Dinah Washington...Dinah Discovered.

10 great tracks from "Queen" Dinah !!.

1. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing

2. An Affair To Remember

3. Cabin In The Sky

4. Pagan Love Song

5. Blue Skies

1. Three Coins In The Fountain

2. Stormy Weather

3. Love Letters

4. On Green Dolphin Street

5. Six Bridges To Cross

      

      2. An Affair To Remember

Dinah Washington...In Love.

Here's a singer that needs no introduction.. a great selection of love songs sung perfectly !

When the chorus shuts up !!

1. Fly Me To The Moon

2. Your A Sweetheart

3. Our Love

4. Love Is The Sweetest Thing

5. I'll Close My Eyes

6. I didn't Know About You

1. If It's the last Thing I Do

2. Do Nothing Till You Here From Me

3. My Devotion

4. That's My Desire

5. Three Coins In The Fountain

6. Me And The One I Love

     4. That's My Desire

After Hours With Miss D...Dinah Washington.

If you like Dinah then this is a treat... one of the best recording's of hers !!....including a extra  long version of Blue Skies as the last track

After Hours with Miss "D" is a 1954 studio album by Dinah Washington. 

One of her earliest Jazz session would be June 1954 sessions featuring Paul Quinichette, followed by some Blues/Popular sessions. Then in the middle 1954, she tried another great jazzy session. Among all recorded tracks, A-1 “Blue Skies” may be the best track - her emotional singing is awesome as always, while his backing musicians plays a good amount of solos which are also attractive. 

1. Blue Skies

2. Bye Bye Blues

3. Am I Blue

4. Our Love Is Here To Stay

5. A Foggy Day

1. I Let a Song Go Out Of my Heart

2. Pennies from Heaven

3. Love For Sale

4. Blue Skies

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 1950s songs". 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.She made her recording debut for the Keynote label that December with "Evil Gal Blues", written by Leonard Feather and backed by Hampton and musicians from his band,  Both that record and its follow-up, "Salty Papa Blues", made the Billboard "Harlem Hit Parade" in 1944. In December 1945 she made a series of twelve recordings for Apollo Records.

     4. Blue Skies

Dinah Washington...The Queen.

Back over the pond !!...Think I'll stay here for a while arms are a bit tired from all that swimming !!!...this one is a great selection of songs that define the L/P's title !!....The "Stereo" on this L/P is pretty good with "Dinah's" voice coming from the "Left" speaker !!...I've noticed that on several of the "Mercury" L/P's they do that have the singer's voice on one speaker and sometimes they move her over to the other speaker....Does that make sense !!!..or maybe my ears are playing tricks !!

       5. I Thought About You

Dinah Washington.

Here's a nice compilation of Dinah's Hits and some early recordings...

P.S. This is a very good "Stereo" recording sooooooo all you "Stereo" Buffs out there who might have their computer conected to a "Stereo System" have a listen to this....It seems that all the "Mercury" L/P's alway provide good Stereo must be their way of recording !!!!

1. Salty Papa Blues
2. Mixed Emotions
3. Time Out For Tears
4. I Wanna Be Loved
5. Trust In Me
6. Mad About The Boy

1. September In The Rain
2. This Bitter Earth
3. Such A Night
4. If I Loved You
5. Harbour Lights
6. What A Diff'rence A Day Made

       1. September In The Rain.

Dinah Washington

So now we have one of the greats singing her heart out in "Jam Session Style"...Like "Ella" she can do no wrong so this is an excellent choice of songs sung faultless !!!....with the addition of some fine solo's from the musicians !!

1. I Get A Kick Out Of You
2. Blue Gardenia 
3. Easy Living
4. You Don't Know What Love Is
5. This Can't Be Love

!. My Old Flame
2. I Could Write A Book
3. Make The Man Love Me
4. Ask A Woman Who Knows
5. If I Had You