Anita O'Day

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human jazz singer recording artist vocalist

Anita O'Day was an influential American jazz singer known for her rhythmic sophistication, cool vocal style, and celebrated performances with big bands and in bebop settings.

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Label	Occurrences
Anita O'Day canonical	20
Anita O’Day	10

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ jazz singer ⓘ recording artist ⓘ vocalist ⓘ
associatedAct	Buddy Rich ⓘ Gene Krupa ⓘ Roy Eldridge ⓘ Stan Kenton ⓘ
birthName	Anita Belle Colton ⓘ
causeOfDeath	cardiac arrest ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1919-10-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2006-11-23 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	European American ⓘ
familyName	Colton ⓘ
genre	bebop ⓘ jazz ⓘ swing music ⓘ
givenName	Anita ⓘ
hasMusicalRole	scat singer ⓘ
influenced	Diana Krall ⓘ Karrin Allyson ⓘ numerous modern jazz vocalists ⓘ
influencedBy	Billie Holiday ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
name	Anita O'Day self-link ⓘ
notableFor	bebop performances ⓘ big band performances ⓘ improvisational skill ⓘ rhythmic sophistication ⓘ
notableWork	album “Anita O'Day Sings the Winners” ⓘ album “Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May” ⓘ album “Anita O'Day at Mister Kelly's” ⓘ album “Anita Sings the Most” ⓘ album “Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day” ⓘ autobiography “High Times, Hard Times” ⓘ “And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine” ⓘ “Let Me Off Uptown” ⓘ “Sweet Georgia Brown” (Newport performance) ⓘ Tea for Two ⓘ surface form: “Tea for Two” (Newport performance)
occupation	jazz musician ⓘ singer ⓘ
performanceHighlight	Newport Jazz Festival ⓘ surface form: Newport Jazz Festival 1958
performedWith	Gene Krupa Orchestra ⓘ Stan Kenton ⓘ surface form: Stan Kenton Orchestra
placeOfBirth	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
recordLabel	Clef Records ⓘ Norgran Records ⓘ Verve Records ⓘ
residence	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	complex rhythmic placement ⓘ cool, detached delivery ⓘ minimal vibrato ⓘ off-beat phrasing ⓘ
vocalStyle	cool vocal style ⓘ
yearsActive	1930s ⓘ 1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ

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Isn't It Romantic? (jazz standard) → hasNotablePerformer → Anita O'Day ⓘ

subject surface form: Isn't It Romantic?

I Could Write a Book (jazz standard) → notablePerformanceBy → Anita O'Day ⓘ

subject surface form: I Could Write a Book

Lover (jazz standard) → hasNotablePerformer → Anita O'Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anita O’Day

My Funny Valentine → notablePerformer → Anita O'Day ⓘ

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I Could Write a Book → notablePerformer → Anita O'Day ⓘ

You Took Advantage of Me → notablePerformer → Anita O'Day ⓘ

Falling in Love with Love → hasNotableRecordingArtist → Anita O'Day ⓘ

Someday My Prince Will Come → notableRecordingBy → Anita O'Day ⓘ

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Gene Krupa → associatedAct → Anita O'Day ⓘ

How Long Has This Been Going On? → hasNotablePerformer → Anita O'Day ⓘ

Nice Work If You Can Get It → hasNotableRecordingBy → Anita O'Day ⓘ

Skylark → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Anita O'Day ⓘ

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Too Marvelous for Words → notableRecordingBy → Anita O'Day ⓘ

I'm Old Fashioned → hasNotablePerformer → Anita O'Day ⓘ

subject surface form: "I'm Old Fashioned"

Imagination → hasPerformer → Anita O'Day ⓘ

I Thought About You → hasNotableRecordingBy → Anita O'Day ⓘ

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Out of This World → hasNotablePerformer → Anita O'Day ⓘ

The End of a Love Affair → hasNotableInterpreter → Anita O'Day ⓘ

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Glad to Be Unhappy → hasNotablePerformer → Anita O'Day ⓘ

Lover, Come Back to Me → hasNotableRecordingBy → Anita O'Day ⓘ

Anita O'Day → name → Anita O'Day self-link ⓘ

Stars Fell on Alabama → performedBy → Anita O'Day ⓘ

From This Moment On → notableRecordingBy → Anita O'Day ⓘ

What Is This Thing Called Love? → hasNotablePerformer → Anita O'Day ⓘ

subject surface form: "What Is This Thing Called Love?"

Easy to Love → hasPerformer → Anita O'Day ⓘ

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Easy to Love → recordedBy → Anita O'Day ⓘ

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Easy to Love → hasNotableVersionBy → Anita O'Day ⓘ

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You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To → hasNotableRecordingBy → Anita O'Day ⓘ

I Concentrate on You → hasNotableRecordingBy → Anita O'Day ⓘ

At Long Last Love → hasPerformer → Anita O'Day ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anita O’Day