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Dinah! (album)

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Released
  
1956

Artist
  
Dinah Washington

Producer
  
Bob Shad

People also search for
  
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Length
  
53:25

Release date
  
1956

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

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Recorded
  
January 11 and November 11, 1956 in Los Angeles and New York City, USA

Genres
  
Blues, Vocal jazz, Traditional pop music

Dinah! is a 1956 album by blues, R&B and jazz singer Dinah Washington released on the EmArcy label. The album includes a mix of jazz, popular and blues standards of the period, all selected to emphasize the vocalist's style.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic details the album in its review as saying:

The single "Make Me a Present of You" peaked at #27 on the Billboard Hot R&B Sides chart in 1958.

Track listing

Additional tracks on later releases

  1. "What Is This Thing Called Love?"[b]
  1. "The Show Must Go On"[b]
  1. "The Birth of the Blues"[b]

Notes

  • ^[a] – Recorded January 12, 1955 in New York.
  • ^[b] – November 10, 1955 in Los Angeles.
  • ^[c] – November 11, 1955 in Los Angeles.
  • ^[d] – November 12, 1955 in Los Angeles.

    • Selected re-issues and compilations

    Re-issues

    Dinah!

  • PolyGram (CD) (©1991)
  • New program notes by James Isaacs (of WBUR-FM)
  • OCLC 25107940

    • Compilations

    The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury

  • CD 2 of 3
  • Vol. 4 of 7
  • Tokyo: Manufactured and distributed by Nippon Phonogram Co.
  • Remaster of Mercury 834683-2
  • Kiyoshi Tokiwa (born 1936), digital remastering
  • OCLC 21962968

    • Personnel

    Adapted from AllMusic.

    Songs

    1Look to the Rainbow2:49
    2Ill Wind3:39
    3A Cottage for Sale3:17

    References

    Dinah! (album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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