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Stage Name |
Birth Name |
| Anita
O'day |
Anita
Belle Colton |
Started dancing in Dance Marathons at a young age. During the marathons
she would eventually start singing as entertainment and finally quit the marathons all
together and became a singer.
As time went on with her singing, she would sing Swing, Jazz, and Bop with
the likes of Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa (1941-43), Roy Eldridge, Stan Kenton (1944-45),
Woody Herman etc. and went on the road for 32 years with John Poole. She was also inducted
into the Jazz Hall of Fame in Miami November 21, 1997
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