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Our featured artist is Dinah Washington, “the Queen of the Jukeboxes.”
Born Ruth Lee Jones in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on August 29, 1924, Washington
was one of the most popular black female recording artists of the 1950s, placing
27 songs on the national Billboard R&B chart between 19444 and 1961.
DINAH WASHINGTON RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
ALABAMA JAZZ HALL OF FAME
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2024
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Poppa Stoppa Pee Wee Crayton Modern Records 1951
Salty Papa Blues
Dinah Washington w/ Sextet
Keynote Recordings 1943
West Side Baby
T-Bone Walker
Comet Records 1948
Unforgettable
Aretha Franklin
Unforgettable. A Tribute to Dinah Washington 1964
The Ball Game Sister Wynona Carr Specialty Records 1952
Boogie Woogie Barbecue Tiny Grimes Quintet Atlantic Records 1947
True Blues Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Specialty Records 1947
Mother Earth Memphis Slim Premium Records 1951
My Man’s An Undertaker
Catherine Russell
Cat 2006
Please Send Me Someone To Love Little Jimmy Scott But Beautiful 2002
Jump & Shout Erline “Rock & Roll” Harris De Luxe Records 1949
House Rocker Rusty Bryant Dot Records 1954
Let the Four Winds Blow Roy Brown Imperial Records 1957
Saturday Night Fish Fry B.B. King Let The Good Times Roll… 1999
Jumpin’ Salty Sean Costello Cuttin’ In 2000
One O’clock Jump Count Basie Orchestra Late Night Basie 2023
Why Don’t You Do Right Bonnie Davis Savoy Records 1943
It Ain’t Necessarily So Cab Calloway Porgy and Bess 1959
Evil Gal Blues
Linda Hopkins
How Blue Can You Get 2007
Blue Skies
Dinah Washington
After Hours with Miss D. 1954
Blues Is My Middle Name
Ray Charles
Dinah Washington: A Memorial Tribute 1967
Misery
Deborah Cox
Destination Moon 2026
School Days Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949
Low Society Blues Lowell Fulson Checker Records 1949
My Country Man Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1953
Tremblin’ Wynonie Harris King Records 1951
I’m In The Mood For Love James Mood Prestige Records 1949
Baby Get Lost
Billie Holiday
Decca Records 1949
Destination Moon
Nat King Cole w/ Orchestra Conducted By Neil Hefti
Capitol Records 1951
Resolution Blues
Dinah Washington
Mercury Records 1948
What a Diff’rence a Day Makes
Dinah Washington
Mercury Records 1958
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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