Dinah Washington
Born: 29th August 1924, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Died: 14th December 1963, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Nationality: American
Dinah Washington 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 a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.
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