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”?

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.

"A Magic Carpet Ride: Rugs from the Collection ... with the community through the new University of Alabama Gallery." Dinah Washington was a jazz and blues vocalist and pianist born in Tuscaloosa.

Singer Dinah Washington, the Grammy-winning "Queen of the Jukeboxes," left her turbulent life behind at the tender age of 39. In that short period, a volatile mix of undeniable talent and deep ...

What a Diff'rence a Day Makes, released in 1959, was her biggest record, and not a single person who knew Dinah Washington could describe her any better than that. Her temperament was so ...

The versatile vocalist Dinah Washington was born Ruth Lee Jones in Tuscaloosa Alabama on August 29th 1924. She grew up in Chicago where her family moved in 1928. Her mother was heavily involved in ...

Tribute shows honoring the music and memory of a legendary performer can be deadly affairs, as any number of recent shows have proven. The great Eartha Kitt did all she could to breathe life into ...

But the multitalented star has another persona as well--one in which she portrays the great jazz and blues singer Dinah Washington. Playing the lead in the musical “Dinah Was,” Freeman was so ...

Between 1948 and 1955, she racked up more than two dozen R&B top ten hits and by the end of the '50s, Washington had crossed over into the pop charts. It was no mean feat for a black woman at that ...

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”?

Dinah Washington (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was a blues, R&B and jazz singer. Because of her strong voice and emotional singing, she is known as the "Queen of the Blues". Despite ...