Anita
by Anita O'Day
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Anita O'Day bestography
Anita is ranked 3rd best out of 10 albums by Anita O'Day on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Anita O'Day is Anita Sings The Most which is ranked number 11006 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 109.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Anita track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Anita rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 6 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 70 Music Albums of 1956 | 57/70 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1956 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 1950s 2 | 13/13 | - |
| 2023 |  Jameth | Top 63 Music Albums of the 1950s | 45/63 | 6 |
| 2023 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 45 Music Albums of 1956 | 28/45 | 2 |
| 2020 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s | 83/100 | 4 |
| 2020 |  Timestarter | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1950s | 35/50 | 6 |
| 2020 | Jameth | Top 17 Music Albums of 1956 | 11/17 | 2 |
| 2019 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 1956 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2016 | Unaguma | Top 98 Music Albums of the 1950s | 67/98 | 7 |
| 2016 | Coconut | Top 55 Music Albums of 1955 | 44/55 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 31 | |||
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Anita ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/01/2026 19:53 | EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 04/28/2026 07:14 | TonySayers61 | 25,106 | 64/100 |
| ! | 09/13/2025 10:58 | Tamthebam | 23,206 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2025 15:38 | Igtonumama | 10,786 | 63/100 |
| ! | 10/31/2022 12:23 | jonny5244 | 8,460 | 63/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.2/100, a mean average of 67.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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The true rags to riches story of the era; the way it came to me, she was the girl in Atlantic City who rode the diving horse into the tank, for which she was paid with a spot in the stall and a share of the oats. Krupa heard her at an open mike of some sort, and liked her, and when Goodman passed on her-- she was about a crude as they come and that wasn't his style-- Krupa took her out with his own band and hand to mouth became mouth to in hand ever after...
She said something to the effect that she lacked a uvula and had to sort of force her soft palate to make sounds in a compensatory way, and that accounted for whatever was unique in her sound.
And she was Debbie Reynolds best friend, and sometimes you can hear Anita-influence in Reynolds' singing as she grew into the Hollywood star role that had come to her so unexpectedly.
If Anita O'Day has anything to say to you, it can be found on this record. It is wall to wall.
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