Dinah Washington

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..."So Many Ways," "Kiddio," and the novelty favorite "The Boll Weevil Song." Otis also produced a number of duets between Benton and Dinah Washington, among them "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" and "A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and...

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...1051, with the flip side "Kiamish Choctaw Rose") Dinah Washington (recorded January 1952 , released by Mercury Records as catalog number 8267, with the flip side "Tell Me Why ") Bobby Wayne with Joe Reisman's orchestra (released by...

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...Radio and Television Co., which became Mercury Records. The label soon began recording Washington, Frances Langford and Tony Martin and employed Mitch Miller and Norman Granz as producers. In 1947, health problems induced Adams to leave...

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...Universal Recording in Chicago. His reputation grew quickly thanks to his work with artists as Patti Page, Vic Damone, Duke Ellington , Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan, Little Walter, and Dinah Washington. His period at Universal saw a number...

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...Records, where he founded the EmArcy label. There he produced, among others, jazz musicians Sarah Vaughan, Maynard Ferguson, the Clifford Brown/Max Roach quintet Billy Eckstine and Dinah Washington. He also worked in pop (with Patti Page, Vic...

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...of New York's Birdland , where she frequently appeared. Roulette's roster also included Count Basie, Joe Williams , Dinah Washington, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross and Maynard Ferguson. Vaughan began recording for Roulette in April 1960,...

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...1958, Jack Tracy took over producing the likes of Roach and Cannonball Adderley, he also began to produce singers like Vaughan and Washington in a style that was increasingly distant from the normal jazz string orchestra genre popular at the...

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...laws of the time, and the new version was banned. Dinah Washington's 1952 recording of "Mad about the Boy" is possibly the most widely known version of the song in modern times. The 6/8-time arrangement for voice and jazz orchestra by...

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