Dinah Washington
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Biography
[Edit]Dinah Washington was at once one of the most beloved and controversial singers of the mid-20th century — beloved to her fans, devotees, and fellow singers; controversial to critics who still accuse her of selling out her art to commerce and bad taste. Her principal sin, apparently, was to cultivate a distinctive vocal style that was at home in all kinds of music, be it R&B, blues, jazz, middle of the road pop — and she probably would have made a fine gospel or country singer had she the time. Hers was a gritty, salty, high-pitched voice, marked by absolute clarity of diction and clipped, bluesy phrasing. Washington's personal life was turbulent, with seven marriages behind her, and her interpretations showed it, for she displayed a tough, totally unsentimental, yet still gripping hold on the universal subject of lost love. She has had a huge influence on R&B and jazz singers who have followed in her wake, notably Nancy Wilson, Esther Phillips, and Diane Schuur, and her music is abundantly available nowadays via the huge seven-volume series The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury.
Born Ruth Lee Jones, she moved to Chicago at age three and was raised in a world of gospel, playing the piano and directing her church choir. At 15, after winning an amateur contest at the Regal Theatre, she began performing in nightclubs as a pianist and singer, opening at the Garrick Bar in 1942. Talent manager Joe Glaser heard her there and recommended her to Lionel Hampton, who asked her to join his band. Hampton says that it was he who gave Ruth Jones the name Dinah Washington, although other sources claim it was Glaser or the manager of the Garrick Bar. In any case, she stayed with Hampton from 1943 to 1946 and made her recording debut for Keynote at the end of 1943 in a blues session organized by Leonard Feather with a sextet drawn from the Hampton band. With Feather's "Evil Gal Blues" as her first hit, the records took off, and by the time she left Hampton to go solo, Washington was already an R&B headliner. Signing with the young Mercury label, Washington produced an enviable string of Top Ten hits on the R&B charts from 1948 to 1955, singing blues, standards, novelties, pop covers, even Hank Williams' "Cold, Cold Heart." She also recorded many straight jazz sessions with big bands and small combos, most memorably with Clifford Brown on Dinah Jams but also with Cannonball Adderley, Clark Terry, Ben Webster, Wynton Kelly, and the young Joe Zawinul (who was her regular accompanist for a couple of years).
In 1959, Washington made a sudden breakthrough into the mainstream pop market with "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes," a revival of a Dorsey Brothers hit set to a Latin American bolero tune. For the rest of her career, she would concentrate on singing ballads backed by lush orchestrations for Mercury and Roulette, a formula similar to that of another R&B-based singer at that time, Ray Charles, and one that drew plenty of fire from critics even though her basic vocal approach had not changed one iota. Although her later records could be as banal as any easy listening dross of the period, there are gems to be found, like Billie Holiday's "Don't Explain," which has a beautiful, bluesy Ernie Wilkins chart conducted by Quincy Jones. Struggling with a weight problem, Washington died of an accidental overdose of diet pills mixed with alcohol at the tragically early age of 39, still in peak voice, still singing the blues in an L.A. club only two weeks before the end. ~ Richard S. Ginell, Rovi
Title: I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good (Remastered) - Single
Artist: Dinah Washington
Genre: Pop
Title: Christmas Stars: Dinah Washington, Vol. 2
Artist: Dinah Washington
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Dinah Washington Vol. 2
Artist: Dinah Washington
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: The Very Best Of Dinah Washington: The Best Of Roulette Albums (CD3)
Artist: Dinah Washington
Genre: Jazz
Title: In The Land Of Hi-Fi + Unforgettable (Bonus Track Version)
Artist: Dinah Washington
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury Vol. 7 (CD3)
Artist: Dinah Washington
Genre: Blues, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: Dinah Washington
Artist: Dinah Washington
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: I Don't Know Whether to Laugh or Cry (Remastered) - Single
Artist: Dinah Washington
Genre: Pop
Title: The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury Vol. 4 (1954-56) (CD2)
Artist: Dinah Washington
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: Make Me A Present Of You / All Of Me (Remastered 2019)
Artist: Dinah Washington
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury Vol. 5 (1956-58) (CD3)
Artist: Dinah Washington
Genre: Blues, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Collections
Title: Seductive Jazz - 20 After Midnight Jazz Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: NO MOLESTAR (CD2 AL SALIR)
Title: Let Mirrors LifePOP (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Disco, Pop
Title: Jazz Divas New Compilation
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Title: Wild About That Thing: Ladies Sing The Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Eternas: The Best Jazz Vocals (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Wicked Jazz Sounds Vol. 6 (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Nu Jazz, Disco, Funk
Title: Blue Note Trip 10 - Late Nights (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Blue Note Trip 10 - Early Mornings (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: My Kind Of Music: A Fine Romance
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Elementary American Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Great Romantic Pop (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: When Rock & Roll Was Young: (CD6)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Classic Love Songs
Genre: Electronica
Title: The Best Of Soul Music (CD4)
Genre: Soul
Title: Lounge Elegant Style 7
Title: Amazing Jazz Performances
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Funky Divas
Title: Jazz: The Wake Up Call
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: The Greatest Jazz Divas
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Women On Fire
Genre: Jazz
Title: Fine Brown Sugar (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Fine Brown Sugar (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Love I: Land Listening V. 11
Title: Supreme Ladies
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Masters: Singers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz & Soul Playlist
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Soul Music Hits
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Jazz For Broken Hearts
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Bossanova
Title: Jazz For Dining
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Bossanova
Title: Jazz Club Specials
Genre: Jazz
Title: Compact Jazz: Best Of The Jazz Vocalists
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Jazz Vocalists - Verve 50
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Soul Music Hits The Charts (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Stars Of Las Vegas
Genre: Soul, Vocal Jazz
Title: The Fab Sixties (Volume 01)
Title: Blue Note Trip - Somethin' Old
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Keep Calm And Listen To Jazz (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Keep Calm And Listen To Jazz (CD2)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Risque Rhythm- Nasty 50s R&B
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Jazzclub Highlights - The Gershwin Songbook
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Les Standards De Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Roots Of Soul: 1928-1962 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Roots Of Soul: 1928-1962 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Sisters With Voices, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Heart Beats - Sirens Of Song: Classic Torch Singers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Phapsody Jazz (CD2)
Title: Ultimate Jukebox - Hits Of The 60s (CD5)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Pop
Title: Latest & Greatest Relaxing Songs (CD2)
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Rock, Alternative
Title: Daily Mirror - Lazy Days
Title: Global Underground Afterhours 5 (CD1)
Genre: House
Title: Soul Roots Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Funk
Title: What A Wonderful World - Jazz Romance
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best Of Jazz By Jazz Radio (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Jazzy And Classy - Hi Fi Luxury
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best Vocal Jazz Of All Time
Genre: Jazz
Title: Vocalists Of The 50ies (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Vocalists Of The 50ies (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 100 Hits Halloween (CD4)
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz Divas - The Very Best Of
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Title: Another Lazy Sunday (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Another Lazy Sunday (CD4)
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Cool Jazz Summer Hits
Genre: Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Brook Benton
Artist: Brook Benton
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Brook Benton: Greatest Hits (Universal Special Products)
Artist: Brook Benton
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Irving Berlin Always
Artist: Irving Berlin Always
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Bop, Smooth Jazz
Title: Hamp: The Legendary Decca Recordings of Lionel Hampton
Artist: Lionel Hampton
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Bop
Title: Bert Stern: Original Mad Man (Music from the Film)
Artist: Starr Parodi
Genre: Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: William Christopher Handy: Father of the Blues (Giants of Jazz)
Artist: The Giants Of Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: What a Wonderful Christmas
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Traditional Pop Music, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Unforgettable Voices: 30 Best Of Dinah Washington and Barry White
Artist: Barry White
Genre: Jazz
Title: Gotta Find My Baby - 50 Classic Tracks
Artist: Jimmy Ricks & The Ravens
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Amour & turbulences (Bande originale du film)
Artist: Nicolas Wauquiez & Evymoon
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Lee Daniels' The Butler Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack