Anita O'Day--Lover Come Back to Me, 1979 Telethon Appearance

Anita O'Day performs her sensational version of "Lover Come Back to Me" in this 1979 telethon appearance for Cerebral Palsy, introduced by John Ritter. Marty Harris is on piano, John Poole on drums and Harvey Newmark on bass. This was performed live around 2 AM.

[@UncleDuTheWatchman]

Anita is SO underrated today. She was right up there WITH them in her day. She should NEVER be forgotten. I absolutely LOVE Lady. I absolutely ADORE Ella...but they weren't out there by themselves. We gave got to make sure we pass down more than two names to the generations behind us.

[@alanoneill3065]

Anita was 60 years old ! what a woman

[@jcgeneva3476]

She really was one of the greatest jazz female vocalist 💫

[@isorokudono]

She would tell you NOT AT ALL.......Her faves? Check Anita doing Cole Porter with Bill May's arranging the horn section on; YOU'RE THE TOP.........because I bet you wouldn't never know who Eckstine is....................

[@jcgeneva3476]

@@isorokudono Salut, d'après ton nom tu parles français...(?) je ne sais pas ce qu'aurait dit Anita, mais j'aurais continué à penser qu'avec sa voix grave et un peu rauque, son sens du rythme extraordinaire et sa musicalité, elle est l'une des plus grandes vocalistes de jazz 😃 je n'ai pas bien compris le reste de ton commentaire

[@isorokudono]

@@jcgeneva3476 GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR IGNORANCE..........Savvy? My First Generation GERMAN/AMERICAN grandfather went to UC BERKELEY, A CITY OF NO ORDINARY BERTH. The place where he got his ENGINEERING DEGREE.............Now, I am a MACHINIST..........but forget that. MY MOTHERS FATHER STORMED THE BEACH AT NORMANDY, OMAHA TO BE EXACT. AND. Won Thee Purple Heart at BASTOGNE..........No I'm not a speaker of FRANCAIS..............I AM an AMERICAN, BY THE GRACE OF GOD.........My family is from SWITZERLAND...........BY WAY OF ITALY........AN OUR ANCESTRY IS BURIED IN THE PANTHEON.............Like dude do you even know UMBERTO I???????????? His brother was the King of Spain, yo...............................

[@isorokudono]

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[@kebirsabeth9935]

What an insanely talented drummer. Unbelievable!

[@aeichler]

That's O'Day's longtime drummer John Poole. He didn't read music and used to work in strip clubs when O'Day found him. But he knew how to follow her and how to play time the way she liked.

[@Johnnycdrums]

Super melodic, he played the whole tune.

[@salviadivinorum1762]

He is my favorite brush player, one of the most underrated drummers I can think of.

[@aDogNamedHandsome]

@@salviadivinorum1762 According to her autobiography, he used to shoot her up. Just saying.

[@stynway59]

@@aDogNamedHandsome Absolutely reluctantly if you recall. He wouldn't let her try it for years, knowing her love of alcohol. In the end he rather she experience it with him, a friend, than risk stumbling onto it with a stranger

[@coostunes9733]

Fantastic! What a great sense of time all of these musicians possess. I've read that Anita herself was a drummer. No wonder she has such a great one in John Poole. A really fine performance by all!

[@SuperNewEnglander]

Legendary!

[@julianbidstrup6876]

Soooo cool

[@PaulMarinaro]

What a fantastic performance! Thanks for posting, Mr. Eichler. Anita looks and sounds great here.

[@JoHarrop]

She's so wonderful!

[@thomaslombardo3401]

Love her !!!

[@hialeahsprings9805]

I love this particular time period of hers.

[@brandonsaloy5635]

She only got more expressive! Amazing.

[@antoniocarlosmendesamerica3936]

Lovely Anita, Anilta all day!

[@russwever1776]

The Sound-mix Tech was hired from behind the counter of Radio Shack :(

[@jasbegs1258]

Anita in great form.

[@facebook51ify]

Saturday, December 30th thru Sunday, December 31st, 1978!

[@OriDaganJazz]

Thanks for posting this Alan!!! LOVE IT!!!

[@evakim7236]

Love

[@normandrummond8775]

More than somewhat

[@nickthabit420]

That was pretty terrific!

[@stephenvincent4989]

Superlative Ms. O’Day not just a Jazz great an additional instrument to the band.

[@billybarnett]

Nuicey !!

[@NK463823]

wow! scat!

[@jamestano795]

Great later period anita. Lots of tone here

[@allancuseo7431]

Loved her

[@frederickhill7181]

Great to hear the verse. All serious jazz singers should learn the verses to the standards.

[@MrAlexsegal]

I agree. But I wish she had stuck to the original lyric of the refrain.

[@imbees2]

Sing it now Anita o day

[@shanedeleon5376]

You can tell she'd had it with the sound guy lol

[@garrettdavis6500]

I realize she was a Helion in real life, BUT. DAMNED IT, I LOOOOOOOVVVVEEEE THIS WOMAN !!!!!!!!

[@LKre-vi5oq]

She wasn't a hellion at all. She was tough as nails, and didn't take shit from anybody. She got addicted, got set up by another musician to take the fall for drugs, (along with her husband)got busted on her own...finally kicked the smack. Through all of that, she managed to record 15 or 16 of the most important jazz records ever made. She and Poole.

[@jiyujizai]

🙂✨🌺🌲

[@MooPotPie]

John Ritter and Nancy Morgan divorced in 1996 after nineteen years of marriage. Ritter died in 2003 at age 54. Morgan is now 73.

[@sulevisydanmaa9981]

Great hairdo.

[@JanetESmith-er8sk]

O’Day is good no question, but she’s just too much for me! I get it but at the same time I don’t. Bye 👋🏻 Anita.

[@thisisamessageto]

No one likes you, Janet.

[@JanetESmith-er8sk]

Why?

[@stephenvincent4989]

Anita was great no question nothing more to say except WOW!