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Dinah Washington was at once one of the most beloved and controversial singers of the mid-20th century -- beloved to her fans, devotees, and fellow singers; controversial to critics who still accuse her of selling out her art to commerce and bad taste. Her principal sin, apparently, was to cultivate a distinctive vocal style that was at home in all kinds of music, be it R&B, blues, jazz, middle of the road pop -- and she probably would have made a fine gospel or country singer had she the time. Hers was a gritty, salty, high-pitched voice, marked by absolute clarity of diction and clipped, bluesy phrasing. Washington's personal life was turbulent, with seven marriages behind her, and her interpretations showed it, for she displayed a tough, totally unsentimental, yet still gripping hold on the universal subject of lost love. She has had a huge influence on R&B and jazz singers who have followed in her wake, notably Nancy Wilson, Esther Phillips, and Diane Schuur, and her music is abundantly available nowadays via the huge seven-volume series The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury.
CONDITION: NEW
TRACK LISTING
DISC 1
1
Drinking Again
3:32
2
Destination Moon (1997 Digital Remaster)
2:35
3
Miss You (2002 - Remaster)
3:38
4
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby (2002 - Remaster)
3:23
5
You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You (2002 - Remaster)
2:45
6
Red Sails In the Sunset (2002 - Remaster)
2:33
7
Coquette (2002 - Remaster)
2:57
8
Fly Me To the Moon (In Other Words)
2:29
9
You're a Sweetheart
2:27
10
That's My Desire
2:52
11
Love Is the Sweetest Thing
2:46
12
I Used To Love You But It's All Over Now
3:21
13
Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me
2:17
14
These Foolish Things
3:28
15
Baby Won't You Please Come Home
2:07
16
I'll Be Around
2:57
17
Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)
3:02
18
The Man That Got Away
3:32
19
Say It Isn't So
3:10
20
On the Street of Regret
2:17
DISC 2
1
The Blues Ain't Nothin' But a Woman Cryin' For Her Man
3:46
2
Key To the Highway
2:42
3
How Long
5:01
4
Don't Come Running Back To Me
2:26
5
If I Never Get To Heaven
3:46
6
It's a Mean Old Man's World
3:13
7
Me and My Gin
4:15
8
I Wanna Be Around
3:41
9
Make Someone Happy (From 'Do-Re-Mi')
3:16
10
Take Me In Your Arms
2:20
11
Drown In My Own Tears
2:38
12
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
2:11
13
The Show Must Go On
2:48
14
What Kind of Fool Am I?
2:07
15
Call Me Irresponsible
2:19
16
The Man I Love
3:16
17
The Good Life
2:33
18
Stars Over My Shoulder
2:47
19
Icy Stone
2:31
20
A Stranger On Earth
3:09
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