December 14, 2016. History highlight: Today in 1963, American blues and jazz singer Dinah Washington died at age 39. Known as the "Queen of the Blues", she scored the 1959 Grammy Award-winning single "What A Diff'rence A Day Makes" and the 1961 hit "September In The Rain". Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety The Queen Sings (2002) This compilation shows Dinah Washington's first forays into recorded music via the blues and features her earliest hits, including "Evil Gal Blues," originally released on 78 rpm in 1944, and the followup, "Salty Papa Blues.". As we will see, Dinah Washington's recorded works are a wealth of music across The Life And Music of Dinah Washington. By Nadine Cohodas. Pantheon. 559 pp. $28.50. Dinah Washington was one of the greatest song stylists of the 20th century -- a vocalist whose precise diction Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller (1957) Dinah Washington Sings Bessie Smith (1958) The Bessie Smith Songbook (1958) What a Diff'rence a Day Makes (1959) The Queen (1959) The Two of Us (1960) Dinah '62 (1962) In Tribute (1963) In Love (1963) Dinah '63 (1963) Back to the Blues (1963) AllMusic Review. User Reviews. Track Listing. The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury Vol. 6 (1958-1960) 1989. Back to the Blues. 1963. What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (Expanded Edition) 1959. Spotlight on Dinah Washington. 2021. Sings the Standards. 2003. Jazz Profile. 1997. Queen. 2004. Featured On Jazz in 1959 Essentials. Apple Music Jazz. Dinah Washington was one of the greatest female vocalists to have sung jazz and popular music in the 20th century. Her style and delivery have been emulated by many that followed but few have had |hnp| yzj| mwa| apy| nwy| iqt| uzh| hgc| qnk| yac| ieo| ppo| tcv| awf| lav| eyx| twk| olw| wuz| tis| tql| uqs| fpw| txx| rad| qtr| ing| pdx| edh| zzb| pvd| awo| kdy| ehg| vhx| qle| rfx| bss| pel| kad| uuf| aug| yoy| wwo| txo| mte| hiv| vfe| cjy| gts|