Dinah never quite got the acclaim of the "big three" (Ella, Sarah, and Billie), but she absolutely deserves her place on the Mount Rushmore of Jazz female vocalists. Her phrasing and soulfulness are truly second to none, and she could sing any genre (jazz, blues, torch songs, pop). It's tragic that she lived the cliche' of drugs and booze, leading to an early exit at age 39. Oh, but what a voice!

I like many of the vocalists of that era in music, but Dinah Washington is my undisputed favorite! Her musical timing, her articulation, and simply her VOICE move me tremendously! ❤

One of the elemental voices of American music. There will never be another Miss D.

That voice of hers is more than amazing! She could sing "Ring Around The Rosie" and I would love it! Broke my heart when she passed.

She left us way too soon. An amazing talent.💛

Watching Dina live is a pure treasure!

What a performer? What a voice? You don't get this wonderful magic anymore.

That key change on "Such a Night"! Jeez, what an amazing singer.

Absolutely memorising. Her voice is phenomenal. Deserves more for sure.

I wish there were more videos of her...

She died 55 years ago tomorrow and very few have come anywhere near close to her since. What a class act - I think only the peerless Sarah Vaughan pips her as my fav all time jazz singer

Dinah Washington, my all time favorite singer

Judy Garland, Kay Starr, Dinah Washington..the three supreme, laserlike belters. Nobody, even Streisand, has ever comed close.

Wow she is different. And her singing is PERFECTION

Wow! Seeing her playing the xylophone was surreal. I don’t know of any singer that can just up and play alongside the xylophonist and then solo it, and then go back to singing! I wish she had gotten to live a full life. My daddy would have probably loved her.

Only Dinah made me cry.... her voice..unique. timeless, unreachable....

Dina is great. What a difference a day makes

DINAH WAS WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Only A Moment is probably my favorite live performance of hers. She used ALL her chops here. You can hear why she could sing ANY genre because she pulled from them ALL in that performance. You hear pop phrasing, country & western storytelling, R&B inflections and Jazz theory all in one performance.

I am 62 years old and am Italian, thank you for sharing this passion which is also mine, I've always loved American jazz thanks to its artistic wealth since its inception, Dinah being among my favorite with his voice pierce you heart, thank you, thank you really.

I’m so glad a portion of this was actually in color! Such a beautiful voice.

When they are ready to do the Dinah Washington Story on film I think they better call on Loretta Devine for the lead role

Seeing the joy in Dinah's face during the vibes solo is simply.... priceless.

Unforgetable Dinah...

Cantaba muy bonito y su cara simpatica se notaba su alegria al cantar , una gran cantante

what a golden, majestic and sincere voice she had.... Dinah 4 ever ❤❤❤

One of the most beloved and successful singers of the 50s. I was shocked to see her in a natural hairstyle in 1958, looking great from head to toe! So ahead of her time. She will forever be the Queen of the Blues.

All I can say is wow and that says it all

She definitely was one of the greatest female singer's ever

I just love how she just steps on stage and sings immediately. It's amazing. No need to get ready. She was born ready

My Father’s favorite! The album “ Stranger On This Earth”! Queen of the blues! One the first artist to receive that title! Ya baby!! She also loved her Bling!❤✌️😎

Dinah Washington influenced the singing style of many singers that came after, including ARETHA FRANKLIN.

This is SO WONDERFUL!!!!! Thank you for posting this absolute LEGEND. Amazing to be able to watch and listen to this legend sing.

Because I spent many happy hours listening to her 'Look to the Rainbow.' Thanks for this compilation. Only a Moment Ago 8:25 My Lean Baby 7:04 Such a Night 11:10 All of Me 00:10 It Don't Hurt Anymore 4:25

her voice ........ killed me when i 1st listen

Outstanding

The best there is

Loretta Divine should have been prepared to portray Ms. Dinah Washington at least 12 years ago. Is it to late for her to play this dynamic figure, I hope not. Loretta resembles her and she sings, I believe she could do it. Somebody contact her and let her know, her greatest role is yet to come.

The girl can't help it. She owns it.

Dinah the voice oh my god nothing comes close just like Fred Astaire one off original stars that still shine brightly after they’ve past 💔💔

From the peerless "Jazz On A Summer's Day". Great to see Max Roach on drums. Miss D is at the height of her powers in this clip. A fascinating insight into a long vanished period of America.

Priceless!!

4:25 I remember the first time I heard Dinah. In 1990, when a friend played this performance for me on an old videotape he had. I've loved her ever since.

THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One of the mornings with Dinah

Nunca mais vamos ter uma voz e pronuncia correta como esta maravilha

6:35 WOW! One of my top 10 favorite singers, just an incredible force of nature.

Love you, Miss "D"!

I'm a DINAH WASHINGTON, Impersonator yearly in "BOJO'S PLACE" at the COMMUNITY ACTORS THEATER, here in San Diego, CA. Each Black History Month. If anyone knows if their casting for a movie about Dinah, I would love to play her. Contact me, please.

A once in a Lifetime Voice! Multi Talented.!! Who are the 8 Douchebags who gave thumbs down?

She is back for at least 3 weeks this 2021. My time 2045

My mother loved her, and played. her on Saturday mornings! Love. you mom! plus my dad was a guitar player from New Orleans. Music is everything to us! I am so proud to be of African descent!

divine

love her voice.

Quelle chanteuse ! Elle pouvait chanter n'importe quel style : Jazz, Blues, Pop. Son album hommage à Bessie Smith est remarquable. Une des meilleures, partie trop jeune. What a singer ! She could sing anything: Jazz, Blues, Pop. Check her album of Besie Smith's songs. One of the greatest.

Reina Dinah.

Uma das vozes mais potentes da música! Maravilhosa!

On December 14, 1963, Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist, died. In reality, Dinah's name was Ruth Jones, and she was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on August 28, 1924 and died in Detroit, Michigan, on December 11, 1963. As a teenager, she began singing in churches accompanied by her mother, a teacher. of music. At the age of fifteen, he won an amateur competition at the Chicago Regal Theater and soon began singing in nightclubs. The first to realize her enormous talent was Joe Glasser, in 1943, after attending one of her concerts in Chicago, introducing her to Lionel Hampton, who immediately hired her for his big band, where she would remain until 1946. It was at that time which changed its name, at a suggestion from Hampton. His first Keynote recording included "Evil Gal Blues" and "Salty Papa Blues", written and arranged for the Hampton sextet by critic Leonard Feather. From the 1950s onwards, she was baptized as the queen of rhythm & blues, and every year three or four of her songs occupied the top ten places on the charts. At the height of rhythm & blues, he also recorded other musical genres, with great sensitivity and intelligence, adapting to different styles. Indeed, from 1959 onwards, his records crossed the racial boundaries of the market, offering the musical scene of the time a unique and original style, which mixed the fundamental characteristics of Billie Holidav's jazz ballads with the blues of Bessie Srnith and the gospels of Mahalia Jackson. It was a new female voice, capable of singing the sweet melodies of Cole Porter or roaring the blues of Bessie Smith, imitating the sensual gestures of Marylin Monroe or solemnly expressing herself in the musical tradition of African Americans. In the 1960s he achieved a huge success with “This Bitter Earth”, which revealed a deep bitterness for his unsuccessful marriages. Shortly after, he left Mercury, and signed a more advantageous contract with Roulette. In December 1963, with the intention of changing his image, he began a drastic weight loss diet. On the night of December 14, after drinking heavily and unable to sleep, he took an overdose of sleeping pills. Such a fatal mixture ended her life, depriving the public of a great artist, a singer of extraordinary talent. (born in 1924)

Location recording is surprisingly good. And the visuals fit the tune well.

the list of great black female singers is very long indeed....from Ella to Billie to Sarah...etc...but Dinah was right there

all those people enjoying Dinah's performance on the first clip are probably grandmas and grandpas now, and some are gone

Ufffff!!!! Saludos desde México 🇲🇽 🇲🇽 🇲🇽 🇲🇽 🇲🇽

Awesome thanks for sharing

Beautiful My first time Seeing her live ! Wow Classic. I see Her style In other singers I've seen ? ❤

Love this, as a pre-teen Dinah first great singer I fell in love with, decades later never can get enough of her...

I must I agree Loretta Devine looks almost like she could be her daughter perfect pic to play her

queen

amazing stuff

A great singer this African woman. When I see her , I see behind her the great Fats Waller. Thanks Buzz Stephens.

Such a great Singer I love her - she is wonderful ! ! a creator Can we have the track listingin of the song ? specially the one at 6.

This fabulous. Thank you ,Buzz,for posting

Bravissima. Ciao. DINAH avevi una come........straordinaria.... NON ESISTONO PIU LE CANTANTI. CHE PIACCIONO A ME. E ORA RIPOSANO IN PACE.🐦🐦🐦😄💟💟👏👏👌😇😇

GREAT!!

Nothing new here as always known Ms. D W was truly special and up there with any of the greats.

La Grande Diva Reyna del Blues

Fantasia sounds a lot like her! I bet she’s one of her inspirations.

You can tell that singers like Nancy Wilson,Esther Phillips,Aretha Franklin,Patti LaBelle,Dionne Warwick,Diane Schuur,China Moses,Amy Winehouse and Ledisi took lessons from Dinah. She was a true pathfinder,indeed.

Wow!

WOW THAT FIRST note on I Don't Hurt Anymore! I'm dead Was that Lionel Hampton on vibes in the first number?!

It's Dinah, enough said...

You are free darling

That looks like Wardell Gray on tenor on "Only a Moment Ago"!

It's giving Loretta Divine OMG!

Supremely talented, beautiful, sexy and pure American legend!

oh my word....pure magic

She is Vaughns wife both were members where i used to work on 26th and P st.

Dynamo Dinah!!! She’s showing off family jewel as well!!! She’s taken some of Billie’s eye movements at times!!! Usual , I’m here to give you a blast entertainment!!! Thanks!!!

Film editor: Who cares that a vibe duet is going on, let's show some audience close-ups. History: What idiot edited this?

Her and Loretta Divine look sooo much alike.... I study astrology and know that she has a Virgo sun Leo moon and Loretta Divine is a Leo sun Cancer moon, I think that Leo connection and balance of masculine feminine energy between their sun and moon make them share similarities, they both share mercury in Virgo too

I've just got four words for anyone who says Aretha Franklin was the greatest soul singer of all time: WHAT ABOUT DINAH WASHINGTON?

Yes, it was a moment ago.........

Meticulous in every way. NOBODY like Dinah and there never will be another. Made by a miracle.

Nice. Is that Max Roach on drums?

Ty 💝🌈😇💚💌😘🌹🐣💌💌💌

The camera man sure was focused on that broach on her dress...if it became missing, he stole it!!

Was that max roach on drums?

Creative African american. music, is the best! We not only built this country and europe (250 years of free labor) , we created amazing music genres, true Soul Music that came from our Souls, praise be to our Ancestors for our amazingness! So proud to be from Africa it;s in our soul that is where we get our amazing melinated cosmic energy from. After all we been through, we turned into art. Now for our reparations!

The hipsters in the audience look like the hipsters of today!

The 15 people who disliked this because the video is 14 minutes long not actually 15.

Very sad she went so young