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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".
Oct 16, 2008 · Jazz singer Anita O'Day made an impact with her exceptional range, improvisation and skill interpreting a lyric. Bob Parent/Hulton Archive/Getty Images. The distinctive and celebrated jazz...
The Official Website of Anita O’Day. Anita O’Day’s unique sound and swinging rhythmic sense put her in the upper echelon of jazz singers, as skillful with ballads as with scatting and liberal interpretations of standard songs. Her career spanned the late swing and bebop eras, inspiring many singers who followed her, such as June Christy ...
Nov 24, 2006 · Nov. 24, 2006. Anita O’Day, whose coolly ebullient and rhythmically assured vocal style made her a premier singer of both the big-band and postwar jazz eras, and whose taste for fast living...
Aug 31, 2017 · August 31, 20172:20 PM ET. Heard on Fresh Air. 12-Minute Listen. O'Day first became known in 1941 when she joined Gene Krupa's band. Later, she later sang with Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman and...
Nov 24, 2006 · Anita O’Day, whose breathy voice and witty improvisation made her one of the most dazzling jazz singers of the past century and whose sex appeal and drug addiction earned her the nickname...
Jul 24, 2009 · When jazz singer Anita O'Day died in 2006, the music world lost her unique sound. A biographical documentary, Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer, is now out on DVD.
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