Dinah Washington (; born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular Black female recording artists of the 1950s. 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 also known as "Queen of the Jukeboxes". She was a 1986 inductee of the Alabama... [more on Wikipedia]
Top songs: #1: What a Diff'rence a Day Makes - #2: I Wanna Be Loved - #3: September in the Rain - #4: This Bitter Earth - #5: Unforgettable| Date | Title | Points | Charts Peaks | Links | Comment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1959 | What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! | 131 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 05/1959 | 131 | US 8 • US R&B 4 | MP3 | hit for the Dorsey Brothers in 1934 [Mercury 71435] written by María Grever & Stanley Adams | |||
| 2. | 1959-1960 | Unforgettable | 149 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 10/1959 | 74 | US 17 • US R&B 15 | MP3 | hit for Nat King Cole in 1952 [Mercury 71508] written by Irving Gordon | |||
| 2. | 06/1960 | 75 | US 24 • US R&B ✫1 | MP3 | [Mercury 71635] written by Clyde Otis | |||
| 3. | 1961 | September in the Rain | 106 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 10/1961 | 106 | US 23 • US AC 5 • US R&B 5 • UK 35 | MP3 | #1 hit for Guy Lombardo in 1937 [Mercury 71876] written by Harry Warren & Al Dubin | |||
| 4. | 1962 | Dinah '62 | 44 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 05/1962 | 7 | US 87 | MP3 | [Roulette 4424] written by Russ Morgan, Larry Stock & James Cavanaugh | |||
| 2. | 05/1962 | 37 | US 36 • US AC 11 | MP3 | hit for Mildred Bailey in 1937 [Roulette 4424] written by Harold Adamson & Jimmy McHugh | |||
| 5. | 1962 | I Wanna Be Loved | 10 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 08/1962 | 10 | US 76 | MP3 | R new version of 1950-hit [Mercury 72015] written by John Green, Edward Heyman & Billy Rose | |||
| 6. | 1962 | Drinking Again | 7 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 08/1962 | 7 | US 88 | MP3 | [Roulette 4444] written by John Frederick Coots & Sam M. Lewis | |||
| 7. | 1963 | A Stranger on Earth | 7 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 05/1963 | 7 | US 92 | MP3 | [Roulette 4490] written by Titus Turner, Dinah Washington | |||
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