Dinah Washington was one of the greatest song stylists of the 20th century -- a vocalist whose precise diction and unique phrasing left her mark on any song she sang, whether a haunting gospel, a ...

Washington, who died in 1963, was born in Alabama and got her start singing in church. Throughout her relatively short, two-decade career, she boasted — and proved — that she could sing anything.

This essay is one in a series celebrating women whose major contributions in recording occurred before the time frame of NPR Music's list of 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women. What a Diff'rence a Day ...

Did Dinah Washington really lose it when she attended one of Aretha Franklin’s shows and heard Franklin sing one of Washington’s songs — as depicted in the new movie “Respect”? Not quite — but it did ...

Dinah Washington rose to fame in the 1950s and ’60s. She was a singer known for several genres including blues, jazz, and R&B. In 2021, Washington was brought to life on screen by Mary J. Blige in the ...

On Aug. 29, 2024, 11 years since the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center opened, and 100 years since the "Queen of the Blues" was born Ruth Lee Jones in Tuscaloosa, an exhibit of photos and ...