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 ...

Biographies about Washington include "Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington," a 2004 Pantheon publication, by Nadine Cohodas; and "Queen of the Blues: A Biography of Dinah Washington," a ...

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 ...

Known as the Queen of the Blues or Queen of the Juke Boxes, Dinah Washington rode her voice from her gospel roots through the blues, jazz and into lushly orchestrated pop ballads. It was this ...

Dinah Washington appears on the cover of a posthumous ... she paid tribute to in song), and in her prime she was dubbed “Queen of the Blues” and “Queen of the Jukeboxes.” ...

Did Dinah Washington really lose it when she attended ... don’t you ever sing the Queen’s songs when the Queen is right in front of you!’” Later, James said, Washington came to her ...

Dinah Washington rose to fame in the 1950s and ... ‘B—-, don’t you ever sing the Queen’s songs when the Queen is right in front of you!’” Later, Washington came into James ...

Fifteen years after her hard-hitting hip-hop debut, All Hail the Queen, she has a new CD of jazz, soul and pop standards covering artists as diverse as Dinah Washington, Al Green and Billy Strayhorn.