BlueBeat

  • Artists
  • Albums
  • Playlists
  • Genres
    • Settings
    • Membership Plan
    • Playlists
    • Favorites
    • Listen History
    • Settings
    • Membership Plan
    • Playlists
    • Favorites
    • Listen History

    • Settings
    • Membership Plan
    • Playlists
    • Favorites
    • Listen History
    • Settings
    • Membership Plan
    • Playlists
    • Favorites
    • Listen History

  • Home
  • » Artists
  • » Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington featured image

Dinah Washington

08/29/1924-12/14/1963 in Tuscaloosa, AL

Genres

  • Blues
  • Jump Blues/Piano Blues
  • Bebop
  • East Coast Blues
  • Easy Listening

Links

  • All Music Guide
  • BBC
  • Discogs
  • IMDB
  • Lyrics
  • MusicBrainz
  • Rovi Music
  • Wikidata
  • Wikipedia

Popular Songs

In The Land Of Hi-Fi album cover
There'll Be A Jubilee
The Fabulous Miss D: The Keynote, Decca, & Mercury Singles 1943-1953 album cover
Good Daddy Blues
Complete 1943-1951 Mercury Master Takes album cover
Good Daddy Blues
Global Underground Afterhours, Vol. 5 album cover
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby

Biography

Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s". Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music, and gave herself the title of "Queen of the Blues". She was a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. ... (see more)


Recommended Artists

Esther Phillips image
Esther Phillips
Betty Carter image
Betty Carter
Fats Domino image
Fats Domino
Etta Jones image
Etta Jones

Albums by Release Date

The Fabulous Miss D: The Keynote, Decca, & Mercury Singles 1943-1953 album cover
The Fabulous Miss D: The Keynote, Decca, & Mercury Singles 1943-1953
by Dinah Washington
Standards: Great Songs, Great Performances album cover
Standards: Great Songs, Great Performances
by Dinah Washington
After Hours With Miss D album cover
After Hours With Miss D
by Dinah Washington
What A Diff'rence A Day Makes! album cover
What A Diff'rence A Day Makes!
by Dinah Washington
Complete 1943-1951 Mercury Master Takes album cover
Complete 1943-1951 Mercury Master Takes
by Dinah Washington
The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury Vol.1 (1946-1949) album cover
The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury Vol.1 (1946-1949)
by Dinah Washington
Sings Bessie Smith album cover
Sings Bessie Smith
by Dinah Washington
Swingin' Miss 'D' album cover
Swingin' Miss 'D'
by Dinah Washington
Back To The Blues album cover
Back To The Blues
by Dinah Washington
Blue Gardenia album cover
Blue Gardenia
by Dinah Washington
In The Land Of Hi-Fi album cover
In The Land Of Hi-Fi
by Dinah Washington
Verve Jazz Masters 19 album cover
Verve Jazz Masters 19
by Dinah Washington
Dinah Jams: Complete Sessions album cover
Dinah Jams: Complete Sessions
by Dinah Washington

Featured on

Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour album cover
Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour
by Bob Dylan
The Very Best Of Cole Porter (Hip-O) album cover
The Very Best Of Cole Porter (Hip-O)
by Cole Porter

Compilations

Shutter Island (Music From The Motion Picture) album cover
Shutter Island (Music From The Motion Picture)
by Various Artists
Songs That Made Woody Allen Movies Great album cover
Songs That Made Woody Allen Movies Great
by Various Artists
Respect: Aretha's Influences And Inspiration album cover
Respect: Aretha's Influences And Inspiration
by Various Artists
Global Underground Afterhours, Vol. 5 album cover
Global Underground Afterhours, Vol. 5
by Various Artists
Hef's Favorites album cover
Hef's Favorites
by Various Artists
Lady Sings The Blues 2 album cover
Lady Sings The Blues 2
by Various Artists
Lady Sings The Blues (Capitol) album cover
Lady Sings The Blues (Capitol)
by Various Artists
Pure Jazz album cover
Pure Jazz
by Various Artists
Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969 album cover
Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969
by Various Artists
Living The Blues: 1945-1949 Blues Classics album cover
Living The Blues: 1945-1949 Blues Classics
by Various Artists
Juke Box Jive album cover
Juke Box Jive
by Various Artists
 Ultra-Lounge, Volume 15: Wild, Cool & Swingin' Too! album cover
Ultra-Lounge, Volume 15: Wild, Cool & Swingin' Too!
by Various Artists
Casino: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack album cover
Casino: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
by Various Artists
The Legendary Big Band Singers album cover
The Legendary Big Band Singers
by Various Artists
Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas album cover
Have Yourself A Jazzy Little Christmas
by Various Artists

Playlists

Cool Daddy-O
Cool Daddy-O
dj: djbeebo
Marilyn Monroe Plugged In!
Marilyn Monroe Plugged In!
dj: bluebeatkillerplaylist
Blues Of The 40's
Blues Of The 40's
dj: BlueBeatTimeMachine
big 50s 60s oldies
big 50s 60s oldies
dj: coreylssgn600
The American Woman
The American Woman
dj: MarkTwain
Blues Of The 60's
Blues Of The 60's
dj: BlueBeatTimeMachine
thoreau21207
thoreau21207
dj: thoreau212
Spiritus Jazz
Spiritus Jazz
dj: spiritus

BlueBeat logo

Add HTML code


Preview
Browse Music
  • Genres
  • Artists
  • Albums
  • Playlists
Connect With Us
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
Support
  • Help
  • Contact Us
  • Site Index
  • About Us
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy

Issued and Pending Patents and Copyrights in use on BlueBeat.com

All audio-visual works copyright © 2009-2023 BlueBeat, Inc. (reg. # PAu 4-108-332)

BlueBeat transmits simulated live musical performances at 64, 160 and 320 kb/s.

By accessing and/or using this site in any manner, you agree to abide by the BlueBeat Terms of Use.

Copyright © 2003-2023 BlueBeat, Inc.



BlueBeat logo

Keep the music playing!


Sign up for a free account to continue listening to music


or Already have an account?

BlueBeat logo

Keep the music playing!


Sign up for a membership plan to continue listening to music


See Membership Plans

BlueBeat logo

Your Subscription has ended


Your payment didn't go through
Please pay for your membership plan to continue listening to music


See Your Membership Plan Detail

BlueBeat logo

There was a problem requesting your playlist. Please try again.



Close