Artist: Dinah Washington

Dinah Washington
Aliases
Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewart's Orchestra
Real name
Ruth Lee Jones
Born
August 29, 1924
Died
December 14, 1963
Country
United States
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 cause by drug use.
Family
Eddie Chamblee   Spouse (1957)
See also
Annie Laurie

Performances

Originals

Title down Performer Release date Covered by
1 Baby, Get Lost Dinah Washington July 1949 (2 artists)
2 Baby (You've Got What It Takes) Dinah Washington & Brook Benton 1960 (22 artists)
3 Big Long Slidin' Thing Dinah Washington 1954 (2 artists)
4 Don't Say You're Sorry Again Dinah Washington 1951 Aretha Franklin
5 Drinking Again Dinah Washington 1962 (7 artists)
6 Evil Gal Blues Dinah Washington 1944 (6 artists)
7 Misery Dinah Washington 1960 Deborah Cox
8 Soulville Dinah Washington 1963 (4 artists)
9 This Bitter Earth Dinah Washington 1960 (14 artists)
10 TV Is the Thing (This Year) Dinah Washington 1953 (2 artists)

Covers

Title down Performer Release date Originally by
1 'T Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do Dinah Washington 1957 Anna Meyers and Original Memphis Five
2 A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love) Dinah Washington & Brook Benton 1960 Priscilla Bowman with the Spaniels
3 A Stranger in Town Dinah Washington 1962 Mel Tormé and His Mel-Tones
4 A Sunday Kind of Love Dinah Washington 1959 Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra
5 Ain't Misbehavin' Dinah Washington and Rudy Martin's Trio 1948 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
6 Ain't Misbehavin' Dinah Washington 1957 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
7 Ain'tcha Glad Dinah Washington 1957 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
8 All of Me Dinah Washington 1956 Belle Baker
9 Black and Blue Dinah Washington 1957 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
10 Blue Skies Dinah Washington 1954 Belle Baker
11 But Not for Me Dinah Washington, Quincy Jones and His Orchestra 1956 Ginger Rogers & Willie Howard
12 Caravan Dinah Washington, Quincy Jones and His Orchestra 1956 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Barney Bigard and His Jazzopators
13 Cold Cold Heart Dinah Washington 1951 Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys
14 Coquette Dinah Washington 1962 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
15 Cry Me a River Dinah Washington 1959 Julie London
16 Destination Moon Dinah Washington 1962 Nat "King" Cole
17 Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me Dinah Washington, Arranged & Conducted by Don Costa 1962 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Al Hibbler - Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
18 Don't Explain Dinah Washington 1962 Billie Holiday
19 Ev'rytime We Say Goodbye Dinah Washington, Quincy Jones and His Orchestra 1956 Nan Wynn
20 Everybody Loves My Baby Dinah Washington 1957 Aileen Stanley
21 Everybody's Somebody's Fool Dinah Washington 1962 Connie Francis
22 Fly Me to the Moon Dinah Washington, Arranged & Conducted by Don Costa 1962 Felicia Sanders
23 Fool That I Am Dinah Washington 1960 Floyd Hunt Quartette
24 For All We Know Dinah Washington 1962 Morton Downey
25 God Bless the Child Dinah Washington 1962 Billie Holiday
26 Good Morning Heartache Dinah Washington 1960 Billie Holiday
27 Goodbye Dinah Washington 1956 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
28 Harbor Lights Dinah Washington 1950 Roy Fox & His Orchestra
29 Honeysuckle Rose Dinah Washington 1957 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
30 Honky Tonk Dinah Washington 1958 Bill Doggett
31 How Long, How Long Blues Dinah Washington February 1963 Leroy Carr - Ida Cox
32 I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me Dinah Washington 1961 Dolores Valesco
33 I Concentrate on You Dinah Washington 1960 Douglas McPhail
34 I Could Have Told You Dinah Washington 1956 Frank Sinatra
35 I Didn't Know About You Dinah Washington, Arranged & Conducted by Don Costa 1962 Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & His Orchestra
36 I Don't Hurt Anymore Dinah Washington With Hal Mooney and His Orchestra 1954 Hank Snow
37 I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good Dinah Washington 1960 Ivie Anderson
38 I Remember Clifford Dinah Washington 1959
39 I Sold My Heart to the Junkman Dinah Washington 1948 The Basin Street Boys
40 I Used to Love You Dinah Washington 1964 Orlando's Orchestra
41 I Wanna Be Loved Dinah Washington 1962 Helen Forrest
42 I Wish I Didn't Love You So Dinah Washington 1960 Betty Hutton
43 I'll Be Around Dinah Washington 1962 Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
44 I'll Close My Eyes Dinah Washington, Quincy Jones and His Orchestra 1956 Dorothy Squires
45 I'll Close My Eyes Dinah Washington, Arranged & Conducted by Don Costa 1962 Dorothy Squires
46 I'll Never Be Free Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewart's Orchestra August 1950 Savannah Churchill with the Red Norvo Quintet
47 I'll Never Stop Loving You Dinah Washington 1964 Doris Day
48 I'm Glad for Your Sake Dinah Washington 1963 Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy
49 I'm Gonna Laugh You Out of My Life Dinah Washington 1962 Nat "King" Cole
50 I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm Dinah Washington 1961 Dick Powell & Alice Faye
51 I've Got You Under My Skin Dinah Washington 1955 Virginia Bruce
52 I've Got the World on a String Dinah Washington, Arranged & Conducted by Don Costa 1962 Aida Ward
53 If I Loved You Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewart's Orchestra 1950 John Raitt & Jan Clayton
54 If It's the Last Thing I Do Dinah Washington, Arranged & Conducted by Don Costa 1962 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
55 Ill Wind Dinah Washington 1956 Harold Arlen
56 Invitation Dinah Washington 1962 The MGM Studio Orchestra
57 Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) Dinah Washington, Quincy Jones and His Orchestra 1956 Louis Jordan & his Tympani Five
58 Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby Dinah Washington 1962 Louis Jordan & his Tympani Five
59 Jailhouse Blues Dinah Washington 1958 Bessie Smith
60 Just Friends Dinah Washington 1962 Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
61 Keepin' Out of Mischief Now Dinah Washington 1957 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
62 Key to the Highway Dinah Washington February 1963 Charlie Segar
63 Let's Fall in Love Dinah Washington 1962 Art Jarrett
64 Look to the Rainbow Dinah Washington 1956 Ella Logan
65 Love Is the Sweetest Thing Dinah Washington, Arranged & Conducted by Don Costa 1962 Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Orchestra
66 Love Walked In Dinah Washington 1960 Kenny Baker
67 Love for Sale Dinah Washington 1954 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend
68 Lover Come Back to Me Dinah Washington 1955 Evelyn Herbert
69 Mad About the Boy Dinah Washington 1952 Joyce Barbour, Steffi Duna, Norah Howard and Doris Hare
70 Makin' Whoopee Dinah Washington, Quincy Jones and His Orchestra 1956 Eddie Cantor
71 Me and My Gin Dinah Washington 1958 Bessie Smith
72 Medley (Alone Together - Summertime - Come Rain or Come Shine) Dinah Washington 1955 Clifton Webb
- Abbie Mitchell
- Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas
73 More Than You Know Dinah Washington 1956 Mayo Methot
74 My Heart Cries for You Dinah Washington 1951 Dinah Shore
75 Never Let Me Go Dinah Washington, Quincy Jones and His Orchestra 1956 Nat King Cole
76 New Blow Top Blues Dinah Washington March 1952 Lionel Hampton Septet
77 No More Dinah Washington 1955 Billie Holiday
78 Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning Dinah Washington February 1963 Margaret Johnson
79 Our Love Is Here to Stay Dinah Washington 1961 Kenny Baker
80 Pennies From Heaven Dinah Washington 1954 Bing Crosby
81 Perdido Dinah Washington, Quincy Jones and His Orchestra 1956 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
82 Please Send Me Someone to Love Dinah Washington April 1951 Percy Mayfield
83 Red Sails in the Sunset Dinah Washington 1962 Lew Stone and His Band
84 Romance in the Dark Dinah Washington 1963 Lil Green
85 Send Me to the 'lectric Chair Dinah Washington 1958 Bessie Smith and Her Blue Boys
86 September in the Rain Dinah Washington 1961 The Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra
87 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Dinah Washington 1956 Tamara
88 Somebody Loves Me Dinah Washington, Quincy Jones and His Orchestra 1956 Winnie Lightner
89 Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat Dinah Washington 1957 Four Tones and Eddie Beal Trio
90 Sometimes I'm Happy Dinah Washington 1962 Charles King & Louise Groody
91 Squeeze Me Dinah Washington 1957 Clarence Williams' Blue Five
92 Teach Me Tonight Dinah Washington November 1954 Janet Brace
93 Tell Me Why Dinah Washington 1952 Four Aces featuring Al Alberts
94 That Old Feeling Dinah Washington 1964 Virginia Verrill
95 That's All I Want From You Dinah Washington January 1955 Jaye P. Morgan
96 That's My Desire Dinah Washington, Arranged & Conducted by Don Costa 1962 Russell Wooding's Red Caps
97 The Back Water Blues Dinah Washington 1958 Bessie Smith
98 The Jitterbug Waltz Dinah Washington 1957 Fats Waller and His Rhythm
99 The More I See You Dinah Washington 1989 Dick Haymes
100 The Song Is Ended but the Melody Lingers On Dinah Washington 1960 Whispering Jack Smith
101 There Is No Greater Love Dinah Washington 1955 Isham Jones and His Orchestra
102 There'll Be Some Changes Made Dinah Washington 1956 Ethel Waters
103 These Foolish Things Dinah Washington 1964 Dorothy Dickson
104 They Didn't Believe Me Dinah Washington, Quincy Jones and His Orchestra 1956 Julia Sanderson and Donald Brian
105 Unforgettable Dinah Washington 1959 Nat King Cole
106 What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry Dinah Washington and Rudy Martin's Trio 1949 Sam Lanin and His Orchestra
107 What a Diff'rence a Day Makes Dinah Washington 1959 Jimmie Ague - Orquesta Pedro Via
108 What's New Dinah Washington 1964 Colin Farish - Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
109 Wheel of Fortune Dinah Washington 1952 Al Costello with The Walter Scott Orchestra
110 When My Sugar Walks Down the Street Dinah Washington, Arranged & Conducted by Don Costa 1962 McKenzie's Candy Kids
111 When Your Lover Has Gone Dinah Washington 1962
112 While We're Young Dinah Washington 1960 Fred Waring's Singers
113 Willow Weep For Me Dinah Washington 1956 Ted FioRito & His Orchestra
114 With a Song in My Heart Dinah Washington 1961 John Hundley & Lillian Taiz
115 Without a Song Dinah Washington 1961 Lois Deppe & Russell Woodling's Jubilee Singers
116 You Go to My Head Dinah Washington 1955 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
117 You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You Dinah Washington 1962 Nat "King" Cole

Songs written by

Original songs

Title down Written by Covered by
1 Misery Dinah Washington, Louis Howard Deborah Cox
2 Soulville Dinah Washington, Titus Turner, Henry Glover, Morris Levy (4 artists)

Releases

Audio album

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 After Hours With Miss D Dinah Washington 1954 EmArcy
2 Back to the Blues Dinah Washington February 1963 Roulette
3 The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury Vol. 5 (1956-1958) Dinah Washington 1989 Mercury
4 Dinah Dinah Washington 1956 EmArcy
5 Dinah '62 Dinah Washington 1962 Roulette
6 Dinah '63 Dinah Washington 1963 Roulette
7 Dinah Jams - Featuring Dinah Washington Dinah Washington 1955 EmArcy
8 Dinah Sings Bessie Smith Dinah Washington 1958 EmArcy
9 Dinah Washington Dinah Washington 1964 Roulette
10 Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller Dinah Washington 1957 EmArcy
11 Drinking Again Dinah Washington 1962 Roulette
12 For Lonely Lovers Dinah Washington 1960 Mercury
13 I Concentrate on You Dinah Washington 1960 Mercury
14 I Wanna Be Loved Dinah Washington 1962 Mercury
15 In Love Dinah Washington, Arranged & Conducted by Don Costa 1962 Roulette
16 The Queen! Dinah Washington 1959 Mercury
17 September in the Rain Dinah Washington 1961 Mercury
18 The Swingin' Miss "D" Dinah Washington, Quincy Jones and His Orchestra 1956 EmArcy
19 What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! Dinah Washington 1959 Mercury

Audio single

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love) Dinah Washington & Brook Benton 1960 Mercury
2 Ain't Misbehavin' Dinah Washington and Rudy Martin's Trio 1948 Mercury
3 Am I Asking Too Much Dinah Washington 1948 Mercury
4 Baby, Get Lost Dinah Washington July 1949 Mercury
5 Baby (You've Got What It Takes) Dinah Washington & Brook Benton 1960 Mercury
6 Big Long Slidin' Thing Dinah Washington 1954 Mercury
7 Cold Cold Heart Dinah Washington 1951 Mercury
8 Dream Dinah Washington With Hal Mooney and His Orchestra 1954 Mercury
9 Evil Gal Blues Dinah Washington 1944 Keynote
10 Harbor Lights Dinah Washington 1950 Mercury
11 Honky Tonk Dinah Washington 1958 Mercury
12 I Won't Cry Anymore Dinah Washington 1951 Mercury
13 I'll Never Be Free Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewart's Orchestra August 1950 Mercury
14 Love Walked In Dinah Washington 1960 Mercury
15 Mad About the Boy Dinah Washington 1952 Mercury
16 My Heart Cries for You Dinah Washington 1951 Mercury
17 My Kind of Man Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewart's Orchestra 1950 Mercury
18 Our Love Is Here to Stay Dinah Washington 1961 Mercury
19 Pennies from Heaven Dinah Washington 1954 EmArcy
20 Please Send Me Someone to Love Dinah Washington April 1951 Mercury
21 Romance in the Dark Dinah Washington 1963 Roulette
22 September in the Rain Dinah Washington 1961 Mercury
23 Soulville Dinah Washington 1963 Roulette
24 Tell Me Why Dinah Washington 1952 Mercury
25 That's All I Want From You Dinah Washington January 1955 Mercury
26 This Bitter Earth Dinah Washington 1960 Mercury
27 Trouble in Mind Dinah Washington March 1952 Mercury
28 TV Is the Thing (This Year) Dinah Washington 1953 Mercury
29 Unforgettable Dinah Washington 1959 Mercury
30 What a Diff'rence a Day Makes Dinah Washington 1959 Mercury
31 What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry Dinah Washington and Rudy Martin's Trio 1949 Mercury
32 Wheel of Fortune Dinah Washington 1952 Mercury
33 Wishing Well Dinah Washington November 1954 Mercury
34 You're Nobody "Til Somebody Loves You Dinah Washington 1962 Roulette

Tributes

Title Performer Release date down Label
1 Unforgettable - A Tribute to Dinah Washington Aretha Franklin 1964 Columbia
2 Destination Moon Deborah Cox June 19, 2007 Decca
3 This One's For Dinah China Moses & Raphael Lemonnier March 4, 2009 Blue Note

Forum topics

Topic Board Started by Replies Last message down
1 Georgia on My Mind cover by Dinah Washington Add songs Peter Heath 0 2009-12-26 00:42:54 GMT by Peter Heath
2 You Let My Love Get Cold Add songs rioub 0 2011-03-22 13:45:48 GMT by rioub
3 I'll Drown in My Tears cover by Dinah Washington Add songs Patrick F 0 2011-06-03 20:25:02 GMT by Patrick F
4 A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love) Add songs Stephan Koenig 4 2012-02-11 15:26:44 GMT by Canary
5 Since I Fell for You Add songs maryhelen 0 2012-07-15 08:06:19 GMT by maryhelen

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