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: Doo Wop Dance Jukebox Hits Vol 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1951, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Big Hits & Highlights Of 1950, Vol. 12
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1946, Vol. 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1940-1945, Vol. 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Greatest R & B Hits of 1948 Volume 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Almost Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 9 (Original Recordings)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Great Jazz Collection: Vol. 6
Genre: Jazz
Title: Great Songs, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: En Privado... Jazz, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Big Hits & Highlights Of 1950, Vol. 11
Genre: Pop
Title: The Jazz Collection Vol. 3
Genre: Jazz
Title: Duke Ellington Songbook: Mood Indigo
Genre: Jazz
Title: Great Ladies Of Jazz Vol 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Divas of Jazz, Vol. 5
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest Female Vocalists Vol 7
Genre: Jazz
Title: Ultimate Jazz Ladies Vol 7
Genre: Jazz
Title: Musicworld - Classic Songs Vol. 12
Genre: Pop
Title: 45 Blues Favorites
Genre: Blues
Title: Classic Jazz Giants
Genre: Jazz
Title: American Jazz - Irving Berlin Songs
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Ballads
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Songs About New York
Genre: Jazz
Title: Autumn in New York - Finest N.Y.C. Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Blues, Swing and All That Jazz, Vol. 7
Genre: Pop
Title: Modern Art of Music: Woman in Blues
Genre: Jazz
Title: Music & Highlights: Jazz for Lovers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Modern Art of Music: Woman In Blues
Genre: Jazz
Title: Modern Art of Music: Jazz For Lovers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Music & Highlights: Woman in Blues
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Jazz Story - Woman in Blues
Genre: World Music
Title: Saturday Night Blues, Vol. 2 (Rare Recordings)
Genre: Pop
Title: Lot's of Love - Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Best Jazz Ever
Genre: Jazz
Title: Hall Of Fame Rock Legends
Genre: Rock
Title: Back to the 50's - The Golden Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Country
Title: Smooth Classic Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Early R&B Classics
Genre: Jazz
Title: Unforgettable (5 Versions)
Genre:
Title: Verve Unmixed Christmas
Genre: Jazz
Title: Musical Highlights,Vol.1
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Evergreens - Blasts From the Past - 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Jazz Compilation Vol.3
Genre: Jazz
Title: New York Birdland Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Song Shop - Volume 17
Genre: Pop
Title: Swingsation Sampler
Genre: Jazz
Title: Rock 'n' Roll, Pop & Soul Sisters, Vol. 13
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1952, Vol. 10
Genre: Pop
Title: Great American Songwriters
Genre: Pop
Title: The Definitive Blues Collection, Vol. 6
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: The Best Wedding Reception Mix Ever!
Genre: Pop
Title: 爵士はBarにいる50 / jue shihaBarniiru50
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Rhythm & Blues Collection Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: This Is Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Great Ladies Of Jazz Vol 3
Genre: Jazz
Title: Verve Unmixed: The First Ladies
Genre: Jazz
Title: International Women's Day - Ladies Of Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Saturday Night Blues, Vol. 7 (Rare Recordings)
Genre: Pop
Title: Musicworld - Classic Songs Vol. 13
Genre: Pop
Title: Essential Jazz Ladies Vol 8
Genre: Jazz
Title: Music Styles - The Vocalists
Genre:
Title: Valentines Day: Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Heartbreak Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Great Pop Songs of All Time, Vol. 1
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