Michele Perniola & Anita Simoncini - Eurovision 2015

Last Update: 12 August 2024

Michele Perniola & Anita Simoncini

Nationality: United States
Born: 1919-10-18 (87 years old)
Birth Place: Chicago
Died: 2006-11-23
Music Genre: torch song, vocal jazz

Anita Belle Colton (October 18, 1919 – November 23, 2006), known professionally as Anita O'Day, was an American jazz singer and self proclaimed “song stylist” widely admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band appearances that shattered the traditional image of the "girl singer". Refusing to pander to any female stereotype, O'Day presented herself as a "hip" jazz musician, wearing a band jacket and skirt as opposed to an evening gown. She changed her surname from Colton to O'Day, pig Latin for "dough", slang for money.