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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