Birthday August 29
Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones) born today, 1924 was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as 🎤"the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s". 🎤
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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