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Dinah Washington
Sign in to saveAmerican singer, songwriter, pianist (1924-1963)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Dinah Washington Vol. 8
- Dinah Washington
- Queen of the Blues
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Tuscaloosa - Alabama - USA
Known for
- Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.12006
- Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music — Self (archive footage)1993
- Jazz on a Summer's Day — Self1960
- Startime — Self1959
- DuPont Show of the Month — Self1957
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1924
- Active to
- 1963
Discography
- When a Woman Loves a Man / Oo-Wee Walkie Talkie1946
- Fool That I Am / Mean and Evil Blues1947
- Baby Get Lost / Long John Blues1949
- Dinah Washington1950
- Dynamic Dinah! The Great Voice of Dinah Washington1951
- Blazing Ballads1952
- Mad About the Boy / I Can’t Face the Music1952
- New Blowtop Blues / Trouble In Mind1952
- Silent Night1953
- After Hours With Miss “D”1954
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,180,316
- Total plays
- 10,415,135
Tags
Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, recognised as one of the most popular African American female recording artists of the 1950s. Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music, and was sometimes referred to as the "Queen of the Blues" and the "Queen of the Jukeboxes". She was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Rock and
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,623x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,797x
- The GTEx Consortium atlas of genetic regulatory effects across human tissues
· 2020 · cited 5,353x
- The International HapMap Project
· 2003 · cited 4,925x
- The 2019 WHO classification of tumours of the digestive system
· 2019 · cited 3,479x
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Key facts
- Born
- Ruth Lee Jones , ( 1924-08-29 ) August 29, 1924, Tuscaloosa , Alabama, U.S.
- Origin
- Chicago , Illinois, U.S.
- Died
- December 14, 1963 (1963-12-14) (aged 39), Detroit , Michigan, U.S.
- Genres
- Jazz blues R&B gospel traditional pop
- Occupations
- Singer musician
- Instruments
- Vocals piano vibraphone
- Years active
- 1941–1963
- Labels
- Keynote Mercury EmArcy Roulette
via Wikipedia infobox
~11 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Dinah Washington (/ˈdaɪnə/; born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) 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 also known as "Queen of the Jukeboxes". 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.
Early life
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