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Released
  
1956

Artist
  
Anita O'Day

Label
  
Verve Records

Producers
  
Norman Granz, Anita O'Day

Length
  
37:43

Release date
  
1956

Genres
  
Jazz, Vocal jazz

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Recorded
  
December 6–8, 1955 in Hollywood

This is Anita(1955)
  
Pick Yourself Up with Anita O'Day(1956)

Similar
  
Anita O'Day albums, Vocal jazz albums

This is Anita is a reissue of Anita (MGV-2000), a 1956 album by Anita O'Day that was re-released in 1962 (V/V6-8483) under the new title.

Contents

It was arranged and conducted by Buddy Bregman and was the first in a series of albums recorded by O'Day for the newly inaugurated Verve Records. Norman Granz was the producer on this album, and it was the first album to be released under his new label, thus paving the way for the future recordings from Verve, and this album was O'Day's first stint from the big band recordings of the 1940s and early 1950s.

Side One

  1. "You're the Top" (Cole Porter) — 2:24
  2. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) — 3:13
  3. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz) — 4:00
  4. "Who Cares?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) — 3:14
  5. "I Can't Get Started" (I. Gershwin, Vernon Duke) — 3:53
  6. "Fine and Dandy" (Kay Swift) — 2:25

Side Two

  1. "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen) — 3:39
  2. "No Moon at All" (Redd Evans, David Mann) — 2:28
  3. "Time After Time" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) — 4:06
  4. "I'll See You In My Dreams" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) — 2:50
  5. "I Fall In Love Too Easily" (Cahn, Styne) — 2:54
  6. "Beautiful Love" (Haven Gillespie, Wayne King, Egbert Van Alstyne, Victor Young) — 2:37

Personnel

  • Anita O'Day - vocals
  • Buddy Bregman - arranger
  • Barney Kessel - guitar

    • Songs

    1You're the Top2:25
    2Honeysuckle Rose3:14
    3A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square4:02

    References

    This Is Anita Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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