LC control no. | n 82013467 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Washington, Dinah, 1924-1963 |
Variant(s) | Jones, Ruth Lee, 1924-1963 |
Birth date | 1924-08-29 |
Death date | 1963-12-14 |
Place of birth | Tuscaloosa (Ala.) |
Place of death | Detroit (Mich.) |
Field of activity | Jazz Blues (Music) Popular music |
Profession or occupation | Jazz singers African American singers Pianists |
Found in | Dinah Washington sings the best in blues. [Phonodisc] 1957. New Grove dict. of jazz (Washington, Dinah (Jones, Ruth (Lee)); b. Aug. 29, 1924, Tuscaloosa, AL, d. Dec. 14, 1963, Detroit; singer) Wikipedia, Jan. 6, 2020 (Dinah Washington; 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"; 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and 1993 inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) |