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Dinah! is a fourth studio album by blues, R&B and jazz singer Dinah Washington released on the EmArcy label. The album includes a mix of jazz , popular and blues standards of the period, all selected to emphasize the vocalist's style.
Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington is a 1964 album recorded by Aretha Franklin as a tribute. In 1993, the U.S. Post Office issued a Dinah Washington 29 cent commemorative postage stamp. In 2005, the Board of Commissioners renamed a park, near where Washington had lived in Chicago in the 1950s, Dinah Washington Park in her honor.
1952: Dynamic Dinah! - The Great Voice of Dinah Washington (compilation of previous 78s) 1952: Blazing Ballads (Compilation) 1954: After Hours with Miss "D" 1954: Dinah Jams; 1955: For Those in Love; 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
A Stranger on Earth is a studio album by American singer Dinah Washington, released in 1964 by Roulette Records after her death. [1] The album contains unreleased material by the singer, recorded with producer Henry Glover and arranger Fred Norman.
Unforgettable is the twelfth studio album LP record by blues, R&B and jazz singer Dinah Washington, released on the Mercury Records label, and reissued as a compilation album in 1991. [3] The record shows the singer mostly in a pop star role instead of her traditional jazz & blues style.
Dinah Jams is the second studio album by vocalist Dinah Washington. [5] It was recorded live in Los Angeles in 1954. [ 2 ] Billboard in 1955 wrote: "The instrumental solos are excellent and the entire package is well recorded in a smoothly paced collection of hot and cool jazz."
For Those in Love is a studio album by American jazz vocalist Dinah Washington with musical arrangements by Quincy Jones. It was originally released by EmArcy Records in June 1955, [1] and was reissued by EmArcy Records in 1991. [3]
AllMusic's Scott Yanow wrote that "after her unexpected success on the pop charts, most of Washington's sessions for Mercury and Roulette during the last four years of her life were quite commercial, with string arrangements better suited to country singers and Dinah nearly parodying herself with exaggerated gestures ...