Dinah Washington

About

Dinah Washington was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular black female recording artists of the 1950s. Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music, and gave herself the title of “Queen of the Blues”. She was a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

Albums/Songs:

• Back to the Blues
• Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller
• In Love
• I Concentrate on You
• Blazing Ballads
• Dinah ’63
• I Wanna Be Loved
• For Those in Love
• Drinking Again
• Music For A First Love
• Dinah ’62
• The Two of Us
• Dinah Sings Bessie Smith
• After Hours With Miss “D”
• What a Diff’rence a Day Makes!
• For Lonely Lovers
• The Queen
• Unforgettable
• In the Land of Hi-Fi
• September in the Rain
• The Fats Waller Songbook
• Dinah Discovered
• Tears and Laughter
• Jam Session
• The Swingin’ Miss “D”

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