Unforgettable (Dinah Washington album)

Unforgettable
Studio album by
Released1961 (LP record, vinyl)
1991 (Compilation album)
RecordedAugust 1959, January 15, 1961
GenrePop standards
Length46:21 (Compilation album)
LabelMercury
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

Unforgettable is the twelfth studio album LP record by blues, R&B and jazz singer Dinah Washington, released on the Mercury Records label, and reissued as a compilation album in 1991.[3] The record shows the singer mostly in a pop star role instead of her traditional jazz & blues style. Allmusic reviews the compilation album as saying: "This CD (which has the original LP program of 12 songs joined by six others) finds Washington singing brief (mostly under three-minute) versions of standards in hopes of gaining another hit.".[4] The single "Unforgettable", released in 1959, peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1961,[5] and Dinah's recording of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001.[6]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1467. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ "Unforgettable – Dinah Washington | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Unforgettable". Allmusic.
  5. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r109673/charts-awards
  6. ^ Grammy Hall of Fame Database