Remembering Anita O'Day on her birthday (Oct 18, 1919 – Nov 23, 2006). She changed her last name from Colton to O'Day, pig Latin for "dough," which is slang for money. She cited #MarthaRaye as the primary influence on her vocal style, also expressing admiration for Mildred Bailey, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday. She always maintained that the an accident during a childhood tonsillectomy left her incapable of vibrato, and unable to maintain long phrases. That botched operation, she claimed,