Thursday, March 15, 2012

The Best of Dinah Washington - Dinah Washington

The Best of Dinah Washington - Dinah Washington

Biography

Born: August 29, 1924 in Tuscaloosa, AL

Genre: Jazz

Years Active: '40s, '50s, '60s

Dinah Washington was at once one of the most beloved and polemical singers of the mid-20th centenary — beloved to her fans, devotees, and associate singers; controversial to critics who quiet accuse her of selling out her knowledge how to do to commerce and bad taste. Her head-master sin, apparently, was to cultivate a distinguishing vocal style that was at home in totality kinds of music, be it R&B, blue-devils, jazz, middle of the road detonation — and she probably would desire made a fine gospel or country singer had she...

Track list

Mad About the Boy
Everybody Loves My Baby
I Just Couldn’t Stand It No More
Teach Me Tonight
Make Me a Present of You
Let’s Do It
September in the Rain
Cry Me a River
This Bitter Earth
Love Walked In
Baby, You’ve Got What It Takes
Back Water Blues
What a Difference a Day Made
I’ll Close My Eyes
Unforgettable
Manhattan
Trouble in Mind
Blue Gardenia
It’s Magic
Feel Like I Wanna Cry
Blue Skies
I Could Write a Book
Verve Remixed
The Swingin' Miss "D"
Compact Jazz: Dinah Washington
The Complete Dinah Washington steady Mercury, Vol. 5 - 1956-1958
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Brook Benton
What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (Expanded Version)
The Complete Dinah Washington without ceasing Mercury, Vol. 4 - 1954-1956
Compact Jazz: Dinah Washington
Verve Remixed (Box Set - Deluxe Edition)
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Brook Benton

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