Dinah Washington

Dinah Washington
  • Type: Jazz Vocalist
  • Country: United States
  • Born: August 29, 1924 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
  • Died: December 14, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan, United States

Biography

Tuscaloosa-born singer, raised in Chicago, who rose as vocalist with *Lionel Hampton*'s orchestra before a solo career on #Mercury Records# that spanned blues, jazz, R&B and pop. Her 1959 hit 'What a Diff'rence a Day Makes' won a Grammy, and her phrasing shaped singers from *Aretha Franklin* onward. Crowned 'Queen of the Blues', she died in Detroit in 1963, aged 39.

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Dinah Washington Discography

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