Dinah Washington The Best Of The Roulette Years

Indeed, it’s worth remembering that Washington had only become a major crossover artist a couple of years prior to her arrival at Roulette, with the massive popularity of her 1959 recording of “What a Diff’rence a Day Made” and the pair of Top 10 duets with Brook Benton-“Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes)” and “Rockin’ Good Way. Jazz album: “Dinah Washington - The Best Of The Roulette Years” by Dinah Washington, released in 1992 on EmArcy. Explore the largest collection of jazz recordings @ All About Jazz.

Dinah Washington The Best Of The Roulette Years Song

Back to the Blues is a 1963 studio album by Dinah Washington, arranged by Fred Norman.^[1]

Reception[edit]

1. Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Dinah Washington - The Best Of Dinah Washington at Discogs. Complete your Dinah Washington collection.
2. Roulette Records was an American record company and label founded in 1957 by George Goldner, Joe Kolsky, Morris Levy and Phil Kahl, with creative control given to producers and songwriters Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore.
3. 20th Century Masters: The Best of Dinah Washington - The Millennium Collection 2002 The Two of Us 1960 The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury, Vol.

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow said that '...after her unexpected success on the pop charts, most of Washington's sessions for Mercury and Roulette during the last four years of her life were quite commercial, with string arrangements better suited to country singers and Dinah nearly parodying herself with exaggerated gestures...In general, this is a more successful date than Washington's earlier investigation of Bessie Smith material, since the backup band is more sympathetic and the talented singer is heard in prime form. Dinah Washington clearly had a real feeling for this bluesy material'.^[1]

Track listing[edit]

Dinah Washington The Best Of The Roulette Years Dvd

1. 'The Blues Ain't Nothin' But a Woman Cryin' for Her Man' (J. Mayo Williams) - 3:46
2. 'Romance in the Dark' (Lil Green) - 2:12
3. 'You've Been a Good Old Wagon' (Perry Bradford) - 3:50
4. 'Let Me Be the First to Know' (Leroy Kirkland, Dinah Washington, P. Woods) - 2:39
5. 'How Long, How Long Blues' (Leroy Carr) - 4:58
6. 'Don't Come Running Back to Me' (Johnson, Washington, Woods) - 2:23
7. 'It's a Mean Old Man's World' (Kirkland, Washington) - 3:10
8. 'Key to the Highway' (Big Bill Broonzy, Charlie Segar) - 2:39
9. 'If I Never Get to Heaven' (Napp, Washington) - 3:44
10. 'Duck Before You Drown' (Napp, Washington) - 2:11
11. 'No Hard Feelings' (Jacobs, Al Roberts) - 2:33
12. 'Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning' (Pearl Delaney, Tom Delaney) - 8:40

Personnel[edit]

• Dinah Washington - vocals
• Fred Norman - arranger
• Billy Butler - guitar
• Eddie Chamblee - tenor saxophone

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abc'Back to the Blues'. Allmusic. Retrieved March 28, 2012.

This is the discography for American jazz musician Dinah Washington.^[1][2]

As leader[edit]

• 1947: Mellow Mama (Delmark [1992]) compilation of Apollo recordings
• 1950: Dinah Washington (MG-25060) (compilation of previous 78s)
• 1952: Dynamic Dinah! - The Great Voice of Dinah Washington (compilation of previous 78s)
• 1952: Blazing Ballads (Compilation)
• 1954: After Hours with Miss 'D'
• 1954: Dinah Jams
• 1955: For Those in Love
• 1956: Dinah!
• 1956: In the Land of Hi-Fi
• 1957: The Swingin' Miss 'D'
• 1957: Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller
• 1957: Music for a First Love
• 1958: Dinah Sings Bessie Smith
• 1958: Newport '58
• 1959: The Queen
• 1959: What a Diff'rence a Day Makes!
• 1959: Unforgettable
• 1960: The Two of Us (with Brook Benton)
• 1960: I Concentrate on You
• 1960: For Lonely Lovers
• 1961: September in the Rain
• 1962: Dinah '62
• 1962: In Love
• 1962: Drinking Again
• 1962: Tears and Laughter
• 1962: I Wanna Be Loved
• 1962: Late, Late Show
• 1963: Back to the Blues
• 1963: Dinah '63
• 1963: This Is My Story
• 1964: In Tribute
• 1964: The World of Dinah Washington (SR-25269) (Compilation)
• 1967: Dinah Discovered
• 2004: The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury (7 x 3-CDs, PolyGram, 1987–1989)^[3]
• 2004: The Complete Roulette Dinah Washington Sessions (5-CDs, Mosaic Records)

As sidewoman[edit]

With Clifford Brown

• Jam Session (EmArcy, 1954) – with Maynard Ferguson and Clark Terry – appears on one track

Singles[edit]

• 'September In the Rain', 'Tears and Laughter' and 'Where Are You' also made the AC charts (nos. 5, 17 and 11 respectively)

References[edit]

1. ^'Dinah Washington - Album Discography'. AllMusic. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
2. ^'Dinah Washington Albums and Discography'. Artistdirect.com. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
3. ^Though '1958 – 1960' in the title, it clearly contains only 1959 and 1960 recording sessions.