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Dinah Washington
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Washington was born Ruth Jones in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. As she was growing up in Chicago, she played piano and directed her church choir. Later, she studied in Walter Dyett’s renowned music program at DuSable High School. For a while, she split her time between performing in clubs as Dinah Washington while singing and playing piano in Salle Martin’s gospel choir as Ruth Jones.
Her penetrating voice, excellent timing, and crystal-clear enunciation added her own distinctive style to every piece she undertook. While making extraordinary recordings in jazz, blues, R&B and light pop contexts, Washington refused to record gospel music despite her obvious talent in singing it—-she believed it wrong to mix the secular and spiritual.
Washington began performing in 1942 and soon joined Lionel Hampton’s band. In 1943, she began recording for Keynote Records and released “Evil Gal Blues”, her first hit. By 1955, she had released numerous hit songs on the R&B charts, including “Baby, Get Lost”, “Trouble in Mind”, “You Don’t Know What Love Is” (arranged by Quincy Jones), and a cover of “Cold, Cold Heart” by Hank Williams. In 1958 she made a well-received appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival.
With “What a Diff’rence a Day Makes” 1959, Washington won a Grammy Award for Best Rhythm and Blues Performance; the song was her biggest hit, reaching #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Mad About the Boy
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Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
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Dinah Washington Our Love Is Here To Stay
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Dinah Washington-What a Difference a Day Makes
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Unforgettable
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Our Love Is Here To Stay
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What a Diff'rence a Day Made
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Teach Me Tonight
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September in the Rain
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Back Water Blues
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This Bitter Earth
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Shoutbox
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Afuera wrote:
Dinah Jams!
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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
Dinah Washington—now connected to the group ➤ Round Midnight
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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
brand new group with dinah washington : jazz lounge
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d245470k wrote:
Wow!
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aschlietuna wrote:
i love her music
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krCoopScoop wrote:
i'm in love.
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VenusTreat wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/The+Group+That+Carries+Music+Everywhere+They+Go%2C+Even+To+Places+They%27re+Not+Supposed+To
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plurimedia wrote:
Discovered Dinah three years ago and fell immediately in love. :) I don't claim to be an expert, but to me she's unreachable: Billie and Ella are great but... Dinah is Dinah!
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gretski101 wrote:
i dont hurt anymore and teach me tonight are the amazingggg
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tanjamaritsa1 wrote:
Dreamy Dreamy Tanja : )
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tanjamaritsa1 wrote:
Dreamy Dreamy Tanja : )
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tanjamaritsa1 wrote:
Gorgeous as ever ! Tanja : )
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jayne59 wrote:
Brilliant love it what more can i say:)
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doceasubio wrote:
SEXY VOICE VERY HARD BETTER ...BIZARRE
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missjeanette wrote:
beautiful!!!!
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grillino wrote:
Thanks DINAH !
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llehcin wrote:
Ask A Woman Who Knows
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Destian wrote:
baby, you've got what it takes! ^_^
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NYyankeeboi wrote:
I have yet to hear anyone move me the way she does. I hope she knows the impact her music is still making on some listeners even my age...Damm, shes the best....
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kristyyoung wrote:
pleasantly caught my attention on the doubletree commercial
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