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Anita O'Day, American singer (died 2006)

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Anita O'Day

American jazz singer (1919–2006)

Anita Belle Colton, 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…
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October 18

Day of the year

October 18 is the 291st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 74 days remain until the end of the year.
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