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

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.

RecordedAlbum titleLabelIssued
1947+Anita O'Day SpecialsSignature1951
Singin' and Swingin'Coral1953

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.

YearAlbum titleUS chartUK chart
1953Anita O'Day Collates
1954Anita O'Day Sings Jazz
1954Songs By Anita O'Day
1955Anita O'Day
1956An 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.

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

YearAlbum titleUS chartUK chart
1970Recorded Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival (Live)

Emily Records,(Emily Productions) : 1975–NOW

O'Day named Emily Records 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.

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

Dobre Records

YearAlbum titleUS chartUK chart
1977Anita O'Day
1978There's Only One
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