Anita O'Day discography

The discography of American singer, Anita O'Day, contains 24 studio albums, 12 live albums, 19 compilation albums, one box set, 14 extended plays (EP's) and 37 singles. Her first recordings were released as a featured vocalist in big bands, beginning with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra in 1941. Among her six debut releases, "Georgia on My Mind", "Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina" and "Let Me off Uptown" made the US pop chart, with the latter two making the top-10. O'Day had her highest-peaking US pop single with the number four "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine", recorded with Stan Kenton and His Orchestra in 1944. She returned to Krupa in 1945 and had two more US top-10 singles with "Chickery Chick" (1945) and "Boogie Blues" (1946). O'Day was then included on singles released by orchestras like Will Bradley, Ralph Burns and Benny Carter. In collaboration with the All Stars, she reached number 24 on the US pop chart in 1951 with "Tennessee Waltz".

O'Day's first studio albums were released in the 1950s decade, beginning with Songs by Anita O'Day (1954). The Verve record label issued 13 studio albums by O'Day between 1956 and 1964, beginning with Anita. At Verve, she was joined by several collaborators including Billy May on Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter with Billy May (1959), Jimmy Giuffre on Cool Heat (1959) and Cal Tjader on Time for 2 (1962). The label also issued her first live album in 1958 titled Anita O'Day at Mister Kelly's. Following her Verve albums, O'Day's next release would also be a live album titled Anita O'Day in Berlin (1971). The Trio label (based in Japan) issued two studio albums by O'Day during this time: Anita 1975 (1975) and My Ship(1976). The company also issued three live albums during the same period, including Live in Tokyo, 1975 (1976).

In 1979, the GNP Crescendo label released the studio album Mello'day, followed by the Emily label releasing several albums during the 1980s like Live at the City (1980), The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1982) and A Song for You (1984). A live album of O'Day's 1963 Japanese concert was issued by Polydor Records in 1985 titled Anita O'Day in Tokyo '63. Her final live album was issued in 1991 called At Vine St. Live. Studio albums by O'Day continued being issued, including In a Mellow Tone (1989), Rules of the Road (a 1993 collaboration with the Jack Sheldon Orchestra) and her final release Indestructible! (2006). Her 2013 compilation, Four Classic Albums, made the top 20 of the UK Jazz and Blues Chart.