Anita O'Day discography

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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 later decades the tracks were anthologized in albums in other media.

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In her first years as a solo act, Anita O'Day recorded several dozen live and in-studio songs, including ten tracks produced by Bob Thiele in Fall 1947 for the Signature label.

Anita O'Day sang with small and large studio ensembles for the Clef and Norgran labels formed by Norman Granz. The 1956–64 years brought O'Day to the attention of the Jazz world, making 14 records. O'Day became the first artist to record for Norman Granz's newly formed Verve Records.

Spending several years kicking her drug and alcohol habit, O'Day re-emerged onto the music scene in 1970 with a live in Berlin album for the MPS label.

In 1975 O'Day founded Emily Records, named after her dog, [1] This time period would document her strong comeback, with her first studio recordings, since leaving Verve Records in 1963. Most of her recordings in the 1970s would take place in Japan, as jazz became popular in the country.

Albums (10"and 12" Lps and CDs)

Singles (78 and 45 rpm)

With Gene Krupa and his orchestra

With others as indicated

"I Apologize" [2]
"Pagan Love Song" [3]
"Ain't This a Wonderful Day" [4]
"Rock and Roll Waltz" [5]
"The Getaway and the Chase" [6]
"You're the Top" [7]
"Night and Day" [8]
"Ain't No Big Thing" [9]

References

  1. "Retro Artist: Anita O'Day". ABC Jazz. August 31, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  2. O'Day, Anita (1951). ""I Apologize"/"You Took Advantage of Me" (45 RPM single)". London Records. 45964.
  3. O'Day, Anita (1953). ""Pagan Love Song"/"Somebody's Crying" (45 RPM single)". Mercury Records . 89032.
  4. O'Day, Anita (1953). ""Ain't This a Wonderful Day"/"Vaya Con Dios" (45 RPM single)". Mercury Records . 89047X45.
  5. O'Day, Anita (February 1956). ""Rock and Roll Waltz"/"I'm with You" (45 RPM single)". Verve Records . V-2000X45.
  6. O'Day, Anita (March 1956). ""The Getaway and the Chase"/"Honeysuckle Rose" (45 RPM single)". Verve Records . V-2001X45.
  7. O'Day, Anita (July 1956). ""You're the Top"/"We Laughed at Love" (45 RPM single)". Verve Records . V-2014X45.
  8. O'Day, Anita (August 1959). ""Night and Day"/"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (45 RPM single)". Verve Records . V-10179X45.
  9. O'Day, Anita (1966). ""Ain't No Big Thing"/"Bluesette" (45 RPM single)". Clover Records . 333.

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