Here are some excerpts from Anita O'Day fan letters...

"Being an eager collector, I already have some 30 of Anita's albums...Her music has carried me through several difficult and unhappy stages in my life... really do appreciate the comfort and job she's given to so many people!"   Tomi - Finland

"The tape you sent was sensational..which is what I expected..You outdid yourself.  The exchanges of 8's are marvelous to use with students.   As you know, we are dealing with a generation of students that have no conception of what brushes are for.  Your brush solo on this take should help change that."   Tracy Borst

"No other gal fit better into the Krupa band than you.  You really made that band swing.  Long live the Queen of jazz vocalists."    Charles "Randi" Randazzo (famous composer from Tin Pan Alley)

"Anita completely rearranges the rhythm and hopped from note to note like someone crossing a stream on stepping stones.  I don’t know where else you’ll hear anything like it.  There is no one who does what she does like the lady herself.” Freeman Gunter (reviewer New York City)

"I am writing this letter to you in appreciation of your fabulous jazz singing.  I'm confessing that I'm in love with your voice."  Joe Chamberlain

"I listen to all the great female jazz singers...but you are the greatest for me."  Thorsten Schersch

"I cannot describe how much pleasure I have derived over the years from Anita's singing.  Enjoying and studying her vocal arrangements has been one of the most important parts of my life.  John, your sensitive brush work helps bring out the best of my beloved Anita. " Teddy Fischel (long time fan from 1960)