Dinah Washington Sings
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THE QUEEN Dinah Washington sings.Dinah Washington was born August 29, 1924.She was an African-American blues singernoted for excellent voice control and herunique gospel-influenced delivery.From Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Ruth Lee Jones(original name), moved with her family toChicago as a child. She sang in and played thepiano for her church choir and in 1939 beganto sing and play piano in various Chicagonightclubs, in addition to touring with SallieMartin's gospel group. About 1942-43 sheadopted the stage name Dinah Washington.From 1943 to 1946 she sang with the LionelHampton band and in 1946 began a successfulsolo career. During the period from 1949 to1955, her recordings were consistently amongthe top ten hits of the rhythm-and-blues charts.Even after she crossed over to the popular(pop) music market, in which she had hergreatest commercial success, Washingtonretained many of her earlier fans because ofher passionate, supple style. Often referred tooas Queen of The Blues, she died Dec. 14, 1963in Detroit, Michigan.
Channel: Music
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm
Author: illgolden
Length: 03:07
Rating: 4.85
Views: 37118
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Video Comments
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jhughessings (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Gorgeous song and she sings it PERFECTLY. I really need to get the album that this is on. I have several Dinah cds and vinyl albums, but this song seems to be a little more obscure.
123joshyy (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
oh the soul i love jazz like alicia keys, dinah, stevie wonder, ray charles etc. i live in NY and it's the heart of jazz if u luv jazz this is the place to go
pzohal (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
love her
later2moro (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
where do you get these videos from?
Jairox99 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
I love Dinah Washington and this just blows me away! lol this performance is grace personified
sandaglad (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Thanks for this. A wonderful song. To me, the highlight of this clip is the pianist. His playing is sheer heaven.
bbmonte (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
really, really nice!
Pedronko07 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
this imagens its reaaaaal????
mosquito68 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Beautiful. Perfect marriage of technique and emotion.
ifa61 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
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