Anita O'Day discography

In her earliest recordings, Anita O'Day was the featured vocalist with the big bands of Gene Krupa (1941-1942 and 1945–1946) and Stan Kenton (1944). In the 1940s, Columbia and Capitol Records released the recordings of Krupa and Kenton, respectively, on 78 rpm disks with one song per side. In later decades the tracks were anthologized in albums in other media.

In her first years as a solo act, Anita O'Day recorded several dozen live and in-studio songs, including ten tracks produced by Bob Thiele in Fall 1947 for the Signature label.

Anita O'Day sang with small and large studio ensembles for the Clef and Norgran labels formed by Norman Granz. The 1956–64 years brought O'Day to the attention of the Jazz world, making 14 records. O'Day became the first artist to record for Norman Granz's newly formed Verve Records.

Spending several years kicking her drug and alcohol habit, O'Day re-emerged onto the music scene in 1970 with a live in Berlin album for the MPS label.

In 1975 O'Day founded Emily Records, named after her dog,^[1] This time period would document her strong comeback, with her first studio recordings, since leaving Verve Records in 1963. Most of her recordings in the 1970s would take place in Japan, as jazz became popular in the country.

Albums (10"and 12" Lps and CDs)

• 1944-47 - Stan Kenton Classics (Capitol, [1952])
• 1940–54 - The Kenton Era (Capitol, [1955])
• 1947 - Anita O'Day Specials (Signature,1951)
• 1953 - Singin' and Swingin (Coral 1953)
• 1953 - Anita O'Day Collates (Clef 195?) 10" Lp
• 1955 - Anita O'Day Sings Jazz (Norgran, 195?)
• 1954- Songs By Anita O'Day (Norgran, 195?) 10" Lp
• 1955 - Anita O'Day (Norgran, 195?)
• 1955.08 - An Evening with Anita O'Day (Norgran, 1956)
• 1956 - Anita (Aka This is Anita) (Verve, ?)
• 1957 - Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day (Verve,1957)
• 1952 - The Lady Is a Tramp (Verve, 1957)
• 1958 - Anita O'Day at Mister Kelly's (Verve, 1958)
• 1958 - Anita Sings the Winners (Verve, 1958)
• 1959 - Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May (Verve, ?) - w Billy May Orch.
• 1959.04 - Cool Heat (Verve, 1959) - w Jimmy Giuffre Orch.
• 1960 - Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart (Verve, ?) - w Billy May Orch.
• 1960 - Waiter, Make Mine Blues (Verve, 1960) - w Russell Garcia Orch.
• 1961 - Trav'lin' Light (Verve, 1961) - w Johnny Mandel Orch.
• 1962 - All the Sad Young Men (Verve, ?)
• 1962 - Time for 2 (with Cal Tjader) (Verve, 1963)
• 1962.10 - Anita O'Day & the Three Sounds (Verve, ?)
• 1960 - Incomparable! (Verve, 1964) - w Bill Holman Orch.
• 1963 - Anita O'Day in Tokyo '63 (Polidor, 1985)
• 1970 - Recorded Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival (MPS, 1970)
• 1975.04 - Anita 1975 (Trio, 1975) Aka A Song For You (Emily Recs,1975), Aka I get Kick Out OF You (Evidence, 1994)
• 1975.06 - My Ship (Trio/Emily Recs,1975)
• 1975.06 - Anita O'Day Live In Tokyo, 1975 (Trio, 1976) Aka Anita O'Day In Tokyo (Emily Recs, 1978)
• 1976.09 - Live in Person (Starline,1993)
• 1976 - Live at Mingo's (Trio/Emily Recs.1976)
• 1977 - There's Only One (Dobre Recs, 1978)
• 1978.06 - Skylark - Live at Sometime (Trio/Emily Recs,1978)
• 1978.06 - Angel Eyes (Lobster/Emily Recs,1979)
• 1978 - Live At Basie (Ratspack Recs.2007)
• 1979.01 - Mello' Day (GNP Crescendo,1979)
• 1979 - Live at the City (Emily Recs, 1980)
• 1979 - Live at the City The Second Set (Emily Recs, 1982)
• 1981 - Misty (Lobster,1982) Aka The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (Emily Recs, 1981)
• 1984 - Ao Vivo No 150 Night Club (Estudio Eldorado, 1984)
• 1985.05 - 50th Anniversary Concert (Emily Recs, 1985)
• 1985.05 - SS'wonderful_ Big Band Concert (Emily Recs, 1985)
• 1985 - The Anita O'Day Christmas album (Emily Recs, 1985)
• 1985 - On A Clear Day (Emily Recs, 1985)
• 1986.04 - Live at Ronnnie Scott's (Whadam Hendring, 1986)
• 1988.05 - Swingin' Anita O'Day & Tenor Battle (Lobster, 1988)
• 1989 - In a Mellow Tone (DRG,1989)
• 1991 - At Vine St. Live (Swing,1991)
• 1993 - Rules of the Road (Pablo, 1993) w Jack Sheldon Orch.
• 2004-05 - Indestructible! (Emily Recs.2006)

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		US [2]
"Georgia on My Mind" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)	1941	18	non-album singles
"Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)		9
"Let Me Off Uptown" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)		10
"Stop! The Red Light's On" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)[3]		—
Two in Love" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)[4]		—
"Thanks for the 'Boogie' Ride" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)[5]		—
"Rumba Fox Trot" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra and Howard DuLany)[6]	1942	—
"Skylark" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)[7]		—
"Pass the Bounce" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)[8]		—
"Fightin' Doug MacArthur" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)[9]		—
"That's What You Think" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)[10]		—
"Massachusetts" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)[11]		—
"Side by Side" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)[12]	1944	—
"And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" (with Stan Kenton and His Orchestra)		4
"Gotta Be Gettin'" (with Stan Kenton and His Orchestra)[13]		—
"Are You Livin' Old Man" (with Stan Kenton and His Orchestra)[14]	1945	—
"(Did You Ever Get) That Feeling In The Moonlight" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)[15]		—
"Chickery Chick" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)		10
"Harriet (A Western Novelty Song)" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)[16]		—
"Hop, Skip, and Jump" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)[17]	1946	—
"Boogie Blues" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchesatra)		9
"Opus No. 1" (with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)[18]	1947	—
"Ace in the Hole" (with Alvin and His Little Band)[19]		—
"What Is This Thing Called Love" (with Will Bradley and His Orchestra)[20]		—
"Travelin' Man" (with Stan Kenton and His Orchestra)[21]	1948	—
"How High the Moon" (with Ralph Burns and His Orchestra)[22]	—
"I Ain't Gettin' Any Younger" (with Benny Carter and His Orchestra)[23]	—
"Blues for Bojangles" (with Paul Jordan and His Orchestra)[24]	1950	—
"Tennessee Waltz" (as Anita O'Day with the All Stars)		24
"I Apologize"[25]	1951	—
"Pagan Love Song"[26]	1953	—	Anita O'Day Sings Jazz
"Ain't This a Wonderful Day"[27]		—
"Rock and Roll Waltz"[28]	1956	—	Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day
"The Getaway and the Chase"[29]		—
"You're the Top"[30]		—	This Is Anita
"Night and Day"[31]	1959	—	Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May
"Ain't No Big Thing"[32]	1966	—	non-album singles
"The Easy Life"[33]	1988	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.