Anita O'Day
Anita O'Day
Top Songs
| 1 | Honeysuckle Rose | ||
| 2 | Body And Soul | ||
| 3 | You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To | ||
| 4 | A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square | ||
| 5 | Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) |
Albums
May 2003 • 18 songs
Nov 2000 • 23 songs
Jan 2000 • 18 songs
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Biography
Few female singers matched the hard-swinging Anita O'Day for sheer exuberance and skill in all areas of jazz vocals: her splendid improvising, wide range, dynamic tone, and innate sense of rhythm made her one of the most enjoyable singer of the age. O'Day's first appearances in a big band shattered the traditional image of a demure female vocalist by swinging just as hard as the other musicians on the bandstand, best heard on her vocal trading with Roy Eldridge on the Gene Krupa recording "Let Me Off Uptown." After making her solo debut in the mid-'40s, she incorporated bop mo...