Singer Dinah Washington, the Grammy-winning "Queen of the Jukeboxes," left her turbulent life behind at the tender age of 39. In that short period, a volatile mix of undeniable talent and deep-rooted ...

There is no short and painless way to sample the Queen at her best; you have to rush out and buy the entire works. Fortunately, it is possible to do that, on a 21-CD series from Japanese Universal ...

Washington, who died in 1963, was born in Alabama and got her start singing in church. Throughout her relatively short, two-decade career, she boasted — and proved — that she could sing anything.

On Aug. 29, 2024, 11 years since the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center opened, and 100 years since the "Queen of the Blues" was born Ruth Lee Jones in Tuscaloosa, an exhibit of photos and ...

The album brought her rich, blues-informed style into the world of lush orchestral pop.

Ted Ono's Baldwin Street Music has rescued Dinah Washington's live performances from New York's Birdland, Royal Roost and Basin Street. There are also a couple of cuts from the soundtrack of Harlem ...

August 25, 2025 (Houston Style Magazine) — Some songs don’t just land—they arrive with a little starlight on their shoulders. Ledisi’s radiant take on “What a Dif or.ference a Day Made” is one of ...

Today, Grammy-winning vocalist Ledisi announced For Dinah, a deeply personal tribute album to her lifelong hero, the legendary jazz and blues singer Dinah Washington, to be released on Oct. 3 via ...

Grammy-winning vocalist Ledisi will pay homage to iconic jazz/blues singer Dinah Washington with a special tribute album. Revealed today, For Dinah will feature covers of eight Dinah Washington songs ...