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Topic: RIP Anita O Day and Betty Comden Nov 23 |
Janice Brooks
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Pleasant Gap Pa
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Posted 23 Nov 2006 4:37 pm |
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| A couple ladies from different plains of music. |
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Mitch Drumm
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Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 24 Nov 2006 2:05 am
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Tnat's not exactly what I wanted to hear.
Anita was 87, I think, and had been failing for several years. But she had performed within the last year or so and recently released a new CD. A pro for 65 years. Made every move there was to make, good and bad.
One of the all time troupers, all time characters, and I guess my favorite jazz singer. Saw her 3 or 4 times from the late 70s on.
Here are 3 videos; first one with Gene Krupa and Roy Eldridge, circa 1942. The last 2 are her performances from "Jazz On A Summer's Day" at Newport in 1958.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCU4ExwpfS8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKqUsxG4yuA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuzWegDm2HY
[This message was edited by Mitch Drumm on 24 November 2006 at 02:06 AM.] |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 24 Nov 2006 4:49 am
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| Sad news. Anita is one of my all-time favorite singers. In an era where most everyone sounded alike, she had a unique sound and could swing with the best instrumentalists. |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 24 Nov 2006 4:52 am
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| Sad news. Anita is one of my all-time favorite singers. In an era where most everyone sounded alike, she had a unique sound and could swing with the best instrumentalists. |
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John McGann
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Nov 2006 5:08 am
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| Amazing she made it to 87, though! |
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Chuck S. Lettes
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Denver, Colorado
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Posted 24 Nov 2006 6:39 am
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She and Billie Holiday were my two favorite singers of the Big Band era. I love the stuff Anita recorded with Gene Krupa.
Chuck |
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John Rosett
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Missoula, MT
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Posted 24 Nov 2006 11:20 am
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| the first anita o'day song i heard was "gone with the wind", and i've been a fan ever since. she was a truly great musician. thanks for those film clips. |
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