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Anita Belle Colton (October 18, 1919 [1] – November 23, 2006), [2] known professionally as Anita O'Day, was an American jazz singer and self proclaimed “song stylist” widely admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band appearances that shattered the traditional image of the "girl singer". Refusing to pander to any ...
Columbia and Capitol Records: 1941–1946. In her earliest recordings, Anita O'Day was the featured vocalist with the big bands of Gene Krupa (1941-1942 and 1945-1946) and Stan Kenton (1944). In the 1940s, Columbia and Capitol Records released the recordings of Krupa and Kenton, respectively, on 78 rpm disks with one song per side.
In 1945, after hearing that Anita O'Day had left Stan Kenton's Orchestra, she auditioned and was chosen for the role as a vocalist. During this time, she changed her name once again, becoming June Christy. Her voice produced hits such as "Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy", the million-selling "Tampico" in 1945, and "How High the Moon". [1 ...
Richard S. Ginell reviewed the reissue of the album for AllMusic and wrote that "O'Day sounds as if she is delighted with Tjader's polished Afro-Cuban grooves, gliding easily over the rhythms, toying with the tunes, transforming even a tune so locked into its trite time as 'Mr. Sandman' into a stimulating excursion. Indeed, O'Day's freewheeling ...
Stan Kenton and Charles Lawrence composed the music, with lyrics by Joe Greene and copyrighted the song on September 25, 1944. [2] The song was published by Robbins Music in New York. The original version of the song was recorded in 1944 by Stan Kenton and His Orchestra with vocals by Anita O'Day, [3] which was released as a 78 single on ...
Anita Sings the Most was released by Verve Records. [2] Jazz: The Rough Guide identified the album as one that shows O'Day's "rhythmic invention and accuracy". [3] The AllMusic reviewer wrote: "The very brief playing time (just 33 minutes) is unfortunate on this set, but the high quality definitely makes up for the lack of quantity.
Waiter, Make Mine Blues is a vocal jazz album by Anita O'Day released in April 1961 on Verve Records. This was the tenth record that Anita O'Day made for Norman Granz 's Verve records. It was recorded in 1960 on August 1, October 4 and October 7 in Los Angeles, California. [ 1][ 2] Arranged by Russ Garcia, the record has been described as ...
Anita O'Day (1945) Frankie Laine (1946) Ames Brothers - this charted briefly in 1953; Paul Quinichette - Moods (1954) Nelson Riddle (1954) - included in the 2-CD set Let's Face The Music (2008) Tony Bennett for his album Cloud 7 (1955) Louis Armstrong - included in the box set Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography (1956) Mel Tormé - Prelude to a ...