This Is Anita

This is Anita is a 1955 album by Anita O'Day.

It was the first in a series of albums recorded by O'Day for the newly inaugurated Verve Records. Norman Granz was the producer on this album, and it was the first album to be released under his new label, thus paving the way for the future recordings from Verve, and this album was Anita's first stint from the big band recordings of the 40's and the early 50's.

Track listing

Side One

1. "You're the Top" (Cole Porter) — 2:24
2. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) — 3:13
3. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz) — 4:00
4. "Who Cares?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) — 3:14
5. "I Can't Get Started" (I. Gershwin, Vernon Duke) — 3:53
6. "Fine and Dandy" (Kay Swift) — 2:25

Side Two

1. "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen) — 3:39
2. "No Moon at All" (Redd Evans, David Mann) — 2:28
3. "Time After Time" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) — 4:06
4. "I'll See You In My Dreams" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) — 2:50
5. "I Fall In Love Too Easily" (Cahn, Styne) — 2:54
6. "Beautiful Love" (Haven Gillespie, Wayne King, Egbert Van Alstyne, Victor Young) — 2:37

Personnel

• Anita O'Day - vocals
• Buddy Bregman - arranger
• Barney Kessel - guitar

References