Queen : The Life and Music of Dinah Washington

by Cohodas, Nadine

• ISBN13: 9780823084470
• ISBN10: 0823084477
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Billboard Books

Summary

Dinah Washington sang pop, jazz, R&B, and gospel, but post of all she sang the blues--"Maybe I'm a Fool" and "I Wanna Be Loved" and "Muddy Water" and (of course) "What a Difference a Day Makes" and countless others--all in a distinctive a honey-and-vinegar voice that made everything she sang unmistakably her own. Dubbed both the Queen of the Blues and the Queen of the Juke Box, Dinah Washington had a short life, but a supremely eventful one, packed with songs, shows, lovers, and husbands. Controversial to the critics of her time, vastly influential to the next generation of singers, Washington will always be remembered for a life that was, first and foremost, music.

Table of Contents

Prologue	3	(140)
1 Tuscaloosa, 1900-1928	5	(5)
2 Lift Every Voice, 1929—July 1942	10	(14)
3 Is There Anyone Finer?, August—December 1942	24	(8)
4 The "Find" of the Year, January—July 1943	32	(8)
5 I Know How to Do It, August 1943—November 1945	40	(15)
6 Stairway to a Star, December 1945—December 1947	55	(18)
7 Queen of the Juke Boxes, 1948-1949	73	(23)
8 No Time for Tears, 1950-1951	96	(30)
9 Keter, Wynton, and Jimmy, 1952	126	(17)
10 Love for Sale, 1953	143	(17)
11 Dinah Jams, 1954	160	(32)
12 Much More Than a Blues Singer, 1955	192	(30)
13 "Hot, Fresh and Invigorating," 1956	222	(26)
14 "You've Got to Lay It on Charisma," 1957	248	(30)
15 "Ah, I Got You," 1958	278	(26)
16 What a Diff'rence a Day Makes, 1959	304	(27)
17 Baby, You've Got What It Takes, 1960	331	(27)
18 September in the Rain, 1961	358	(30)
19 Roulette Wheel, 1962	388	(21)
20 For All We Know, January—November 1963	409	(25)
21 "Move Me a Little Higher," December 1963	434	(9)
22 Long Live the Queen	443	(12)
Discography	455	(6)
Notes	461	(64)
Bibliography	525	(6)
Acknowledgments	531	(4)
Index	535