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Dinah Washington

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Aliases
Dinah Washington - Orch. Cond. by Nat Goodman
Sextet with Dinah Washington
Real name
Ruth Lee Jones
Born
August 29, 1924
Died
December 14, 1963
Country
United States
IPI
00032539200 5 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Often referred to as the "Queen of the Blues", Washington was a legendary blues, R&B and jazz singer. Jones was married eight times before her death at age 39 caused by drug use.
Family
Eddie Chamblee Husband (1957)
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Title Performer Release date Covered by
 REL March 1953 (13 artists)
Originally by Hadda Brooks REC
April 1948 (8 artists)
April 1948 Lil Green and Her Orchestra
September 1953 (3 artists)
June 1960 (50 artists)
 REC July 1948 (5 artists)
Originally by Savannah Churchill with Ralph Hermann's Orchestra REL
April 1963 (11 artists)
Short John Dinah Washington February 27, 1954 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive March 1944 (12 artists)
June 8, 1958 (3 artists)
listen on Internet Archive January 1954 (6 artists)
1960 Deborah Cox
listen on Internet Archive September 1947 (2 artists)
July 1949 (17 artists)
March 1950 Michael Jerome Browne
September 1960 (2 artists)
September 1948 (2 artists)
listen on Internet Archive March 1944 (7 artists)
 REL November 1958 Originally by The Drifters [US1] REC
March 1944 (2 artists)
November 1949 Kathryn Hettel
Gambler's Blues Dinah Washington 1953 Unverified
April 1958 Rose Wayne
September 1953 (5 artists)
1951 (2 artists)
April 1959 (2 artists)
July 1947 Michelle Willson
June 1954 (9 artists)
July 1949 (13 artists)
October 1951 (4 artists)
November 1963 (5 artists)
December 1946 (4 artists)
May 1960 (2 artists)
Am I asking too much Dinah Washington November 1947 Unverified
a man only does (what a woman makes him do) Dinah Washington May 1960 Unverified
A Bad Case of the Blues Dinah Washington May 1960 Unverified