Dinah Washington

Dinah Washington
Washington in 1962
Washington in 1962
Background information
Birth nameRuth Lee Jones
Born(1924-08-29)August 29, 1924
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S.
OriginChicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedDecember 14, 1963(1963-12-14) (aged 39)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • musician
Instruments
Years active1941–1963
Labels

Dinah Washington (/ˈdnə/; 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.[1] Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music,[1] and gave herself the title of "Queen of the Blues".[2] She was also known as "Queen of the Jukeboxes".[3] 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.

  1. ^ a b "Dinah Washington". AllMusic. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
  2. ^ Carney Smith, Jessie (1992). Notable Black American Women. VNR AG. ISBN 9780810391772. Retrieved June 27, 2014 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference NPR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).