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: The Blues District: Washington Square
Artist: Dinah Washington
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
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
Collections
Title: Big Hits and Highlights of 1951 Volume 2
Genre: Pop
Title: American Jazz Standards
Genre: Jazz
Title: American Jazz Queens
Genre: Jazz
Title: American Jazz Ladies
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1949, Vol. 14
Genre: Pop
Title: The Finest Jazz Ballads
Genre: Jazz
Title: Christmas Deluxe
Genre:
Title: Green Christmas - The Jazz Christmas Collection
Genre:
Title: 2012 Will Be Our Year: 30 Perfect Wedding Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: The Perfect Valentine's Day Mix
Genre: Pop
Title: The Ultimate Black History Collection
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Chillin' in the Name of...Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Best of the Blues Vol. 1
Genre: Blues
Title: Evergreens - Blasts From the Past - 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz After Hours
Genre: Jazz
Title: Naughty Tracks of Early Blues, Vol. 2 (Remastered)
Genre: Blues
Title: Sleigh Ride: The Best Christmas Songs Ever
Genre:
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1948, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: The Great Songwriters - Richard Rodgers
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Best of The Big Bands
Genre: Pop
Title: American Jazz Lounge
Genre: Jazz
Title: En Privado... Jazz Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Great American Vocalists
Title: Dedicated to George Gershwin By the Entertainers
Genre: Pop
Title: Music For Hotels
Genre: Jazz
Title: JAZZ: Autumn Vibes
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Hits Highlights of 1951, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Ladies And Jazz Vol 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz for the Wedding
Genre: Jazz
Title: Above & Beyond - Rock, Pop And Reggae Heaven Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Above & Beyond - Rock, Pop And Reggae Heaven Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Doo Wop Dance Classics Vol 6
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1959, Vol. 21
Genre: Pop
Title: The Quincy Jones Songbook
Genre: Jazz
Title: 6 Hours of the Greatest Blues Recordings Ever Made
Genre: Blues
Title: Jump Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1951 Volume 12
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits and Highlights 1951 Volume 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Soul Rarities, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Sex, Rhythm & Blues
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: It's All In The Name - The Boys
Genre: Pop
Title: Blues Plus Blue - Explicit Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Golden Hits of the 40, Vol. 2
Genre: World Music
Title: Rock N' Roll Drinkers & Sinners
Genre: Rock
Title: New York - City of Jazz Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Breaking Blues Vol.01
Genre: Blues
Title: Pop History 50's - The Early Years, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: The Darkest Pieces of Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Modern Art of Christmas: A Jazzy Merry Christmas
Genre:
Title: Irving Berlin Songbook: Cheek to Cheek
Genre: Jazz
Title: Red, White & Blues Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest R & B Hits of 1960, Vol. 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Jazz Blues Divas
Genre: Jazz
Title: American Jazz Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1949, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: American Jazz Divas
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Classics - Greatest Jazz Songs Ever
Genre: Jazz
Title: Stardust (The Standard Collection)
Genre:
Title: Jazz On a Summer's Day
Genre: Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: American Jazz Ballads
Genre: Jazz
Title: Mellow Jazz Vocals
Genre: Jazz
Title: Soul Blues USA
Genre: Blues
Title: En Privado... Blues Vol. 2
Genre: Blues
Title: The Greatest St. Valentines Day Love Songs, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
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