just Blew In From The Windy City, from the film Calamity Jane, Pillow Talk from the film of the same name, There Once Was A Man from the film The Pajama Game, Tea For Two from the movie of the same name, and The Very Thought Of You, from the 1950 film Young Man With A Horn.

“A lot of her songs, like Que Sera, Sera, are very philosophical and positive, and are just great words to take through your life,” Schneider said.