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Dinah Washington

American singer (1924–1963)

Dinah Washington was an American singer, 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.

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Dinah Washington

what: one person
from: Tuscaloosa
born: 1924
until: 1963
on the air here: 0 songs
still after: 1 song

File card: Dinah Washington

real name: Ruth Lee Jones

labels: Keynote Records, Apollo Records, Mercury Records, Roulette Records, Inc., Verve Records, Philips Records

genres: pop music, blues, jazz

awards: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

plays: voice

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Early life

Ruth Lee Jones was born on August 29, 1924, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Alice and Ollie Jones, and moved to Chicago as a child. She became deeply involved in gospel music and played piano for the choir in St. Luke's Baptist Church while still in elementary school. She sang gospel music in church and played piano, directing her church choir in her teens and was a member of the Sallie Martin Gospel Singers. When she joined the Sallie Martin group, she dropped out of Wendell Phillips High School. She sang lead with the first female gospel singers formed by Sallie Martin, who was co-founder of the Gospel Singers Convention. Her involvement with the gospel choir occurred after she won an amateur contest at Chicago's Regal Theater where she sang...

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Early recordings

She made her recording debut for the Keynote label that December with "Evil Gal Blues", written by Leonard Feather and backed by Hampton and musicians from his band, including Joe Morris (trumpet) and Milt Buckner (piano). Both that record and its follow-up, "Salty Papa Blues", made the Billboard "Harlem Hit Parade" in 1944. In December 1945, she made a series of 12 recordings for Apollo Records, 10 of which were issued, featuring the Lucky Thompson All Stars.

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American blues, R&B and jazz singer, born 29 August 1924 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA and died 14 December 1963 from a lethal dose of secobarbital and amobarbital in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was married at least seven times, including to Eddie Chamblee from 1957 to 1959. Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 (Early Influence) and Blues Hall of Fame in 2003. Also known as: D. Vašington, D. Washington, Diana Washington, Dianah Washington, Dina Washington From Discogs (free to use). Their entry