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"This Bitter Earth" is a 1960 song made famous by rhythm and blues singer Dinah Washington. [1] Written and produced by Clyde Otis, [2] [3] it peaked to #1 on the U.S. R&B charts for the week of July 25, 1960, and also reached #24 on the U.S. pop charts. [4]
Dinah Washington (/ ˈ d aɪ n ə /; 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. [1]
1956: Dinah! 1956: In the Land of Hi-Fi; 1957: The Swingin' Miss "D" 1957: Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller; 1957: Music for a First Love; 1958: Dinah Sings Bessie Smith; 1958: Newport '58; 1959: The Queen ; 1959: What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! 1959: Unforgettable; 1960: The Two of Us (with Brook Benton) 1960: I Concentrate on You ; 1960: For ...
In 1960 the song was recorded as a pop and R&B duet by Dinah Washington and Brook Benton. The single was the second pairing for the singers and, like their first single together, it went to number 1 on the R&B chart and was a top ten pop single as well. [3] The song was written by Benton, Clyde Otis and Luchi de Jesus. [4]
Tears and Laughter is a fourteenth studio album by Dinah Washington with Orchestra conducted by Quincy Jones, that was released on Mercury Records (in mono MG 20661 and stereo SR-60661). The orchestral arrangements, partly with strings for the jazz standard repertoire, were provided by Jones, Hal Mooney , Al Cohn , Ernie Wilkins and Billy Byers ...
Dinah Washington - released as a single in 1955, peaking at #11 on the Best Sellers in Stores chart [7] and included on I Concentrate on You (1960) [8] Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956), [9] Ella Loves Cole (1972) [10] Judy Garland - Judy in Love (1958) [11] Stan Kenton - Back to Balboa (1958) [12]
September in the Rain is the eleventh studio album LP record by R&B and jazz singer Dinah Washington, released on the Mercury Records label. [2]The title track was released as a single (b/w "Wake the Town and Tell the People"), reaching #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #5 on the Hot R&B chart.
Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith was the number one song of 1960. Bobby Rydell had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. Brenda Lee had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. Connie Francis had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. The Everly Brothers had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 ...