1924
Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (died 1963)
Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (died 1963)
Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (died 1963)
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist (1924–1963)
- Born
- 1924
Dinah Washington was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular Black female recording artists of the 1950s. 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 also known as "Queen of the Jukeboxes". 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.