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 ... who knew Dinah Washington could ...

The versatile vocalist Dinah Washington was born Ruth Lee Jones in Tuscaloosa Alabama ... During her stay with Mercury she recorded a number of top ten hits in a multitude of genres including blues, R ...

With technical mastery and endless style, Washington ... Greatest Albums Made By Women. What a Diff'rence a Day Makes, released in 1959, was her biggest record, and not a single person who knew ...