Anita O'Day discography

Columbia and Capitol Records: 1941–1946

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.

With Stan Kenton

• Stan Kenton Classics (Capitol, 1944-47 [1952])
• The Kenton Era (Capitol, 1940–54, [1955])

Signature, Coral, Advance, Alto, Mercury Records: 1946–1951

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.

Recorded	Album title	Label	Issued
1947+	Anita O'Day Specials	Signature	1951
	Singin' and Swingin'	Coral	1953

Clef and Norgran Records: 1951–1956

Anita O'Day sang with small and large studio ensembles for the Clef and Norgran labels formed by Norman Granz.

Year	Album title	US chart	UK chart
1953	Anita O'Day Collates
1954	Anita O'Day Sings Jazz
1954	Songs By Anita O'Day
1955	Anita O'Day
1956	An Evening with Anita O'Day

Verve Records: 1956–1964

This time period 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.

Year	Album title	US chart	UK chart
1956	Anita (Japanese title This is Anita)
1957	Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day
1957	The Lady Is a Tramp
1957	Anita Sings the Most
1958	Anita O'Day at Mister Kelly's (live)
1958	Anita Sings the Winners
1959	Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May
1959	Cool Heat
1960	Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart
1960	Waiter, Make Mine Blues
1961	Trav'lin' Light
1962	All the Sad Young Men
1962	Time for 2 (with Cal Tjader)
1963	Anita O'Day & the Three Sounds (with The Three Sounds)
1964	Incomparable!
2007	Live in Tokyo '63 ( Released Posthumously ) (Live)

BASF/MPS Records: 1970

Spending several years kicking her drug and alcohol habit, O'Day re-emerged onto the music scene in 1970.

Year	Album title	US chart	UK chart
1970	Recorded Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival (Live)

Emily Records,(Emily Productions): 1975–2006

O'Day founded Emily Records, named after her dog, in 1975. 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.

Year	Album title	US chart	UK chart
1975	I Get a Kick Out of You
1975	My Ship
1976	Live at Mingo's (Live)
1978	Mello' Day
1978	Skylark - Live at Club Sometime (Live)
1978	Angel Eyes
1979	Anita O'Day Live at the City (Live)
1989	In a Mellow Tone
1991	At Vine St. Live (Live)
1993	Live in Person (Live)
1993	Rules of the Road
1993	Wave: Live at Ronnie Scott's (Live)
2006	Indestructible!

Dobre Records

Year	Album title	US chart	UK chart
1977	Anita O'Day
1978	There's Only One

References

Anita O'Day discography at AllMusic