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25 de ago. de 2024 · Learn about Dinah Washington, the American jazz and blues singer known as the Queen of the Blues, who influenced many female rock and roll singers. Find out about her life, career, awards, and death from Britannica.
29 de ago. de 2024 · Dinah Washington would have turned 100 on 29th August 2024. She was one of the most distinctive voices of the 20th century, comparable to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. We celebrate the life and music of this gifted jazz singer.
29 de ago. de 2024 · Dinah Washington Centenary: 'Evil Gal Blues'. The women's movement began with Dinah Washington's voice. If Billie Holiday sang about mistreatment and the blues, Ella Fitzgerald sang youthful swing and Sarah Vaughan elegantly covered jazz-pop, Washington captured the sound of women demanding to be heard and treated well—or else.
29 de ago. de 2024 · Washington, who died in 1963, was born in Alabama and got her start singing in church. Throughout her relatively short, two-decade career, she boasted — and proved — that she could sing...
9 de sept. de 2024 · Learn about the life and career of Dinah Washington, a versatile vocalist who sang blues, R&B, pop, standards and jazz. Explore her discography, photos, videos and similar artists on All About Jazz.
Hace 4 días · Duffy isn’t in this clip, however. We get two full numbers by Washington, lasting only five minutes: her swinging uptempo version of “Lover Come Back to Me,” that rare jazz standard derived from an operetta (the 1928 New Moon) and a slow, tragicomic blues from her 1958 album, Dinah Sings Bessie Smith, “Send Me to the ‘Lectric Chair.”
29 de ago. de 2024 · Dinah Washington, often hailed as “The Queen of the Blues,” was a powerhouse vocalist whose remarkable talent transcended genres and left an indelible mark on American music. Born Ruth Lee Jones one hundred years ago today on August 29, 1924, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Dinah Washington’s life and career were as dynamic as her voice.
