Anita O'Day discography

Anita O'Day discography
Anita O'Day in performance, 1959.
Studio albums	25
Live albums	13
Compilation albums	18
Singles	37
Box sets	1

The discography of American singer, Anita O'Day, contains 25 studio albums, 13 live albums, 18 compilation albums, one box set and 37 singles. Her first recordings were released as a featured vocalist in big bands, beginning with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra in 1941. Among her six debut releases, "Georgia on My Mind", "Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina" and "Let Me Off Uptown" made the US pop chart, with the latter two making the top-10. O'Day had her highest-peaking US pop single with the number four "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine", recorded with Stan Kenton and His Orchestra in 1944. She returned to Krupa in 1945 and had two more US top-10 singles with "Chickery Chick" (1945) and "Boogie Blues" (1946). O'Day was then included on singles released by orchestras like Will Bradley, Ralph Burns and Benny Carter. In collaboration with the All Stars, she reached number 24 on the US pop chart in 1951 with "Tennessee Waltz".

O'Day's first studio albums were released in the 1950s decade, beginning with Anita O'Day Collates (1953). The Verve record label issued 13 studio albums by O'Day between 1956 and 1964, beginning with Anita . At Verve, she was joined by several collaborators including Billy May on Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May (1959), Jimmy Giuffre on Cool Heat (1959) and Cal Tjader on Time for 2 (1962). The label also issued her first live album in 1958 titled Anita O'Day at Mister Kelly's . Following her Verve albums, O'Day's next release would also be a live album titled Anita O'Day in Berlin (1971). The Trio label (based in Japan) issued two studio albums by O'Day during this time: Anita 1975 (1975) and My Ship(1976). The company also issued three live albums during the same period, including Live in Tokyo, 1975 (1976).

In 1979, the GNP Crescendo label released the studio album Mello'day, followed by the Emily label releasing several albums during the 1980s like Live at the City (1980), The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1982) and A Song for You (1984). A live album of O'Day's 1963 Japanese concert was issued by Polydor Records in 1985 titled Anita O'Day in Tokyo '63. Her final live album was issued in 1991 called At Vine St. Live . Studio albums by O'Day continued being issued, including In a Mellow Tone (1989), Rules of the Road (a 1993 collaboration with the Jack Sheldon Orchestra) and her final release Indestructible! (2006). Her 2013 compilation, Four Classic Albums, made the top 20 of the UK Jazz and Blues Chart.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, showing all relevant details

Title	Album details
Anita O'Day Collates	Released: 1953 Label: Clef Formats: LP
Songs by Anita O'Day [1]	Released: 1954 Label: Norgran Formats: LP
Anita	Released: 1956 Label: Verve Formats: LP
Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day	Released: 1957 Label: Verve Formats: LP
Anita Sings the Most	Released: 1957 Label: Verve Formats: LP
Anita O'Day Sings the Winners	Released: 1958 Label: Verve Formats: LP
Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May (with Billy May)	Released: 1959 Label: Verve Formats: LP
Cool Heat (with Jimmy Giuffre)	Released: 1959 Label: Verve Formats: LP
Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart (with Billy May)	Released: 1960 Label: Verve Formats: LP
Waiter, Make Mine Blues	Released: 1961 Label: Verve Formats: LP
Trav'lin Light	Released: 1961 Label: Verve Formats: LP
All the Sad Young Men	Released: 1962 Label: Verve Formats: LP
Time for 2 (with Cal Tjader)	Released: 1962 Label: Verve Formats: LP
Anita O'Day & the Three Sounds (with The Three Sounds	Released: 1963 Label: Verve Formats: LP
Incomparable!	Released: 1964 Label: Verve Formats: LP
Anita and Rhythm Section [2]	Released: 1971 Label: Anita O'Day/Glendale Formats: LP
Anita 1975 [3]	Released: 1975 Label: Trio Formats: LP
My Ship [4]	Released: 1976 Label: Trio Formats: LP
There's Only One [5]	Released: 1978 Label: Dobre Formats: LP
Mello'day [6]	Released: 1979 Label: GNP Crescendo Formats: LP
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes [7]	Released: 1982 Label: Emily/Lob Formats: LP
A Song for You [8]	Released: 1984 Label: Emily Formats: LP, cassette
In a Mellow Tone	Released: 1989 Label: DRG Formats: CD, cassette
Rules of the Road (with the Jack Sheldon Orchestra) [9]	Released: 1993 Label: Pablo Formats: CD
Indestructible!	Released: April 18, 2006 Label: Kayo Stereophonic Formats: CD

Live albums

List of live albums, showing all relevant details

Title	Album details
An Evening with Anita O'Day [10]	Released: 1955 Label: Norgran Formats: LP
Anita O'Day at Mister Kelly's	Released: 1958 Label: Verve Formats: LP
Anita O'Day in Berlin [11]	Released: 1971 Label: BASF/MPS Formats: LP
Live in Tokyo, 1975 [12]	Released: 1976 Label: Trio Formats: LP
Live at Mingo's [13]	Released: 1976 Label: Trio Formats: LP
Skylark – Live at Sometime [14]	Released: 1978 Label: Trio Formats: LP
Live at the City [15]	Released: 1980 Label: Emily Formats: LP
Live at the City: The Second Set [16]	Released: 1982 Label: Emily Formats: LP
Ao Vivo No 150 Night Club [17]	Released: 1984 Label: Estúdio Eldorado Formats: LP
Anita O'Day in Tokyo '63 [18]	Released: 1985 Label: Polydor Formats: LP
SS 'Wonderful Big Band Concert 1985 [19]	Released: 1985 Label: Emily Formats: LP
Live at Ronnie Scott's, London [20]	Released: 1986 Label: Wadham/Hendring Formats: CD
At Vine St. Live	Released: 1991 Label: Disques Swing Formats: CD

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK Jazz & Blues [21]
Anita O'Day Specials [22]	Released: 1951 Label: Signature Formats: LP	—
Singin' and Swingin' with Anita O'Day [23]	Released: 1953 Label: Coral Formats: LP	—
The Lady Is a Tramp [24]	Released: 1957 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—
The Girl Friends (with Toni Arden, Peggy King, Peggy Lee and Dinah Shore) [25]	Released: 1959 Label: Columbia/Harmony Formats: LP	—
The Jazz Stylings of Anita O'Day [26]	Released: 1966 Label: Verve Formats: LP	—
Drum Boogie (as Gene Krupa and His Orchestra featuring Anita O'Day) [27]	Released: 1972 Label: CBS Formats: LP	—
Kenton's Girl Friends (Stan Kenton with various artists) [28]	Released: 1973 Label: Capitol Formats: LP	—
Gene Krupa, His Orchestra and Anita O'Day featuring Roy Eldridge (with Gene Krupa and Roy Eldridge) [29]	Released: 1974 Label: Columbia Formats: LP	—
The Big Band Sessions [30]	Released: 1979 Label: Verve Formats: LP, cassette	—
Uptown (as Roy Eldridge with the Gene Krupa Orchestra featuring Anita O'Day) [31]	Released: 1990 Label: CBS Formats: LP, CD, cassette	—
I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out [32]	Released: 1991 Label: Sony Special Products Formats: CD, cassette	—
Compact Jazz: Anita O'Day [33]	Released: 1993 Label: Verve Formats: CD	—
Verve Jazz Masters 49 [34]	Released: 1995 Label: Verve Formats: CD	—
Jazz 'Round Midnight [35]	Released: 1997 Label: Verve Formats: CD	—
Let Me Up Off Uptown [36]	Released: 1999 Label: Columbia Formats: CD	—
Anita O'Day's Finest Hour [37]	Released: 2000 Label: Verve Formats: CD	—
The Diva [38]	Released: 2003 Label: Verve Formats: CD	—
Four Classic Albums [39]	Released: 2013 Label: Avid Formats: CD	19
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Box sets

List of box sets, showing all relevant details

Title	Album details
The Complete Anita O'Day Verve-Clef Sessions [40]	Released: 1999 Label: Mosaic Formats: 9-CD box set

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		US [41]
"Georgia on My Mind" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)	1941	18	non-album singles
"Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)		9
"Let Me Off Uptown" (with Gene Krupa, His Orchestra and Roy Eldridge)		10
"Stop! The Red Light's On" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra) [42]		—
Two in Love" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra) [43]		—
"Thanks for the 'Boogie' Ride" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra) [44]		—
"Rumba Fox Trot" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra and Howard DuLany) [45]	1942	—
"Skylark" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra) [46]		—
"Pass the Bounce" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra) [47]		—
"Fightin' Doug MacArthur" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra) [48]		—
"That's What You Think" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra) [49]		—
"Massachusetts" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra) [50]		—
"Side by Side" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra) [51]	1944	—
"And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" (with Stan Kenton and His Orchestra)		4
"Gotta Be Gettin'" (with Stan Kenton and His Orchestra) [52]		—
"Are You Livin' Old Man" (with Stan Kenton and His Orchestra) [53]	1945	—
"(Did You Ever Get) That Feeling In The Moonlight" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra) [54]		—
"Chickery Chick" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)		10
"Harriet (A Western Novelty Song)" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra) [55]		—
"Hop, Skip, and Jump" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra) [56]	1946	—
"Boogie Blues" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchesatra)		9
"Opus No. 1" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra) [57]	1947	—
"Ace in the Hole" (with Alvin and His Little Band) [58]		—
"What Is This Thing Called Love" (with Will Bradley and His Orchestra) [59]		—
"Travelin' Man" (with Stan Kenton and His Orchestra) [60]	1948	—
"How High the Moon" (with Ralph Burns and His Orchestra) [61]	—
"I Ain't Gettin' Any Younger" (with Benny Carter and His Orchestra) [62]	—
"Blues for Bojangles" (with Paul Jordan and His Orchestra) [63]	1950	—
"Tennessee Waltz" (as Anita O'Day with the All Stars)		24
"I Apologize" [64]	1951	—
"Pagan Love Song" [65]	1953	—	Anita O'Day Sings Jazz
"Ain't This a Wonderful Day" [66]		—
"Rock and Roll Waltz" [67]	1956	—	Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day
"The Getaway and the Chase" [68]		—
"You're the Top" [69]		—	This Is Anita
"Night and Day" [70]	1959	—	Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May
"Ain't No Big Thing" [71]	1966	—	non-album singles
"The Easy Life" [72]	1988	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

1. O'Day, Anita (1954). "Songs by Anita O'Day (Liner Notes)". Norgran Records . MGN-30 (LP).
2. O'Day, Anita (1971). "Anita and Rhythm Section (Liner Notes)". Anita O'Day Records/Glendale Records. AOD-1 (LP); GLS-6001 (LP).
3. O'Day, Anita. "Anita 1975 (Liner Notes)". Trio Records. PA-7105 (LP).
4. O'Day, Anita (1975). "My Ship (Liner Notes)". Trio Records. PA-7126 (LP).
5. O'Day, Anita (1978). "There's Only One (Liner Notes)". Dobre Records. DR-1029 (LP).
6. O'Day, Anita (1979). "Mello'day (Liner Notes)". GNP Crescendo . GNPS-2126 (LP).
7. O'Day, Anita (1982). "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (Liner Notes)". Emily Records/Lob Records. ER-32383 (LP); LDC-1033 (LP).
8. O'Day, Anita (1984). "A Song for You (Liner Notes)". Emily Records. ER-83084 (LP); ER 83084-C (Cassette).
9. O'Day, Anita; Sheldon, Jack. "Rules of the Road (Liner Notes)". Pablo Records . PACD-2310-950-2 (CD).
10. O'Day, Anita (1955). "An Evening with Anita O'Day (Liner Notes)". Norgran Records . MG N-1057 (LP).
11. O'Day, Anita (1971). "Anita O'Day in Berlin (Liner Notes)". BASF/MPS Records . BFL-3046 (LP).
12. O'Day, Anita (1975). "Live in Tokyo, 1975 (Liner Notes)". Trio Records. PA-7140 (LP).
13. O'Day, Anita (1976). "Live at Mingo's (Liner Notes)". Trio Records. PAP-9059 (LP).
14. O'Day, Anita (1978). "Skylark – Live at Sometime (Liner Notes)". Trio Records. PAP-9127 (LP).
15. O'Day, Anita (1980). "Live at the City (Liner Notes)". Emily Records. ER-102479 (LP).
16. O'Day, Anita (1982). "Live at the City: The Second Set (Liner Notes)". Emily Records. ER-42181 (LP).
17. O'Day, Anita (1984). "Ao Vivo No 150 Night Club (Liner Notes)". Estúdio Eldorado. 93.84.0454 (LP).
18. O'Day, Anita (1985). "Anita O'Day in Tokyo '63 (Liner Notes)". Polydor Records . 23MJ-3470 (LP).
19. O'Day, Anita (1985). "SS 'Wonderful Big Band Concert 1985 (Liner Notes)". Emily Records. ER-92685 (LP).
20. O'Day, Anita (1986). "Live at Ronnie Scott's, London (Liner Notes)". Wadham Film Ltd, Hendring. WHCD005 (CD).
21. "Anita O'Day songs and albums: full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 23 December 2025.
22. O'Day, Anita (1951). "Anita O'Day Specials (Liner Notes)". Signature Records . LSP-8.
23. O'Day, Anita (1953). "Singin' and Swingin' with Anita O'Day (Liner Notes)". Coral Records . CRL-56073.
24. O'Day, Anita (1957). "The Lady Is a Tramp (Liner Notes)". Verve Records . MGB-2049.
25. O'Day, Anita; Arden, Toni; Shore, Dinah; King, Peggy; Lee, Peggy (1959). "The Girl Friends (Liner Notes)". Columbia Records/Harmony Records . HL-7148.
26. O'Day, Anita (1966). "The Jazz Stylings of Anita O'Day (Liner Notes)". Verve Records . VLP-9125.
27. O'Day, Anita; Krupa, Gene (1972). "Gene Krupa and His Orchestra featuring Anita O'Day (Liner Notes)". CBS Records International . SVL-345, 19.
28. O'Day, Anita (1973). "Kenton's Girl Friends (Liner Notes)". Capitol Records . ECP-88033.
29. O'Day, Anita; Krupa, Gene; Eldridge, Roy (1974). "Gene Krupa, His Orchestra and Anita O'Day featuring Roy Eldridge (Liner Notes)". Columbia Records . KG-32663.
30. O'Day, Anita (1979). "The Big Band Sessions (Liner Notes)". Verve Records . VE-2-2534.
31. O'Day, Anita; Krupa, Gene; Eldridge, Roy (1990). "Uptown (Liner Notes)". CBS Records International . CK-45448 (CD); WCT-45448 (Cassette); CBS-466310-1 (LP).
32. O'Day, Anita (1991). "I Told Ya I Love ya (Liner Notes)". Sony Special Products . AK-39418 (CD); AK-39418 (Cassette).
33. O'Day, Anita (1993). "Compact Jazz: Anita O'Day (Liner Notes)". Verve Records . 314-517-954-2.
34. O'Day, Anita (1995). "Verve Jazz Masters 49 (Liner Notes)". Verve Records . 314-527-653-2-49.
35. O'Day, Anita (1997). "Jazz 'Round Midnight (Liner Notes)". Verve Records . 314-537-703-2.
36. O'Day, Anita (1999). "Let Me Off Uptown (Liner Notes)". Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings . CK-65625.
37. O'Day, Anita (2000). "Anita O'Day's Finest Hour (Liner Notes)". Verve Records . 314-543-600-2.
38. O'Day, Anita (2000). "The Diva (Liner Notes)". Verve Records . 440-065-213-2.
39. O'Day, Anita (2013). "Four Classic Albums (Liner Notes)". Avid Jazz. AMSC-1126.
40. O'Day, Anita (1999). "The Complete Anita O'Day Verve-Clef Sessions (Box Set Information)". Mosaic Records . MD9-188 (9-CD box set).
41. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories, 1890-1954 The History of American Popular Music : Compiled from America's Popular Music Charts 1890-1954. Record Research Inc. ISBN   978-0898200836.
42. Krupa, Gene; O'Day, Anita (September 1941). ""Stop! The Red Light's On"/"Who Can I Turn To?" (78 RPM single)". Okeh Records . 6411.
43. Krupa, Gene; O'Day, Anita (November 1941). ""Two in Love"/"This Time the Dream's on Me" (78 RPM single)". Okeh Records . 6447.
44. Krupa, Gene; O'Day, Anita (December 1941). ""Thanks for the 'Boogie' Ride"/"Keem 'em Flying" (78 RPM single)". Okeh Records . 6506.
45. Krupa, Gene; O'Day, Anita; Du Lany, Howard (March 1942). ""Rumba Fox Trot"/"Fox Trot" (78 RPM single)". Okeh Records . 6222.
46. Krupa, Gene; O'Day, Anita (March 1942). ""Skylark"/"Harlem on Parade" (78 RPM single)". Okeh Records . 6607.
47. Krupa, Gene; O'Day, Anita (March 1942). ""Pass the Bounce"/"Me and My Melinda" (78 RPM single)". Okeh Records . 6619.
48. Krupa, Gene; O'Day, Anita (April 1942). ""Fightin' Doug MacArthur"/"Night Of Nights (Tura Lura Li)" (78 RPM single)". Okeh Records . 6635.
49. Krupa, Gene; O'Day, Anita (June 1942). ""That's What You Think"/"All Those Wonderful Years" (78 RPM single)". Columbia Records . 36621.
50. Krupa, Gene; O'Day, Anita (September 1942). ""Massachusetts"/"'Murder', He Says" (78 RPM single)". Okeh Records . 6695.
51. Krupa, Gene; O'Day, Anita (July 1944). ""Side by Side"/"Bolero at the Savoy" (78 RPM single)". Columbia Records . 36726.
52. Kenton, Stan; O'Day, Anita (November 1944). ""Sweet Dreams Sweetheart" [Gene Howard vocal]/"Gotta Be Gettin'" [Anita O'Day vocal] (78 RPM single)". Capitol Records . 178.
53. Kenton, Stan; O'Day, Anita (February 1945). ""Are You Livin' Old Man"/"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (78 RPM single)". Capitol Records . 187.
54. Krupa, Gene; O'Day, Anita (October 1945). ""(Did You Ever Get) That Feeling In The Moonlight"/"I Don't Want To Be Loved (By Anyone But You)" (78 RPM single)". Columbia Records . 36862.
55. Krupa, Gene; O'Day, Anita (December 1945). ""Harriet (A Western Novelty Song)"/"Are These Really Mine?" (78 RPM single)". Columbia Records . 36890.
56. Krupa, Gene; O'Day, Anita (February 1946). ""Hop, Skip, and Jump"/"Yesterday" (78 RPM single)". Columbia Records . 36931.
57. Krupa, Gene; O'Day, Anita (January 1947). ""Opus No. 1"/"Valse Triste" (78 RPM single)". Columbia Records . 37224.
58. O'Day, Anita (June 1947). ""Ace in the Hole"/"Sometimes I'm Happy" (78 RPM single)". Signature Records . 15127.
59. O'Day, Anita; Bradley, Will (November 1947). ""What Is This Thing Called Love?"/"Hi Ho Trailus Boot Whip" (78 RPM single)". Signature Records . 15162.
60. Kenton, Stan; O'Day, Anita (January 1948). ""Travelin' Man"/"You're My Everything" (78 RPM single)". Capitol Americana . 48012.
61. Burns, Ralph; O'Day, Anita (April 1948). ""How High the Moon"/"Key Largo" (78 RPM single)". Signature Records . 15185.
62. Carter, Benny; O'Day, Anita (August 1948). ""I Ain't Gettin' Any Younger"/"It's Different When It Happens to You" (78 RPM single)". Signature Records . 15217.
63. O'Day, Anita; Jordan, Paul (1950). ""Blues for Bojangles"/"Your Eyes Are Bigger Than Your Heart" (45 RPM single)". London Records. 30078.
64. O'Day, Anita (1951). ""I Apologize"/"You Took Advantage of Me" (45 RPM single)". London Records. 45964.
65. O'Day, Anita (1953). ""Pagan Love Song"/"Somebody's Crying" (45 RPM single)". Mercury Records . 89032.
66. O'Day, Anita (1953). ""Ain't This a Wonderful Day"/"Vaya Con Dios" (45 RPM single)". Mercury Records . 89047X45.
67. O'Day, Anita (February 1956). ""Rock and Roll Waltz"/"I'm with You" (45 RPM single)". Verve Records . V-2000X45.
68. O'Day, Anita (March 1956). ""The Getaway and the Chase"/"Honeysuckle Rose" (45 RPM single)". Verve Records . V-2001X45.
69. O'Day, Anita (July 1956). ""You're the Top"/"We Laughed at Love" (45 RPM single)". Verve Records . V-2014X45.
70. O'Day, Anita (August 1959). ""Night and Day"/"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (45 RPM single)". Verve Records . V-10179X45.
71. O'Day, Anita (1966). ""Ain't No Big Thing"/"Bluesette" (45 RPM single)". Clover Records . 333.
72. O'Day, Anita (February 1988). ""The Easy Life"/"The Easy Life (Instrumental)" (45 RPM single)". H. I. T. Records. 07HA-1014.

External links

• Anita O'Day discography at AllMusic