9 thoughts on “ I´ll close My Eyes - Dinah Washington - The Essential Dinah Washington (CD, Album) ”

1. Dinah Washington: EP-Collection (CD) (/See For Miles) 28 Mercury master tracks () with 8 page booklet. Great sounding, essential collection - hard to find today - new stock copy (Bear Family Records).

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2. Nov 28,  · Dinah Washington, born Ruth Lee Jones (August 29, -- December 14, ), was an American blues, R&B, gospel, pop and jazz singer, and pianist. She has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s", and called "The Queen of the Blues".

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3. Dinah Washington could sing any song and make it sound like everybody's life depended on it. An awe-inspiring jazz vocalist with roots in the R&B scene of the s, she gradually evolved into a pop star during the '50s and would have matured marvelously were it not for an accidental prescription drug overdose that took her out at the age of 39 on December 14, /5(41).

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4. Barnes & Noble® has the best selection of Broadway & Vocal Traditional Pop CDs. Buy Dinah Washington's album titled Essential [Not Now] to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it Price: $

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5. Ruth Lee Jones (born August 29, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; died December 14, in Detroit, Michigan), better known by her stage name Dinah Washington and also as the Queen of the Blues, was an American Grammy award winning jazz singer best known for singing classic torch songs and her hit single What a Diff'rence a Day gukswordcasternador.xyzinfo penetrating voice, excellent timing, and crystal-clear.

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6. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the CD release of The Essential Dinah Washington on Discogs. Label: Not Now Music - NOT2CD • Format: 2x, CD Album, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered • Country: UK • Genre: Jazz •4/5(1).

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7. Dinah Washington. Dinah Washington, born Ruth Lee Jones (August 29, – December 14, ), was an American Pianist, Blues, R&B, Gospel, Pop and Jazz singer. She has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s", and called "The Queen of the Blues".

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8. Dinah Washington was accompanied by an orchestra organized and conducted by Quincy Jones on this album, and she was singing to arrangements mostly written by the young bandleader, swing charts of pop standards by the likes of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and Duke gukswordcasternador.xyzinfo result had much in common with the swing albums of Frank Sinatra in the same period, especially because Jones.

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9. Mar 05,  · Dinah songs I love: I'll Close My Eyes. What's New. You're a Sweetheart. Sunday Kind of Love. You've Got What It Takes. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me. Destination Moon. That Old Feeling. Call Me Irresponsible. Unforgettable.

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