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Anita O'Day

1919 - 2006

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Anita Belle Colton (October 18, 1919 – November 23, 2006), known professionally as Anita O'Day, was an American jazz singer and self-proclaimed “song stylist” widely admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band appearances that 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anita O'Day is the 1,015th most popular singer (down from 912th in 2019), the 5,689th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,799th in 2019) and the 291st most popular American Singer.

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Among singers, Anita O'Day ranks 1,015 out of 4,381. Before her are Oleg Gazmanov, Pyotr Leshchenko, Loretta Lynn, Rosa Ponselle, Brian McFadden, and Wenche Myhre. After her are Tonina Torrielli, Imogen Heap, Snow, Dulce Pontes, Dragana Mirković, and Hande Yener.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Anita O'Day ranks 194. Before her are Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Daniil Granin, Benny Moré, Maria Lassnig, Eugenia Charles, and R. M. Hare. After her are Eileen Heckart, Mohammed Karim Lamrani, Doris Miller, Michèle Arnaud, Laila Schou Nilsen, and Roman Vlad. Among people deceased in 2006, Anita O'Day ranks 205. Before her are Max Merkel, Karl Hugo Strunz, John Profumo, Fritz Klein, Elena Mukhina, and Gordon George Avery. After her are Chris Heunis, Robert Lockwood Jr., Al Lewis, Shigeru Kayano, Fernando Romeo Lucas García, and Betty Curtis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anita O'Day ranks 5,689 out of 20,380. Before her are Nathan Lane (1956), Taryn Power (1953), Loretta Lynn (1932), Judy Holliday (1921), Bradford Dillman (1930), and Rosa Ponselle (1897). After her are Ross the Boss (1954), Walter Isaacson (1952), S. Robson Walton (1944), Harry Morgan (1915), Danai Gurira (1978), and Holly Marie Combs (1973).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Anita O'Day ranks 291. Before her are Marilyn Horne (1934), Sharon Jones (1956), Prodigy (1974), Tammy Wynette (1942), Loretta Lynn (1932), and Rosa Ponselle (1897). After her are Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893), Tammi Terrell (1945), Mýa (1979), Katharine McPhee (1984), Andrea True (1943), and Kim Gordon (1953).

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