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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...
Oct 18, 2023 · October 18, 2023. By. Martin Chilton. Photo: David Redfern/Redferns. Anita O’Day had one of the most distinctive voices in the history of jazz. O’Day made 16 wonderful albums for Verve...
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...
Oct 18, 2023 · October 18, 2023. By. Charles Waring. Photo: Bettmann / Contributor / Getty Images. There was a time when Anita O’Day’s name was synonymous with scandal. Thanks to drug busts and resulting...
Anita O'Day was born on 18 October 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Shortbus (2006), Zig Zag (1970) and The Gene Krupa Story (1959). She was married to Carl Hoff and Don Carter. She died on 23 November 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
