The last of the Anita O'Day lists............it was close to 2GB...wow! :)

Well, maybe not quite the last....I'll be adding some live stuff eventually :)

But, for now:

That is a man-from 'Rules of the road' 1993

That old feeling-from 'Waiter, make mine blues' 1960

That's your red wagon-from 'Time for two' 1962 w/ Cal Tjader

The thrill is gone-from 'Waiter, make mine blues' 1960

The walls keep talking-w/ Krupa 1941

The way you look tonight-from 'Cool heat' 1959

The wildest gal in town-from 'At Mr. Kelly's' 1958

Them there eyes-1945

Them there eyes-from 'Anita sings the most-with the Oscar Peterson Trio' 1956

There's a lull in my life-from 'Pick yourself up' 1956

Time after time-from 'This is Anita' 1955

To keep my love alive-from 'Cole Porter, Rogers and Hart, and Billy May' 1960

Travlin'  light-from 'Jazz 'round Midnight' 1954

Travlin' man-w/ Kenton 1945

Two in love-w/ Krupa 1941

Under a blanket of blue-from 'Time for two' 1962 w/ Cal Tjader

Varsity drag-from 'At Mr. Kelly's' 1958

Vaya con Dios-from 'The lady is a tramp' 1952

Waiter, make mine blues-from 'Waiter, make mine blues' 1960

Watch the birdie-w/ Krupa 1941

We laughed at love-from 'Pick yourself up' 1956

We'll be together again-from 'Anita sings the most-with the Oscar Peterson Trio' 1956

What is this thing called love 2-Will Bradley and his Orchestra 1947

What is this thing called love 3-from 'There's only one' 1977

What is this thing called love 4-from 'Cole Porter, Rogers and Hart, and Billy May' 1960

What is this thing called love-Tadd Dameron Trio 1948

What's your story morning glory-from 'Anita sings the winners' 1958

Whatever happened to you-from 'Waiter, make mine blues' 1960

When Sunny gets blue-from 'Waiter, make mine blues' 1960

When the world was young-from 'Anita O'Day and The Three Sounds' 1963

Whisper not-from 'Anita O'Day and The Three Sounds' 1963

Who cares-from 'This is Anita' 1955

Why shouldn't I-from 'Anita O'Day swings Cole Porter' 1959

Wish you were waitin' for me-w/ Kenton 1944

Yea boo-Jack Pleis and his Orchestra 1950

Yesterdays-from 'Waiter, make mine blues' 1960

You the night and the music-from 'Anita O'Day and The Three Sounds' 1963

You betcha-w/ Kenton -Mac Gregor transcription 1944

You came a long way from St. Louis-from 'Jazz 'round Midnight' 1954

You don't know what love is-from 'An evening with Anita O'Day' 1954

You took advantage of me-Ben Homer and his Orchestra 1950

You turned the tables on me-from 'Anita sings the most' 1957

You'd be so nice to come home to-from 'Cole Porter, Rogers and Hart, and Billy May' 1960

You're getting to be a habit with me-from 'An evening with Anita O'Day' 1954

You're the top-from 'Anita O'Day swings Cole Porter' 1959

Your eyes are bigger than your heart-Paul Jordan and his Orchestra 1950

You're picture's hanging crooked on the wall-from 'Pick yourself up' 1956

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Two other adds that I don't think were on the previous 8 lists:

Cool Heat-1959

Mack the knife

Easy come easy go

Orphan Annie

You're a clown

Gone with the wind

Hooray for Hollywood

It had to be you

Come rain or come shine

Hershey bar

A lover is blue

My heart belongs to daddy

The way you look tonight

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Once upon a summertime 1963

Sweet Georgia Brown

Love for sale

S'wonderful

They can't take that away from me

Boogie blues

Tea for two

Once upon a summertime

The girl from Ipanema

Is you is or is you ain't my baby

Night and day

Aita's blues

A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square

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Anita O'day Part 8............

Here's Part 8..............

Soon it's gonna rain-from 'Rules of the road' 1993

Sooner or later-from 'Rules of the road' 1993

Speak low-1957 from 'The lady is a tramp'

Spring is here-from 'Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart  and Billy May' 19

Spring will be a little late this year-from 'Time for two' w/ Cal Tjader 1962

Star eyes 2-from 'At Mr. Kelly's' 1958

Star eyes 1-from 'Sings the winners' 1958

Stars fell on Alabama (Alternate take)-from 'Pick yourself up' 1956

Stars fell on Alabama-from 'Pick yourself up' 1956

Stella by starlight 2-from 'Anita Sings The Most- With The Oscar Peterson Trio' 1956

Stella by starlight-from 'Waiter make mine blues' 1960

Stompin' at the Savoy-from 'Pick yourself up' 1956

Stop! the red light's on- w/ Krupa Broadcast -Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, October 3,1947.

Stop! the red light's on-1941 w/ Krupa

Strawberry moon-1955 from 'Anita Collates'

Sunny-from 'Live in Berlin 1970'

Sweet Georgia Brown-from 'Pick yourself up' 1956

Tabby the cat-1944 w/ Kenton

Take the A train-from 'Sings the winners' 1958

Taking a chance on love-from 'Anita Sings The Most- With The Oscar Peterson Trio' 1956

Tea for two 2-w/ Krupa 1945

Tea for two-from 'At Mr. Kelly's' 1958

Ten cents a dance-from 'Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart  and Billy May' 19

Tenderly 2-from 'Anita Sings The Most- With The Oscar Peterson Trio' 1956

Tenderly-from 'Sings the winners' 1958

Tenderly (Mocky remix)-

Tennessee waltz-1950 w/ Jack Pleis and his Orchestra

Thanks for the boogie ride-1941 w/ Krupa

Thanks for the memory-from 'Time for two' w/ Cal Tjader 1962

That's what you think-from 'Drummer man' w/ Krupa 1956

That's what you think-1942 w/ Krupa

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Anita O'Day live at The Berlin Jazz Festival 1970

Anita-live 1970 in Berlin..........nice

Let's fall in love

Your wings

Soon it's gonna rain

Honeysuckle Rose

I can't get started

Yesterday-Yesterdays

On a clear day

Street of dreams

Sunny

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More Anita..............Part 7..........

Here's Part 7 of Anita O'Day.............

A blues serenade-1960 from 'Waiter, Make Mine Blues'

Ain't this a wonderful day-1952 From 'The lady is a tramp'

All too soon-1963 from 'Anita O'Day And The Three Sounds'

Detour ahead-1960 from 'Waiter, Make Mine Blues'

Fly me to the moon (in other words)-1963 from 'Anita O'Day And The Three Sounds'

Good bye-1963 from 'Anita O'Day And The Three Sounds'

Lover come back to me-1952 From 'The lady is a tramp'

Mad about the boy-1960 from 'Waiter, Make Mine Blues'

Medley-**disregard....acidental duplicate of another track on this list 'S'wonderful'**

My ship-1963 from 'Anita O'Day And The Three Sounds'

No soap, no hope blues-1952 From 'The lady is a tramp'

Pagan love song-1952 From 'The lady is a tramp'

Rock and roll blues-1952 From 'The lady is a tramp'

Rosetta-1945 w/ The Nat King Cole Trio

S'wonderful-1957 from 'Anta Sings the most- The Oscar Peterson'

September in the rain-1948 w/ Tadd Dameron Trio

Shaking the blues away-1993 from 'Rules Of The Road'

Side by side-1942 w/ Krupa

Sing, sing, sing (RSL remix) -fun stuff.....

Sing, sing, sing 1958-from Anita O'Day Sings The Winners

Skylark-1941 w/ Krupa

Slow down 1956 from "Drummer man' w/ Krupa

Slow down-1941 w/ Krupa

So much of nothing to do-1949 w/ Abbey Brown and his Cool Cats

Somebody's crying-1952 From 'The lady is a tramp'

Something I dreamed of last night-1950 w/ Jack Pleis and his Orchestra

Sometimes I'm happy-1947 w/ Alvy West and The Little Band

The lady is a tramp-1952 From 'The lady is a tramp'

The song is you-1958 from 'At Mister Kelly's'

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I found "The life of a jazz singer"-Anita O'day on YouTube....figured I'd post a copy before it got taken down from the page...

Anita O'Day Part 6..............

Anita!! Part 6............

A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square-1954 from 'Jazz Round Midnight'

An occasional man-1962 from 'Time For Two' w/ Cal Tjader

Murder, he says-1942 w/ Krupa

Music that makes me dance-1993 from 'Rules Of The Road'

My funny valentine-1958 from 'Anita O'Day Sings The Winners'

My heart belongs to daddy-1959 from 'Anita O'Day swings Cole Porter and Billy May'

Night and day-1960 from 'Swings Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart  with Billy May"

No moon at all-1956 from "Anita"

Nobody does it better-1993 from 'Rules Of The Road'

Old devil moon-1957 from 'Anita Sings The Most- With The Oscar Peterson Trio'

Old folks-1977 from 'There's Only One'

Once there lived a fool-1950 w/ Ben Homer and his Orchestra

Opus 1-1956 from 'Drummer man' w/ Krupa

Opus 1 -1945 w/ Krupa

Pass the bounce-1941 w/ Krupa

Peanut vendor-1958 from 'Sings the winners'

Peel me a grape-1962 from 'Time For Two' w/ Cal Tjader

Penthouse serenade-1945 w/ The Nat King Cole Trio

Pick yourself up-1956 from 'Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day'

Poor simple Simon-1949 w/ Abbey Brown and his Cool Cats

Ride on-1944 Mac Gregor Transcription w/ Stan Kenton

Rock n' roll blues-1953 from 'Anita O'Day Collates'

Rosetta-1945 w/ The Nat King Cole Trio

Rules of the road-1993 from 'Rules Of The Road'

The party's over-1962 from 'Time For Two' w/ Cal Tjader

The rock n' roll waltz-1956 from 'Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day'

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Anita O'Day Part 5...................

Anita! Part 5...........

A lover is blue 1954 From 'Jazz 'round midnight'

Let me off Uptown 1941 w/ Krupa

Let me off Uptown 1956 From 'Drummer man' w/ Krupa

Let's begin 1956 From 'Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day'

Let's face the music and dance 1956 'Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day'

Let's face the music and dance (alt take) 1956

Let's fall in love 1954 From 'An evening with Anita O'Day'

Let's get away from it all 1941 w/ Krupa

Little girl blue 1960 From 'Swings Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart  and Billy May'

Loneliness is a well 1958 From "At Mr. Kelly's'

Lonesome road 1945 w/ The Nat King Cole Trio

Lonesome road 1993 From 'Rules Of The Road'

Love for sale 1952

Love for sale 1959 Anita O'Day swings Cole Porter

Love me or leave me 1956 From 'Anita Sings The Most- With The Oscar Peterson Trio'

Lover 1960 from 'Swings Rogers and Hart'

Lovesick blues 1950 w/ Ben Homer and his Orchestra **I never thought I'd say I HATE an Anita version of a tune....well, saying it...hate it!!**

Lullaby of the leaves 1952

Malaguena 1947/48 w/ studio orch led by Ralph Burns or Benny Carter

Man with a horn 1954 From 'An evening with Anita O'Day'

Massachusetts 1942 w/ Krupa

Medley: Black coffee, Detour ahead - 1993 From 'Rules of the Road'

Medley-1954 From 'An evening with Anita O'Day

Memories from you 1945

Memories from you 1959 From 'The Gene Krupa story'

Mr. Sandman 1962 From 'Time for two' w/ Cal Tjader

The lady in red w/ Stan Kenton From AFRS "One night stand 685"
Broadcast, Pacific Square Ballroom, San Diego, Cal., May/June 1944

The man I love -From 1954 From 'An evening with Anita O'Day'

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Anita O'Day Part 4..........

Anita.....Part 4

I have a reason for living (1958) From 'At Mr. Kelly's'

I lost my sugar in Salt Lake City (1944) Mac Gregor transcription with the Stan Kenton Orch.

I love you (1960) From 'Swings Cole Porter, Rogers and Hart with Billy May'

I never had a chance (1956) From 'Pick yourself up with Anita O'Day'

I take to you (1941) w/ Krupa

I told ya I love ya, now get out (1993) From 'Rules of the road'

I told ya I love ya, now get out (1947) w/ Will Bradley and his Orchestra

I used to be color blind (1956) From 'Pick yourself up with Anita O'Day'

I want a grown up man (1945) w/ Kenton

I won't dance (1956) From 'Pick yourself up with Anita O'Day'

I'd do it all over again (1945) radio b'cast w/ Krupa

If I could steal you from somebody else (1950) w/ Jack Pleis and his Orchestra

If the moon turns green (1954) From 'Jaz 'round Midnight'

In a little Spanish town (1944) Mac Gregor transcription with the Stan Kenton Orch.

In the middle of May (1945) w/ Krupa (duet w/ Buddy Stewart)

Interlude (A night in Tunisia) (1958) From 'Sings the winners'

It don't mean a thing (If it ain't got that swing) (1977) From 'There's only one'

It never entered my mind  (1958) From 'At Mr. Kelly's'

It never entered my mind (1959) From 'Swings Cole Porter and Billy May'

It shouldn't happen to a dream (1962) From 'Time for two' w/ Cal Tjader

It's De-Lovely (1960) From 'Swings Cole Porter, Rogers and Hart with Billy May'

It's different when it happens to you (1947) w/ Will Bradley and his Orchestra

It's you or no one (1993) From 'Rules of the road'

Ivy (1956) From 'Pick yourself up with Anita O'Day'

Jamaica mon (1949) w/ Abbey Brown and his Cool Cats

Johnny one note (1960) From 'Swings Cole Porter, Rogers and Hart with Billy May'

Just a little bit South of North Carolina (1941) w/ Krupa

Just in time (1962) From 'Time for two' w/ Cal Tjader

Just one of those things (1959) From 'Swings Cole Porter and Billy May'

Just one of those things (1960) From 'Swings Cole Porter, Rogers and Hart with Billy May'

Key Largo (Late 1947 or early 1948) Studio Orch led by Ralph Burns or Benny Carter

Kick it! (1941) w/ Krupa (radio or transcription take)

Kick it! (1941) w/ Krupa


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Anita O'Day Part 3...........

Part 3 of the Anita list!!

Have you met Miss Jones (1958) From 'At Mr. Kelly's'

Have you met Miss Jones (1960) From 'Swings Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart  and Billy May'

Here's that rainy day (1993) From 'Rules of the road'

Hershey bar (1958) From 'Sings the winners'

Hi Ho Trailus boot whip (1947) Will Bradley and his Orchestra

Honeysuckle rose (1956) From 'This is Anita'

How come (1945)

How do (1941) w/ Krupa

How high the moon (1948)

I ain't gettin' any younger (1948)

I appologize (1950)

I believe in you (1962) From 'Time for two' with Cal Tjader

I can't believe that you're in love with me (1945)

I can't get started (1954) From 'Jazz 'round midnight'

I can't give you anything but love (1945) with The Nat King Cole Trio

I cover the waterfront (1954) From 'An evening with Anita O'Day'

I cover the waterfront (1977) From 'There's only one'

I cried for you (1977) From 'There's only one'

I didn't know what time it was (1954) From 'An evening with Anita O'Day'

I fall in love too easily (1955) From 'This is Anita'

I get a kick out of you (1960) From 'Swings Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart  and Billy May'

I'll see you in my dreams (1955) From 'This is Anita'

I'm falling in love with love (1960) From 'Swings Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart  and Billy May'

I'm getting sentimental over you (1977) From 'There's only one'

I'm going mad for a pad (1944) w/ Kenton

I'm not lonely (1956) From 'Pick yourself up with Anita O'Day'

I'm not supposed to be blue blues (1962) From 'Time for two' w/ Cal Tjader

I'm with you (1956) From 'Pick yourself up with Anita O'Day'

I've got five dollars (1960) From 'Swings Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart  and Billy May'
I've got the world on a string (1957) From 'Sings the most'

I've got you under my skin (1960) From 'Swings Cole Porter, Rogers and Hart and Billy May'

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Part 2..........Anita O'Day

Anita O'Day Part 2

Here we are with part 2.........reposted, and cleaned up..........enjoy!

Early autumn   (1958) -From "Sings the winners"
Drummin' man (1956) w/ Krupa from 'Drummer man'
Don't kick it around (1949)  w/ Abbey Brown and his Cool Cats
(Did you ever get) that feeling in the moonlight (1942) (I'm having a mind fart...the duet is either with Howard Dulany, or Johnny Desmond.....??!!)
Don't be that way (1958) From 'Sings the winners'
Didn't we (1993) From 'Rules of the road'
Easy to love (1960) From 'Swings Cole Porter, Rogers and Hart with Billy May'
Everytime I'm with you (1958) - From 'Live at Mr. Kelly's'
Falling in love with love (1960) From 'Swings Rogers and Hart'
Fightin' Doug Mac Arthur (1942)
Fine and dandy (1955) From "This is Anita"
Fool am I (1941) w/ Krupa
Four (1958) From 'Sings the winners'
Four brothers (1958) From 'Sings the winners'
Frankie and Johnny (1954) From 'An evening with Anita O'Day'
Frenesi (1958) From 'Sings the winners'
From this moment on (1954) From "An evening with Anita O'Day'
Georgia on my mind (1941) w/ Krupa
Get out of town (1960) From 'Swings Cole Porter, Rogers and Hart and Billy May'
The getaway and the chase (1956) From 'Pick yourself up with Anita O'Day'
God bless the child (1961) From 'Travelin' light'
Gotta be gettin' (1944) w/ Kenton
Gotta be gettin' (1944) w/ Kenton (live recording)
Green eyes (1941) w/ Krupa (duet w/ Howard Dulany)
Gypsy in my soul (1954) From 'An evening with Anita O'Day'
Harlem on parade (1942) w/ Krupa
Harriet (1945) W/ Krupa and Buddy Stewart

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Anita O'Day.........reposted lists from last year......improved tags and bitrates, etc.........Part 1

Anita O'Day

Anita O'Day (October 18, 1919 – November 23, 2006) was an American jazz singer.

Born Anita Belle Colton, O'Day was admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band appearances shattered the traditional image of the "girl singer". Refusing to pander to any female stereotype, O'Day presented herself as a "hip" jazz musician, wearing a band jacket and skirt as opposed to an evening gown. She changed her surname from Colton to O'Day, pig Latin for "dough," slang for money.

O'Day, along with Mel Tormé, is often grouped with the West Coast cool school of jazz. Like Tormé, O'Day had some training in jazz drums (courtesy of her first husband Don Carter); her longest musical collaboration was with jazz drummer John Poole. While maintaining a central core of hard swing, O'Day's skills in improvisation of rhythm and melody put her squarely among the pioneers of bebop; indeed, a staple of her live act in the 1950s was a cover of "Four" by Miles Davis.

She cited Martha Raye as the primary influence on her vocal style, although she also expressed admiration for Mildred Bailey, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday.

O'Day always maintained that the accidental excision of her uvula during a childhood tonsillectomy left her incapable of vibrato, and unable to maintain long phrases. That botched operation, she claimed, forced her to develop a more percussive style based on short notes and rhythmic drive. However, when she was in good voice she could stretch long notes with strong crescendos and a telescoping vibrato, e.g. her live version of "Sweet Georgia Brown" at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, captured in Bert Stern's film Jazz on a Summer's Day.

O'Day's backbeat-based singing style was strongly influential on many other female singers of the late swing and bebop eras, including June Christy, Chris Connor and Doris Day.

O'Day's long-term problems with heroin addiction and alcoholism and her often erratic behavior related to those problems earned her the nickname "The Jezebel of Jazz".

Born into a broken home in Chicago, O'Day took the first chance to leave home when, at age 14, she became a contestant in the popular Walk-a-thons as a dancer. She toured with the Walk-a-thons circuits for two years, occasionally being called upon to sing. In 1934, she began touring the Midwest as a marathon dance contestant and singing "The Lady in Red" for tips.

In 1936, she left the endurance contests, determined to become a professional singer. She started out as a chorus girl in such Uptown venues as the Celebrity Club and the Vanity Fair, then found work as a singer and waitress at the Ball of Fire, the Vialago, and the Planet Mars. At the Vialago, O'Day met the drummer Don Carter, who introduced her to music theory and whom she married in 1937. Her first big break came in 1938 when Down Beat editor Carl Cons hired her to work at his new club at 222 North State Street, the Off-Beat, which quickly became a popular hangout for musicians. Also performing at the Off-Beat was the Max Miller Quartet, which backed O'Day for the first 10 days of her stay there.

While performing at the Off Beat, she met Gene Krupa, who promised to call her if Irene Daye, his current vocalist, left his band. In 1939 she was hired as vocalist for Miller's Quartet, which had a stay at the Three Deuces club in Chicago.

The call from Krupa came in early 1941. Of the 34 sides she recorded with Krupa, it was "Let Me Off Uptown", a novelty duet with Roy Eldridge, that became her first big hit. That year, Down Beat named O'Day "New Star of the Year". In 1942, she appeared with the Krupa band in two "soundies" (short musical films), singing "Thanks for the Boogie Ride" and "Let Me Off Uptown". The same year Down Beat readers voted her into the top five big band singers. O'Day came in fourth, with Helen O'Connell first, Helen Forrest second, Billie Holiday third, and Dinah Shore fifth. O'Day married again in 1942, this time to golf pro and jazz fan Carl Hoff.

When Krupa's band broke up after he was arrested for possession of marijuana in 1943, O'Day joined Woody Herman for a month-long gig at the Hollywood Palladium, followed by two weeks at the Orpheum. Unwilling to tour with another big band, she left Herman after the Orpheum engagement and finished out the year as a solo artist. Despite her initial misgivings about the compatibility of their musical styles, she joined Stan Kenton's band in April 1944. During her 11 months with Kenton, O'Day recorded 21 sides, both transcription and commercial, and appeared in a Universal Pictures short Artistry in Rhythm (1944). "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" became a huge seller and put Kenton's band on the map. She also appeared in one soundie with Kenton, performing "I'm Going Mad for a Pad" and "Tabby the Cat". O'Day later said, "My time with Stanley helped nurture and cultivate my innate sense of chord structure." In 1945 she rejoined Krupa's band and stayed almost a year. The reunion, unfortunately, yielded only 10 sides. After leaving Krupa late in 1946, O'Day once again became a solo artist.

During the late 1940s, she recorded two dozen sides, mostly for small labels. The quality of these singles varies: O'Day was trying to achieve popular success without sacrificing her identity as a jazz singer. Among the more notable recordings from this period are "Hi Ho Trailus Boot Whip", "Key Largo", "How High the Moon", and "Malaguena". O'Day's drug problems began to surface late in 1947, when she and her husband Carl Hoff were arrested for possession of marijuana and sentenced to 90 days in jail. Her career was back on the upswing in September 1948, when she sang with Count Basie at the Royal Roost in New York City, resulting in five airchecks. What secured O'Day's place in the jazz pantheon, however, are the 17 albums she recorded for Norman Granz's Norgran and Verve labels between 1952 and 1962.

Her first album, Anita O'Day Sings Jazz (reissued as The Lady Is a Tramp), was recorded in 1952 for the newly established Norgran Records (it was also the label's first LP). The album was a critical success and further boosted her popularity. In October 1952 O'Day was again arrested for possession of marijuana, but found not guilty. The following March, she was arrested for possession of heroin. The case dragged on for most of 1953; O'Day was finally sentenced to six months in jail. Not long after her release from jail on February 25, 1954, she began work on her second album, Songs by Anita O'Day (reissued as An Evening with Anita O'Day). She recorded steadily throughout the 1950s, accompanied by small combos and big bands. In person, O'Day was generally backed by a trio which included John Poole, the drummer with whom she would work for the next 40 years.

As a live performer O'Day also began performing in festivals and concerts with such musicians as Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, Dinah Washington, George Shearing, Cal Tjader, and Thelonious Monk. She appeared in the documentary Jazz on a Summer's Day, filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival which increased her popularity. She admitted later that she was probably high on heroin during the concert.^[2] She also said that it was the best day of her life in that hers was the star performance of the festival and she made the cover of national magazines for it.

The following year O'Day made a cameo appearance in The Gene Krupa Story, singing "Memories of You". Late in 1959, she toured Europe with Benny Goodman. O'Day wrote in her 1981 autobiography that when Goodman's attempts to upstage her failed to diminish the audience's enthusiasm, he cut all but two of her numbers from the show.

After the Goodman fiasco, O'Day went back to touring as a solo artist. She recorded infrequently after the expiration of her Verve contract in 1962 and her career seemed over when she nearly died of a heroin overdose in 1968. After kicking the habit, she made a comeback at the 1970 Berlin Jazz Festival. She also appeared in the films Zig Zag (1970) and The Outfit (1974). She resumed making live and studio albums, many recorded in Japan, and several were released on her own label, Emily Records.

O'Day spoke candidly about her drug addiction in her 1981 memoir High Times, Hard Times.

In 2005, her version of the standard "Sing, Sing, Sing" was remixed by RSL and was included in the compilation album Verve Remixed 3. The following year, she released Indestructible!, her first album in 13 years.

One of her best-known late-career audio performances "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby", which opens the film Shortbus (2006) by John Cameron Mitchell.

A feature-length documentary, Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer, directed by Robbie Cavolina and Ian McCrudden, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 30, 2007.

In November 2006, Robbie Cavolina (her last manager) entered her into a West Hollywood, California convalescent hospital, while she recovered from pneumonia. Two days before her death, she had demanded to be released from the hospital. On Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 2006, at age 87, O'Day died in her sleep. The official cause of death was cardiac arrest.

Ok........Last year, I started a series of posts on Anita. At the time, I stopped after the first two (they were not getting a lot of downloads, being that the blog was still pretty new).  I am now re-posting parts 1 and 2, with improved tags and bit rates, plus some extra music that I have.  This will, again be a big series, with quite a few parts, as I have a LOT of her music......................ENJOY! :)

Ace in the hole (1947) w/ Alvy West and The Little Band
Ain't misbehavin' (1945) w/ Nat King Cole Trio
All of you (1959) From 'Swings Cole Porter'
Alreet (1941) w/ the Gene Krupa band
Amour (1941) w/ Krupa-duet with Howard Dulany
And her tears flowed like wine (1944) w/ the Stan Kenton band
Angel eyes (1954) -From 'Jazz 'round Midnight'
Anita's blues (1956) From 'An evening with Anita O'Day'
Are you livin' old man? (1945) w/ Kenton
As long as there's music (1993) from 'Rules of the road'
Barrelhouse Bessie from Basin Street (1942) W/ Krupa & Roy Eldridge (duet vox and trumpet)
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered (1960) From 'Swings Cole Porter,, Rogers and Hart with Billy May'
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered (1957) From 'Anita sings the most'
Black moonlight (1950) w/ Ben Homer and his Orchestra
Blue champagne (1958) From 'Sings the winners'
Blues for Bojangles (1945) solo era side
Body and soul (1958) From 'Sings the winners'
Bolero at the Savoy (live) (1941) w/ Krupa
Bolero at the Savoy (1941) w/ Krupa
Boogie blues (1956) w/ Krupa From 'Drummer man'
Boogie blues (1945) w/ Krupa
Boogie blues (1961) from 'All the sad young men'
Bop boogie (1948) w/ Krupa
Build it up, paint it nice, tear it down (1944) w/ Krupa
But not for me (1958) - From 'Live at Mr. Kelly's'
Chicago (2003) From 'There's only one'
Chickery chick (1945) w/ Krupa
Coppin' a plea (1941) w/ Krupa
Crazy, he calls me (1954) From 'Jazz 'round Midnight'
Deliver me to Tennessee (1942) w/ Krupa
The ballad of the sad young men (1961) from 'All the sad young men'

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