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HALL OF FAMEESSAY. Dinah Washington, as she herself would readily acknowledge, was called Queen of the Blues, During a show at the London Palladium, she told an audience that purportedly included Queen Elizabeth, “There is but one heaven, one hell, one queen, and your Elizabeth is an imposter.”. Washington was born Ruth Lee Jones in ...
7. Juli 2023 · Dinah Washington was born Ruth Lee Jones on August 29, 1924, in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County. Her mother, Asalea Williams, who would later change her name to Alice, sang and played piano at Tuscaloosa’s historic Elizabeth Baptist Church near their home on 24th Street. Her father, Ollie Jones, a laborer, worked for the Kaul Lumber Company ...
In der Hierarchie der Jazz -Sängerinnen rangiert sie unmittelbar hinter Bessie Smith. Bis zu ihrem Freitod vor zwei Jahren galt Dinah Washington als Königin des Blues. Keine Swing-Dame ...
28. Aug. 2019 · Dinah Washington sang the blues, jazz, torch songs and just about every other kind of ballad with style and panache. Born in Alabama, on August 29, 1924, and raised in Chicago, Ruth Lee Jones was ...
10. Aug. 2017 · It didn't matter. Washington had a spectacular career and her hits — one after another — were moneymakers on the R&B and pop charts. From 1946 to 1961 she recorded more than 400 songs on the ...
11. Sept. 2023 · Dinah Washington. The versatile vocalist Dinah Washington was born Ruth Lee Jones in Tuscaloosa Alabama on August 29th 1924. She grew up in Chicago where her family moved in 1928. Her mother was heavily involved in church community centered around St Luke’s Baptist and Dinah was surrounded by gospel and church music since her early childhood.
29. Aug. 2023 · Dinah Washington allowed herself to be the biggest thing in every room – a radical act for Black women even decades later – and, buried in a tiara made of diamond and pearls, she remained so ...
