Jazz Critic Will Friedwald has said “When you think of the great jazz singers, I would think that Anita is the only white woman that belongs in the same breath as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughn". Born on this day in 1919, the "indestructible" singer lived to the age of 87, despite a long time struggle with heroin addiction. O'Day died in her sleep on Thanksgiving Day in 2006. There's an excellent documentary on her - "Anita O'Day - Life of A Jazz Singer".
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