{"title":"Dinah Washington","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn Ruth Lee Jones on 29 August 1924 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Around 1942 or 1943 she adopted the stage name Dinah Washington while working as a singer at the Garrick Stage Bar. She worked as female vocalist in \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eLionel Hampton's band. She made her recording debut for the Keynote label in December 1943 with \"Evil Gal Blues\", written by Leonard Feather and backed by Hampton and musicians from his band. She worked with Hampton from 1943 to 1946, then began a successful solo career in 1946.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe signed to Mercury Records in 1948. Between 1948 and 1955 she had 27 R\u0026amp;B top-10 hits, making her one of the most popular and successful singers of the period. Both \"Am I Asking Too Much\" (1948) and \"Baby Get Lost\" (1949) reached number 1 on the R\u0026amp;B chart. Her version of \"I Wanna Be Loved\" (1950) crossed over to reach number 22 on the US Pop Chart. Her recordings included blues, standards, pop covers, and a version of Hank Williams's \"Cold, Cold Heart\" (R\u0026amp;B number 3, 1951). She recorded sessions with leading jazz musicians, including Clifford Brown and Clark Terry on \u003cem\u003eDinah Jams\u003c\/em\u003e (1954), and with Cannonball Adderley and Ben Webster. Between 1955 and 1961 she recorded with various orchestras conducted by Quincy Jones. Her biggest hit \"What a Diff'rence a Day Makes\" (1959) won a Grammy Award for Best R\u0026amp;B Performance. She also recorded for Roulette Records. Her personal life was turbulent, including seven failed marriages. She died of an accidental overdose on 14 December 1963 in Detroit, Michigan, aged 39. She was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"dinah-washington-dinah-jams-1971-japanese-mercury-mono-lp","title":"Dinah Washington - Dinah Jams (1971 Japanese Mercury Mono LP)","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"1214\" data-start=\"1061\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: NM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: EX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDinah Washington - \u003cem\u003eDinah Jams\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1971 Japanese Mercury Mono Reissue (15PJ-2010(M), Clifford Brown Collection No. 3, Nippon Phonogram Co. Ltd.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 14 August 1954, Dinah Washington walked into a Los Angeles recording session that also produced a separate album for the three trumpeters present. The full session was split across two releases — the companion record \u003cem\u003eJam Session\u003c\/em\u003e (EmArcy MG-36002) and this one, \u003cem\u003eDinah Jams\u003c\/em\u003e (EmArcy MG-36000), the very first album issued on EmArcy. Both were recorded live in front of an audience with arrangements by Quincy Jones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lineup brought together the Clifford Brown\/Max Roach Quintet's core — Brown, Roach, George Morrow on bass and Richie Powell on piano — with two additional trumpeters, Clark Terry and Maynard Ferguson, plus Herb Geller on alto saxophone, Harold Land on tenor, and Junior Mance on piano for some tracks. Washington, who had signed to Mercury in 1954 and was recording her pop sides for the parent label and jazz for EmArcy, directed the entire session from the front, keeping the focus on her voice while leaving room for extended improvisation. \"You Go to My Head\" runs over eleven minutes and serves as the album's centrepiece, each of the three trumpeters soloing at length. \"I've Got You Under My Skin\" opens Side B with a similar architecture. Richie Powell, the younger brother of Bud Powell, died alongside Clifford Brown in a car accident on 26 June 1956. This Japanese Mercury pressing is part of the Clifford Brown Collection series, No. 3, manufactured by Nippon Phonogram Co. Ltd.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mercury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43388383690811,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_6514.jpg?v=1775458953"}],"url":"https:\/\/lushliferecords.com.au\/collections\/dinah-washington.oembed","provider":"Lush Life Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}