and Asian melodies, the album marked a growth in Day's career. The following year, he released his fifth studio album Daybreak. In 2015, he started an Indiegogo campaign for his sixth studio album Angel City, which successfully met its goal in December. Since then, he performed and completed the album, which was released in 2018. The set's first single "72 and Sunny" garnered critical praise and peaked at number 27 on Billboards Adult Contemporary chart. He is currently working on rolling out his latest album, Broadway By Day, featuring "the unlikely friendship between jazz and musical theatre." The album is set for a Fall 2021 release. Influences He grew up listening to a wide cross-section of composers, including Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Joni Mitchell, John Lennon and Paul Simon. And the classic MGM musicals in the local theater – the only options available in his hometown – eventually left their mark on his creative sensibilities. His track "The Answer" pays homage to Roy Orbison, a longtime favorite of Day. Responding to an interviewer's request to describe his musical influences and styles, he said: "Chet Baker meets Paul Simon." Personal life In a March 2010 interview, Day discussed how he came out as gay to his family and how Rufus Wainwright and k.d. lang have helped to minimize the impact of his coming out on his career and avoid having his music labeled with his sexuality: "What I do, the causes I'm behind, that's what's important. Who I am, unless it is particularly relevant, has no place in my music." In May 2010, Day discussed his homosexuality and said: "I wanted to stand and be counted....I was born in Utah and I grew up Mormon and I want to be part of building a bridge between the LGBT community and the Mormon community." Activism Day's charitable activities have included performances on behalf of Catholic Charities' support for HIV/AIDS, the Horizons Foundation, a community-based LGBT philanthropic organization, the children's health charity ONEXONE, and the Human Rights Campaign's Salt Lake City fund-raising dinner. On June 30, 2010, Day rang NASDAQ's closing bell in recognition of his donation of earnings from downloads of his single "Better Way" to Feeding America. Discography Albums Introducing Spencer Day (2004) Movie of Your Life (2005) Vagabond (2009) – #11 Jazz Albums The Mystery of You (2013) – #13 Jazz Albums, #39 Heatseekers Daybreak (2014) – #20 Jazz Albums