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Dinah Washington: Queen of the Juke Box "Live", 1948-1955

Read "Queen of the Juke Box "Live", 1948-1955" reviewed by Dave Nathan


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 Variety Review. It was during this period that many of her recordings consistently appeared at the top of the R & B charts. But it wasn't until her classic “What a Difference a Day Made" that she broke through to the pop charts. The first performance on the ...

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