Anita O'Day

Anita Belle Colton (October 18, 1919 – November 23, 2006), 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 female stereotype, O'Day presented herself as a "hip" jazz musician, wearing a band jacket and skirt as opposed to an evening gown. She changed her surname from Colton to O'Day, pig Latin for "dough", slang for money.

Birth and Death Data: Born October 18, 1919 (Chicago), Died November 23, 2006 (West Hollywood)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1947 - 1948

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Signature	SRC 376	10-in.	late February 1947	Sometimes I'm happy	Anita O'Day	vocalist
Signature	SRC 377	10-in.	late February 1947	Ace in the hole	Anita O'Day	vocalist
Signature	SRC 378	10-in.	late February 1947	Boogie blue	Anita O'Day	vocalist
Signature	SRC 379	10-in.	late February 1947	Grown up man	Anita O'Day	vocalist
Signature	SRC 564	10-in.	approximately 1947	What is this thing called love?	Anita O'Day	vocalist
Signature	SRC 565	10-in.	approximately 1947	Hi ho trailus boot whip	Anita O'Day	vocalist
Signature	SRC 566	10-in.	approximately 1947	I told ya I love ya	Anita O'Day	vocalist
Signature	SRC 567	10-in.	approximately 1947	It's different when it happens to you	Anita O'Day	vocalist
Signature	SRC 655	10-in.	1947	Malaguena	Anita O'Day	vocalist
Signature	SRC 656	10-in.	1947	I told ya I love ya, now get out	Anita O'Day	vocalist
Signature	SRC 657	10-in.	1947	How high the moon	Anita O'Day	vocalist
Signature	SRC 658	10-in.	1947	I ain't gettin' any younger	Anita O'Day	vocalist
Signature	SRC 659	10-in.	1947	Travel in' man	Anita O'Day	vocalist
Signature	SRC 660	10-in.	1947	Key largo	Anita O'Day	vocalist
Signature	SRC 738	10-in.	approximately 1947-1948	My baby likes be bop	Anita O'Day	vocalist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "O'Day, Anita," accessed November 18, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/334349.

O'Day, Anita. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 18, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/334349.

"O'Day, Anita." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 November 2024.