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Anita O'Day
From a broken home in Chicago, Anita O'Day made her showbusiness beginnings as a
dancer, leaving home at 14 to compete in the various "walk-a-thons" popular
around America during the hardships of the 1930s. A meeting with drummer Don
O'Day (who she married in 1937) encouraged her ambition to be a singer, at first
with the Max Miller Quartet and then, in 1941, with Gene Krupa. She went on to
work with Woody Herman and Stan Kenton when her unusually aggressive swing vocal
style - which she attributed to a throat operation when she was young -
established her as one of the most stri...
Pick Yourself UpAnita O'Day
Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day
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YesterdaysAnita O'Day, Bebo Valdés and Thomas Hengelbrock
New Faces – New Sounds, Introducing The Kenny Drew Trio
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Falling in Love With LoveAnita O'Day and Billy May & His Orchestra
Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May
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You Turned the Tables on MeAnita O'Day and Oscar Peterson
Anita Sings the Most
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Boogie BluesGene Krupa, Roy Eldridge and Anita O'Day
All the Sad Young Men
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Time After TimeAnita O'Day
Anita
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