Collection Summary
Anita O'Day Papers
1939-2004
1940s-1970s
1939-2004
1940s-1970s
ML31.O33
O'Day, Anita
1,200 items
20 containers
8 linear feet
275 digital files (9.22 GB)
English
Collection material in English
Music Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Anita O'Day was an American jazz vocalist.
The collection primarily consists of manuscript scores, lead sheets, parts, and
annotated sheet music for arrangements of popular songs and jazz standards performed by
O'Day throughout her career. In addition, it contains a small amount of photographs,
correspondence, clippings, scrapbook pages, honors and awards, posters, and publicity
materials.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Bregman, Buddy.
Castro, Joe, 1927-2009.
Garcia, Russell.
Holman, Bill.
Jones, Quincy, 1933-
Kahn, Tiny.
May, Billy.
O'Day, Anita--Archives.
O'Day, Anita--Correspondence.
O'Day, Anita--Photographs.
O'Day, Anita.
O'Day, Anita.
Paich, Marty.
Subjects
Jazz vocals.
Jazz--Lead sheets.
Jazz.
Music--Manuscripts--United States.
Popular music--United States.
Women jazz singers--United States.
Form/Genre
Autographs (Manuscripts)
Awards.
Clippings (Information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Files (Digital files)
Jazz.
Lead sheets.
Parts (Music)
Photographic prints.
Popular music.
Posters.
Promotional materials.
Scores.
Scrapbooks.
Songs.
Provenance
Purchase; 2011.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Processing History
The Anita O'Day Papers were processed by Thomas Barrick in 2012. Thomas Barrick coded
the finding aid for EAD format in 2012. Christopher Hartten updated the finding aid to
include digital files in 2022.
Transfers
Sound recordings from the Anita O'Day Papers have been transferred to the Library of
Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. An inventory of this
material is available in the Music Division's collection file.
Copyright Status
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States (Title 17, U.S.C.) and other applicable international copyright laws.
Access and Restrictions
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Digital Files
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Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information:
[item, date, container or digital ID number], Anita O'Day Papers, Music Division,
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Biographical Note
Anita Belle Colton was born on October 18, 1919 in Kansas City, Missouri. Colton left
home at age 12 and assumed the stage surname "O'Day" while employed as a walkathon and
dance marathon contestant. She began singing professionally at age 19 in taverns around
Chicago and earned a reputation for her improvisatory skills and unique vocal qualities.
In 1941, O'Day joined the Gene Krupa Orchestra and became an overnight sensation with
her hit "Let Me Off Uptown." She sang with Stan Kenton's big band from 1944 to 1945 and
returned to Krupa's band from 1945 to 1946. Her career quickly became marred by constant
drug use and incarceration, and it was not until the mid-1950s that O'Day's solo career
reformed itself into a commercially successful enterprise. She recorded a string of
successful albums with Verve Records and arranger Buddy Bregman, including
Anita
and
Pick Yourself Up
. O'Day continued to perform to rave reviews, appearing at the Newport Jazz
Festival in 1958 and actively touring throughout the United States, Japan (1964), and
Europe (circa 1970). Her performance of "Tea for Two" in Bert Stern's documentary
Jazz on a Summer's Day
(1958) is widely regarded as one of the finest jazz performances on film. In
1972, she established her own record label, Anita O'Day Records.
A period of mediocre gigs in the 1970s ended with O'Day's 1976 residency at the New York
nightclub Hopper's and recruitment of savvy manager and press agent Alan Eichler. Strong
reviews for appearances at Studio One's Backlot further revived her career and
contributed to the eventual penning of her autobiography,
High Times, Hard Times
in 1981. O'Day launched the record label Emily in the early 1980s with Elaine
and John Poole, the latter being her longtime drummer and former live-in partner. She
performed at Carnegie Hall in 1985 in celebration of her fiftieth year in jazz and
continued to actively record and tour until 1996, when an accident and subsequent
mistreatment hospitalized her for over two years. O'Day resumed performances thereafter,
celebrating her eightieth birthday with an appearance at Hollywood's Palladium. She died
from pneumonia on November 23, 2006, in Los Angeles.
Scope and Content Note
The Anita O'Day Papers span from 1939 to 2004 with the majority of the materials dating
from the 1940s to the 1970s. The collection primarily consists of manuscript scores,
lead sheets, parts, and annotated sheet music for arrangements of popular songs and jazz
standards performed by O'Day throughout her career. Although much fewer in number than
the lead sheets, the full scores and parts reflect her work with many prominent
arrangers, including Buddy Bregman, Joe Castro, Russell Garcia, Bill Holman, Quincy
Jones, Norman "Tiny" Kahn, Billy May, Roger Neumann, and Marty Paich. The collection
also includes a small assortment of photographs, correspondence, clippings, scrapbook
pages, honors and awards, posters, and publicity materials. Digitized images of the
scrapbook pages are available.
Organization of the Anita O'Day Papers
The Anita O'Day Papers are organized in four series:
-
[ Music, 1940s-1970s ](mus)
-
[ Scrapbook Pages, 1937-1962
](scrap)
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[ Photographs, 1940s-2004 ](phot)
-
[ Miscellany, 1939-2004 ](misc)
Container List
Container
Contents
1-17
Music, 1940s-1970s
1940s-1970s
Scores, lead sheets, parts, and annotated sheet music for popular songs and jazz
standards. Arrangers are indicated if known.
Arranged alphabetically by title. Medleys of songs contain cross references to
individual arrangements within the collection.
1/1
The Acapulco polka
Lead sheet
1/2
The ace in the hole
Parts: vocal, piano, bass
1/3
Afternoon in Paris
Lead sheets
13/1
Ain't gonna wait too long
Score
1/4
All I need in the world is you
Lead sheet
1/5
Am I blue?
Parts: vocal, piano, bass
1/6
And her tears flowed like wine
[
see also Medley: Let me off uptown / And her
tears flowed like wine](medLA)
Parts: alto saxophone 1-2, tenor saxophone 1-2,
baritone saxophone, trumpet 1-3, trombone 1-3
1/7
And the angels sing
Lead sheet
1/8
And the ring
Lead sheet
Co-writers: Doris Crow, Anita O'Day, Sonny Anderson
1/9
Anita's blues
Lead sheet
1/9
Anita's blues
Lyric sheets
1/10
Are you havin' any fun?
Lead sheet
1/10
Are you havin' any fun?
Parts: piano, bass
1/11
Are you livin' old man?
Sheet music
1/12
As long as I live
Lead sheets
13/2
As long as I live
Score
Arranged by Buddy Bregman
13/2
As long as I live
Parts: vocal, drums
Arranged by Buddy Bregman
1/13
As long as there's music
Lead sheet
1/14
As time goes by
Lead sheet
13/3
Avalon
Score
Arranged for big band by Bill Holman
13/3
Avalon
Score
Arranged for sextet by Bill Holman
13/3
Avalon
Parts: vocal, alto saxophone 1-2, tenor
saxophone, baritone saxophone, trumpet 1-4, trombone 1-3, piano, bass, drums,
guitar
Extra parts for sextet: baritone saxophone, piano, bass, drums,
guitar
Arranged for big band and sextet by Bill Holman
1/15
Barrel house Bessie from Basin
Street
Lead sheet
1/16
Battle hymn of the Republic
Lyric sheet
1/16
Battle hymn of the Republic
Sheet music
Autographed by O'Day
13/4
Beautiful love
Score
Arranged by Buddy Bregman
13/4
Beautiful love
Parts: booth, piano, drums, guitar
Arranged by Buddy Bregman
16/1
Becky's night out
Score
Arranged by Tiny Kahn
1/17
Beside me
Lead sheet
1/18
Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered
Lead sheet
1/19
Beyond the blue horizon
Lead sheet
1/20
Blue skies
Parts: trombone, bass, drums
Trombone part on verso of drum part
1/21
Blues for Bojangles
Lead sheet
1/22
Blues serenade
Lead sheets
Laid in: note about booking performances
1/23
Bluesette
Lead sheet
16/2
Body and soul
Score
Arranged by Russell Garcia for the album Anita
O'Day Sings the Winners
16/2
Body and soul
Parts: alto saxophone 2, tenor saxophone,
baritone saxophone, trumpet 1-4, trombone 1-5
Arranged by Russell Garcia for the album Anita
O'Day Sings the Winners
1/24
Body and soul
Lead sheets
1/25
Boogie blues
Parts: alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet
1-4, trombone 1-4, piano, guitar, drums
Arranged by Quincy Jones
1/26
Boogie blues
Parts: tenor saxophone, trumpet 1, trombone 1,
bass, drums
Arranged by Roger Neumann
1/26
Boogie blues
Parts: stock big band arrangement
Arranged by James "Jiggs" Noble
1/27
Brazillian skies
Lead sheet
1/28
Breaking up is hard to do
Lead sheet
1/29
The breeze and I
Lead sheet
1/29
The breeze and I
Sheet music
1/30
Brother can you spare a dime?
Lead sheet
1/31
But not for me
Lead sheets
1/32
By chance
Lead sheet
1/33
By myself
Lead sheet
2/1
Candle light and wine
Lead sheets
2/2
Can't we be friends
Parts: piano, bass
16/3
Cent and a half
Score
Incomplete
Arranged by Tiny Kahn
2/3
Chicago
Lead sheets
2/4
Christmas in California
Lead sheets
2/5
The Christmas waltz
Lead sheets
Arranged by Buddy Bregman
2/6
Christopher Columbus
Piano-vocal score
Close to you[
see Medley: Yesterday / Close to you](medYC)
2/7
Close your eyes
Lead sheets
2/7
Close your eyes
Parts: baritone saxophone, bass
2/8
Come rain or come shine
Lead sheets
Arranged by Joe Castro
16/4
Cottontail
Score
From folder inscribed: Tiny Kahn
2/9
Cute
Lead sheet
2/10
Dance, ballerina, dance
Lead sheets
Days of wine and roses
[
see Medley: Days of wine and roses / You're my
everything / Dearly beloved / No moon at all](medDYDN)
2/11
Dearly Beloved
[
see Medley: Days of wine and roses / You're my
everything / Dearly beloved / No moon at all](medDYDN)
Lead sheet
16/5
Denzil's best
Score
Arranged by Tiny Kahn
2/12
Destination moon
Piano-vocal score
2/12
Destination moon
Piano part
2/13
Didn't we
Lead sheets
2/14
Dr. Pepper [theme]
Lead sheets
On insert: For the album "The original cast album: Dr. Pepper, the most
original soft drink ever," September 20, 1974
2/15
The easy life
Lead sheets
2/16
Easy living
Lead sheets
Arranged by Joe Castro
2/16
Easy living
Guitar part
2/17
Emily
Parts: alto saxophone 1-2, tenor saxophone 1-2,
baritone saxophone, flugel horn 1-4, horn 1-2, trombone 1-4, piano, guitar,
bass, percussion, drums
2/17
Emily
Lead sheets
2/18
Especially for li'l ole me
Lead sheets
Co-writers: Anita O'Day and Alfred Harned
2/19
Every time I'm with you
Lyric sheet
Photocopied from verso of "Well you needn't" lyric sheet
2/20
Everybody gets to go to the moon
Piano-vocal score
Arranged by Joe Castro
2/21
Everybody loves my baby
Baritone saxophone part
2/22
Exactly like you
Lead sheets
13/5
Falling in love with love
[
see Medley: Falling in love with love / Love
for sale](medFL)
Score
Arranged by Billy May
13/5
Falling in love with love
Parts: saxophone 1-5, trumpet 1-4, trombone 1-4,
piano, bass, drums, guitar
Arranged by Billy May
13/6
Fine and dandy
Score and lead sheet
Arranged by Buddy Bregman
2/23
Fly me to the moon
Lead sheets
2/24
Flying
Lead sheet
2/25
Fools rush in
Lead sheet
2/26
For Heaven's sake
Piano-vocal score
3/1
Ford commercial
Lead sheet
Inscribed: Geo. Romanis, rec'd June 7, 1973, Anita O'Day, Ford Commercial
(radio)
3/2
Four
Lead sheet
3/3
Four brothers
Parts
Big band arrangement by Marty Paich for the album Anita O'Day Sings the Winners
3/4
Frankie and Johnny
Lead sheet
3/5
Funny feeling
Lead sheet
3/6
Gee baby, ain't I good to you?
Lead sheet
3/7
The girl from Ipanema
Lead sheet
Alternate title: The boy from Ipanema
3/8
Give me the simple life
Lead sheet
3/9
Gone with the wind
Parts: vocal, piano, bass
3/9
Gone with the wind
Sheet music
3/10
Groovin' high
Lead sheet
3/10
Groovin' high
Lyric sheet
3/11
Grown up man
Sketch of piano part
3/12
Gypsy in my soul
Lead sheet
3/13
Hand-me-down love
Lead sheets
3/14
Harlem butterfly
Piano-vocal score
3/15
Here, there and everywhere
Lead sheet
3/16
Here's that rainy day
Lead sheets
Arranged by Buddy Bregman for the album Rules of
the Road
3/16
Here's that rainy day
Bass part
3/17
Here's to life
Lead sheets
3/18
Hershey bar
Parts: vocal, baritone saxophone, piano,
bass
3/19
Honeysuckle rose
Lead sheets
Arranged by Buddy Bregman
3/19
Honeysuckle rose
Bass part
16/6
Hooray for Hollywood
Score
Arranged by Tiny Kahn
3/20
Hooray for Hollywood
Parts: vocal, tenor saxophone, piano,
bass
3/21
A hundred years from today
Sheet music
4/1
I can't believe that you're in love with
me
Lead sheet
4/2
I can't get started with you
Parts: vocal, clarinet 1-2, bass clarinet, flute
1-2, trumpet 1-4, trombone 1-4, piano, bass, drums
Arranged by Buddy Bregman
4/3
I concentrate on you
Lead sheets
Inscribed: MGM "The out fit"
4/3
I concentrate on you
Bass part
4/4
I could write a book
Lead sheet
4/5
I cover the waterfront
Lead sheets
4/6
I cried for you
Lead sheets
4/6
I cried for you
Parts: baritone saxophone, piano
Piano part copied from verso of "Sonny" piano part
4/7
I didn't know what time it was
Lead sheet
4/8
I fall in love too easily
[
see also Medley: I fall in love too easily /
Time after time](medIT)
Sheet music
4/8
I fall in love too easily
Guitar part
4/9
I found a new baby
Piano-vocal score
4/10
I get a kick out of you
[
see also Medley: Old devil moon / Speak low /
I get a kick out of you / On a clear day](medOSIO)
Parts: vocal, woodwinds 1-4, trumpet 1-4,
trombone 1-4, piano, bass, drums
Vocal part is autographed
4/11
I gotta right to sing the blues
Lead sheets
4/12
I have a reason for living
Lead sheets
14/1
I hear music
Score
14/1
I hear music
Parts: alto saxophone, baritone saxophone,
trumpet 1-4, trombone 1-4, piano, bass, drums, percussion
4/13
I hear music
Lead sheets
4/13
I hear music
Sheet music
4/14
I remember you
Lead sheets
4/15
I try to tell myself
Lead sheet
4/16
I waited for you
Lead sheet
4/17
I was doin' alright
Lead sheet
4/18
I won't dance
Piano score
Arranged by Buddy Bregman
5/1
If I love again
Parts: vocal, baritone saxophone,
piano
Arranged by Bill Holman
5/2
If love were all
Lead sheet
5/3
If the moon turns green
Piano score
5/4
If you could see me now
Lead sheets
5/5
I'll be tired of you
Lead sheet
5/6
I'll see you in my dreams
Parts: alto saxophone 1-2, baritone saxophone,
trumpet 1-4, trombone 1-4, piano, bass, drums
Arranged by Buddy Bregman
5/7
I'll take Los Angeles
Lead sheet
I'm beginning to see the light
[
see Medley: Satin doll / I got it bad / Mood
indigo / I'm beginning to see the light / Sophisticated lady / Take the
A-train](medSIMIST)
5/8
I'm getting sentimental over you
Lead sheets
5/9
The "I'm not supposed to be blue"
blues
Lead sheet
5/10
I'm not the fool no more
Lead sheet
5/11
I'm old fashioned
Lead sheets
5/12
I'm still here
Piano-vocal score
5/13
I'm still in love with you
Lyric sheets
5/14
I'm with you
Piano-vocal score
5/15
In a mellow tone
[
see also Medley: In a mellow tone / It don't
mean a thing](medII)
Lead sheets
5/15
In a mellow tone
Sheet music
5/17
In Las Vegas
Lead sheet
5/16
In the middle of May
Piano-vocal score
5/18
It could happen to you
Parts: vocal "booth," piano, bass
Arranged by Marty Paich for the album Anita O'Day
Sings the Winners
Inscription inside page 3 of "booth" part: [drum exercises] (Mel Lewis
was the drummer on the session)
5/19
It don't mean a thing if it ain't
got that swing
[
see also Medley: In a mellow tone / It don't
mean a thing](medII)
Lead sheets
5/20
It had to be you
Lead sheet
5/21
It just don't pay to gamble
Lead sheet
5/22
It's you or no one
Lead sheet
5/22
It's you or no one
B-flat instruments part
5/23
I've got five dollars
Lead sheet
5/24
I've got the world on a string
Lead sheet
Inscribed: Dedicated to Woody Herman
5/25
I've got you under my skin
Lead sheet
5/25
I've got you under my skin
Parts: piano, bass
5/26
I've taken a fancy to you
Lead sheet
6/1
The jitterbug waltz
Lyric sheets
6/1
The jitterbug waltz
Sheet music
14/2
Johnny One Note
Score
Arranged by Billy May
14/2
Johnny One Note
Parts: vocal, saxophone 1-5, trumpet 1-4,
trombone 1-4, piano, bass, drums, guitar
Arranged by Billy May
6/2
The joker
Piano-vocal score
6/3
JosƩ Gonzales
Lead sheet
6/4
Just in time
Lead sheet
6/5
Just the way you look tonight
Lead sheet
Incomplete: page 5 of unidentified medley only
6/6
Key largo
Score
Arranged for 1947 album on Signature Records
6/6
Key largo
Parts: conductor, vocal, alto saxophone 1-2,
tenor saxophone 1-2, baritone saxophone, trumpet 1-3, trombone, bass, drums,
guitar
Extra parts for sextet: alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone
Arranged for 1947 album on Signature Records
6/7
The lady in red
Lead sheet
6/8
Lady of the lavender mist
Lead sheet
Sketches of drum exercises on verso
6/9
Lazy mood
Piano-vocal score
6/10
Let me love you
Sheet music
6/11
Let me off uptown
[
see also Medley: Let me off uptown / And her
tears flowed like wine](medLA)
Parts: piano, drum, trumpet-drum break
excerpt
Arranged by Roger Neumann
14/3
Let's begin
Score
Arranged by Buddy Bregman
14/3
Let's begin
Parts: vocal, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone,
trumpet 1-2, trombone, piano, bass, drums, guitar
Arranged by Buddy Bregman
6/12
Let's fall in love
Lead sheet
6/13
Let's live tomorrow today
Lead sheet
6/14
Like someone in love
Lead sheets
6/15
Limehouse blues
Lead sheet
6/16
Linger a while
Lead sheets
6/17
Listen little girl
Piano-vocal score
6/18
A little affection
Lead sheet
6/19
Little girl blue
Lead sheet
14/4
Little girl blue
Score
Arranged by Buddy Bregman
14/4
Little girl blue
Parts: vocal, strings, piano, bass,
guitar
Arranged by Buddy Bregman
6/20
Little orphan Annie
Lead sheet
6/21
Lonesome road
Lead sheets
Arranged by Buddy Bregman for the album Rules of
the Road
6/22
Long daddy Green
Lead sheet
6/23
Look at what the wind blew in
Lead sheet
6/24
The look of love
Sheet music
6/24
The look of love
Bass part
6/25
Lost in the stars
Lead sheet
15/1
Love for sale
[
see Medley: Falling in love with love / Love
for sale](medFL)
Score
Arranged by Billy May
15/1
Love for sale
Parts: vocal, saxophone 1, 3-5, trumpet 1-4,
trombone 1-4, piano, bass, drums, guitar
Arranged by Billy May
Saxophone 2 part is missing
6/26
Love is a thing
Lead sheet
6/27
Love lingers on
Lead sheet
6/28
Love me now
Lead sheet
6/29
A love song
Lead sheet
Arranged by Joe Castro
6/30
Lover come back to me
Lead sheet
6/30
Lover come back to me
Parts: piano, bass, drums
16/7
Lover man
Score
Arranged by Tiny Kahn
6/31
Lover man
Lead sheet
6/32
Love's a one sided game
Lead sheet
16/8
Lullaby in rhythm
Score
Arranged by Tiny Kahn
6/33
Lullaby of leaves
Lead sheets
6/33
Lullaby of leaves
Guitar part
6/34
Lush life
Lead sheet
6/35
Lyon for Lyons
Lyric sheet
Photocopied from verso of "Well you needn't" lyric sheet
7/1
The man with the horn
Lead sheet
Arranged by Roger Neumann
7/1
The man with the horn
Parts: tenor saxophone, piano, bass,
drums
Arranged by Roger Neumann
7/2
Me thinks
Lead sheet
7/3
Meditation
Lead sheets
7/3
Meditation
Tenor saxophone part
7/3
Meditation
Sheet music
7/4
Medley: Days of wine and roses /
You're my everything / Dearly beloved / No moon at all
Lead sheets
Arranged by Joe Castro
7/5
Medley: Falling in love with love /
Love for sale
Lead sheet
7/6
Medley: I fall in love too easily /
Time after time
[
see also I fall in love too easily](medIfall)
[
see also Time after time](medTT)
Lead sheet
7/7
Medley: In a mellow tone / It don't
mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing)
[
see also In a mellow tone](medInamellow)
[
see also It don't mean a thing](Itdont)
Parts: alto saxophone 1-2, tenor saxophone 1-2,
baritone saxophone, trumpet 1-4, trombone 1-4, piano, bass, drums,
guitar
7/8
Medley: Let me off uptown / And her
tears flowed like wine
[
see also And her tears flowed like wine](Andher)
[
see also Let me off uptown](letmeoff)
Baritone saxophone part
Incomplete
Inscribed: Hit medley
7/9
Medley: Old devil moon / Speak low
/ I get a kick out of you / On a clear day
[
see also I get a kick out of you](Iget)
[
see also Old devil moon](OldD)
[
see also Speak low](Sl)
[
see also On a clear day](Ona)
Lead sheets
7/10
Medley: Satin doll / I got it bad
/ Mood indigo / I'm beginning to see the light / Sophisticated lady / Take the A-train
[
see also Take the A-train](TakeA)
Lead sheet
Inscribed: Duke Ellington "Love you medley"
7/11
Medley: S'wonderful / They can't take
that away
Lead sheets
7/11
Medley: S'wonderful / They can't take that
away
Parts: piano, bass
7/12
Medley: S'wonderful / They can't take that
away
Parts: alto saxophone 1-2, tenor saxophone 1-2,
baritone saxophone, trumpet 1-4, trombone 1-4, piano, bass, drums
Arranged by Roger Neumann
7/13
Medley: Wee small hours /
Remember
Lead sheets
1/14
Medley: Yesterday / Close to
you
Lead sheet
Inscribed: Beatles - Bacharach medley
7/15
Medley: Yesterday /
Yesterdays
Lead sheets and rhythm section parts
Arranged by Gordon Brisker
8/1
Memories of you
Lead sheets
Arranged by Joe Castro
8/2
The moment of truth
Lead sheet
Mood indigo
[
see Medley: Satin doll / I got it bad / Mood
indigo / I'm beginning to see the light / Sophisticated lady / Take the
A-train](medSIMIST)
8/3
More than you know
Score
Arranged by Tiny Kahn
8/3
More than you know
Lead sheet
8/4
Music that makes me dance
Lead sheets
Arranged by Buddy Bregman for the album Rules of
the Road
17/2
My funny Valentine
Score
Arranged by Russell Garcia for the album Anita
O'Day Sings the Winners
17/2
My funny Valentine
Parts: saxophone 1-2, baritone saxophone, trumpet
1-4, trombone 1-5, piano, bass, guitar
Arranged by Russell Garcia for the album Anita
O'Day Sings the Winners
8/5
My funny Valentine
Parts: tenor saxophone, horn, piano,
bass
Arranged by Dick Shreve
8/6
My love for you
Lead sheet
8/7
My romance
Lead sheets
8/8
My ship
Lead sheets
Arranged by Dick Palombi
8/9
The nearness of you
Lead sheet
No lyric
8/10
Never let me go
Lead sheet
8/11
The night has a thousand eyes
Lead sheet
17/3
A night in Tunisia
Score
Arranged by Tiny Kahn
8/12
A nightingale sang in Berkeley
Square
Lead sheets
Arranged by Buddy Bregman and Dick Shreve
8/13
No fool like an old fool
Lead sheet
8/14
No man of my own
Lead sheet
Co-writers: Anita O'Day, Melanie Harby, Roy Zimmerman, Tom
Adams
15/2
No moon at all
[
see Medley: Days of wine and roses / You're my
everything / Dearly beloved / No moon at all](medDYDN)
Score
Arranged by Buddy Bregman
15/2
No moon at all
Parts: trombone 1-4, piano, guitar, bass,
drums
Includes alternate horn arrangement for baritone saxophone, trumpet,
trombone
Arranged by Buddy Bregman
8/15
The no soap, no hope, no mouse, no house
blues
Piano-vocal score
8/16
Nobody does it better
Lead sheets
Arranged by Buddy Bregman for the album Rules of
the Road
8/17
Nobody does it like me
Sheet music
8/18
Nowhere street
Lead sheet
8/19
Off like a rocket
Lead sheet
8/20
Old devil moon
[
see also Medley: Old devil moon / Speak low /
I get a kick out of you / On a clear day](medOSIO)
Lead sheets
8/20
Old devil moon
Tenor saxophone part
8/20
Old devil moon
Sheet music
8/21
Old folks
Lead sheets
9/1
On a clear day
[
see also Medley: Old devil moon / Speak low /
I get a kick out of you / On a clear day](medOSIO)
Lead sheets
9/2
On the sunny side of the street
Lead sheets
9/3
On the trail
Lead sheets
9/4
Once in a while
Lead sheets
9/5
One less bell to answer
Lead sheet
17/4
Oo pah pa dah
Score
Arranged by Tiny Kahn
9/6
Opus 1
Lead sheets
At top: Anita and Roy
8/19
Opus 1
Parts: vocal, alto saxophone 1-2, tenor saxophone
1-2, baritone saxophone, trumpet 1-4, trombone 1-4, piano, guitar, bass,
drums
9/7
Orphan Annie
Parts: trumpet 1-3, trombone 1-3, piano, guitar,
bass, drums, conductor
Arranged by Jimmy Guiffre
9/7
Orphan Annie
Parts: alto saxophone 1-2, tenor saxophone 1-2,
baritone saxophone, trupmet 1-4, trombone 1-4, piano/vocal, bass,
drums
Arranged by Roger Neumann
9/8
P town
Lead sheets
9/8
P town
Parts: alto/baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone,
trumpet, trombone
9/9
The party's over
Lead sheet
9/10
Passing through
Lead sheet
9/11
Play me the blues
Lead sheet
9/12
Playboy
Lead sheet
17/5
Praise of folly
Score
Arranged by Tiny Kahn
Inscribed: Gillespie arrange
9/13
Rain sometimes
Lead sheet
9/14
Robin Hood
Piano-vocal score
9/15
Round trip
Lead sheet
9/16
Rules of the road
Lead sheets
Arranged by Buddy Bregman for the album Rules of
the Road
9/16
Rules of the road
Parts: vocal, B-flat instruments, C
instruments
9/17
Runnin' wild
Lead sheet
9/18
Salsa con queso
Lead sheet
17/6
Santa Claus is coming to town
Score
Arranged by Tiny Kahn
9/19
Saratoga hunch
Lead sheets
17/7
Satan I'll be waitin'
Score
Arranged by Tiny Kahn
Satin doll
see
[
Medley: Satin doll / I got it bad / Mood indigo / I'm
beginning to see the light / Sophisticated lady / Take the A-train
](medSIMIST)
9/20
Season in the sun
Lead sheets
9/21
Send in the clowns
Lead sheets
9/22
SeƱor blues
Lead sheet
9/23
Shaking the blues away
Lead sheets
Arranged by Buddy Bregman for the album Rules of
the Road
9/24
Shiny stockings
Piano part
9/25
Simpatico
Lead sheets
9/26
A sleepin' bee
Lead sheets
9/27
A slow dance
Lead sheets
9/28
So nice
Lead sheets
9/28
So nice
Tenor saxophone part
9/29
Somebody's cryin'
Lead sheets
9/30
Something (in the way he moves)
Lead sheets
9/30
Something (in the way he moves)
Parts: piano, bass
10/1
A song for you
Lead sheets
10/2
The song is you
Lead sheets
10/3
Sonny
Piano part
Piano part for "I cried for you" on verso
10/4
Soon it's gonna rain
Lead sheets
Arranged by Buddy Bregman for the album Rules of
the Road
10/5
Sooner or later
Lead sheets
Arranged by Buddy Bregman for the album Rules of
the Road
10/6
Sophisticated lady
[
see also Medley: Satin doll / I got it bad /
Mood indigo / I'm beginning to see the light / Sophisticated lady / Take the
A-train](medSIMIST)
Lead sheet
Arranged by Joe Castro in the keys of C-flat and B-flat
10/7
Speak low
[
see also Medley: Old devil moon / Speak low /
I get a kick out of you / On a clear day](medOSIO)
Lead sheets
10/7
Speak low
Parts: piano, bass, rhythm
10/7
Speak low
Sheet music
10/8
The spell is on
Lead sheets
10/9
S'posin'
Lead sheets
10/10
Spring can really hang you up the
most
Lead sheet
10/11
Spring is here
Lead sheet
10/12
Star eyes
Lead sheets
Inscribed: For Charlie Parker
10/13
Stardust
Lead sheet
10/14
Stella by starlight
Lead sheets
10/15
Stompin' at the Savoy
Lead sheet
Arranged by Joe Castro
10/16
Street of dreams
Lead sheets
17/8
Strike up the band
Score
Arranged by Tiny Kahn
10/17
The summer knows
Lead sheets
10/18
Summertime
Lead sheet
10/19
Sweet Georgia Brown
Parts: woodwinds 1-5, trumpet 1-4, trombone 1-4,
piano, bass, percussion
Arranged by Buddy Bregman
10/20
Sweet marijuana
Lead sheets
S'wonderful
[
see Medley: S'wonderful / They can't take
away](medST)
11/1
'Taint no good
Lead sheet
11/2
Take it slow Joe
Lead sheet
11/3
Take me out to the ballgame
Lead sheet
15/3
Take the A-train
[
see also Medley: Satin doll / I got it bad /
Mood indigo / I'm beginning to see the light / Sophisticated lady / Take the
A-train](medSIMIST)
Score
Arranged by Marty Paich for the album Anita O'Day
Sings the Winners
15/3
Take the A-train
Parts: tenor saxophone 1-3, baritone saxophone,
trumpet 1-4, trombone 1-4, tuba, piano, bass, drums
Arranged by Marty Paich for the album Anita O'Day
Sings the Winners
17/9
Take the A-train
Score
Arranged by Tiny Kahn
17/10
Taps Miller
Score
Arranged by Tiny Kahn
11/4
Tea for two
Lead sheets
11/5
Ten cents a dance
Lead sheets
11/6
Tenderly
Lead sheets
Arranged by Marty Paich for the album Anita O'Day
Sings the Winners
11/7
Thank God I'm old
Lead sheets
11/8
That's what you think
Parts: alto saxophone 1-2, tenor saxophone 1-2,
baritone saxophone, trumpet 1-3, trombone 1-3, piano, bass, drums
Arranged by Deane Kincaide
11/9
There he goes
Lead sheet
11/10
There will never be another you
Lead sheet
They can't take that away from me
[
see Medley: S'wonderful / They can't take
away](medST)
11/11
This is all I ask
Lead sheet
15/4
Time after time
[
see also Medley: I fall in love too easily /
Time after time](medIT)
Score
Arranged by Buddy Bregman for the album This is
Anita
15/4
Time after time
Parts: vocal, harp, 2nd violin, cello, bass,
guitar, booth copy
Arranged by Buddy Bregman for the album This is
Anita
11/12
Time after time
Lead sheet
Arranged by Roger Neumann
11/12
Time after time
Parts: tenor saxophone, piano, bass,
drums
Arranged by Roger Neumann
17/11
Tiny's blues
Score
Arranged by Tiny Kahn
11/13
Too late the Spring
Lead sheet
11/14
Touch of your lips
Lead sheets
Chords only
11/15
Try your wings
Lead sheets
11/16
Undecided
Lead sheet
11/16
Undecided
Sheet music
11/17
The very thought of you
Lead sheet
11/18
Watch what happens
Lead sheet
11/19
Wave
Lead sheet
11/20
The way you do
Lead sheet
11/21
The wedding waltz
Lead sheet
Wee small hours
[
see Medley: Wee small hours / Remember](medWR)
17/12
Well you needn't
Score
Arranged by Tiny Kahn
11/22
Well you needn't
Lyric sheets
11/23
We've only just begun
Lead sheet
12/1
What a little moonlight can do
Lead sheet
12/2
What am I here for?
Lead sheet
12/3
What are you doing for the rest of your
life?
Lead sheet
12/4
What ever happened to you?
Lead sheet
12/5
What is a man?
Lead sheets
12/5
What is a man?
B-flat instruments part
15/5
What is this thing called love?
Score
Arranged by Billy May
15/5
What is this thing called love?
Parts: vocal, trumpet 1-2, guitar
Arranged by Billy May
12/6
When sunny gets blue
Lead sheet
12/7
When the world was young
Lyric sheets
12/8
Where is the rainbow
Lead sheet
12/9
The whole world is Paris (when you're in
love)
Lead sheet
12/10
Wo-ho
Sheet music
Autographed by Jimmy Nolan
12/11
Yea-boo!
Lead sheet
12/11
Yea-boo!
Sheet music
Autographed by O'Day
12/12
Yellow days
Lead sheet
12/13
Yes
Lead sheet
Formerly titled: Rugolo meets Shearing
Yesterday
[
see Medley: Yesterday / Close to you](medYC)
[
see Medley: Yesterday /Yesterdays](medYY)
Yesterdays
[
see Medley: Yesterday / Yesterdays](medYY)
12/14
You are the sunshine of my life
Lead sheet
12/15
You can depend on me
Lead sheets
12/16
You can't go home again
Lead sheet
12/16
You can't go home again
Tenor saxophone part
12/17
You could have had me, baby
Lead sheet
12/18
You go to my head
Lead sheet
12/19
You turned the tables on me
Lead sheet
12/20
You'd be so nice to come home to
Lead sheets
12/21
Your eyes are bigger than your heart
Lead sheet
12/22
You're a clown
Parts: vocal, piano, guitar, bass,
drums
Arranged by Jimmy Guiffre
12/23
You're laughing at me
Lead sheet
12/24
You're my everything
[
see Medley: Days of wine and roses / You're my
everything / Dearly beloved / No moon at all](medDYDN)
Lead sheet
12/25
You're the top
Piano part
Arranged by Buddy Bregman
Scrapbook Pages, 1939-1962
1939-1962
Clippings, photographs, programs, and certificates from loose scrapbook pages
received in no discernible order. These were originally compiled in six volumes
and have been digitized due to their poor physical condition. Photocopies, as well
as some original materials, are available in other series within the
collection.
File format: .tif
Arranged numerically by digital ID.
1939-1962 and undated
1939-1962
ODayA_001
ODayA_002
ODayA_003
ODayA_004
ODayA_005
ODayA_006
20
Photographs, 1940s-2004
1940s-2004
Black and white and color images, chiefly from the scrapbook pages, of O'Day alone
or with musicians and other people.
Arranged by subject.
20/1
Anita O'Day, alone
20/2
Anita O'Day, with musicians
20/3
Anita O'Day, with others
20/4
Other people
18-19
3
Miscellany, 1939-2004
1939-2004
Includes clippings, correspondence, awards, posters, programs and promotional
material.
Arranged alphabetically by material type.
18/1-3
Clippings, 1939-1961 and undated
1939-1961 and
undated
Chiefly photocopies of newspaper articles from the
scrapbook pages that have been organized chronologically by decade.
19/1-2
Correspondence, 1941-2004 and
undated
1941-2004 and
undated
Chiefly letters between O'Day and John Pietranowicz, an avid fan and
member of the Armed Services. Pietranowicz developed an enduring relationship
with O'Day that, through their correspondence, reveals the nature of her
dynamic performing career during the World War II period.
18/4, 19/3
Honors and awards, 1958-2002
1958-2002
19/4
Lists, undated
undated
3/8
Posters, undated
undated
19/5
Programs, 1945-1964 and undated
1945-1964 and
undated
18/5
Promotional materials, undated
undated