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Dinah Washington

1924 - 1963

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Dinah Washington (; born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular black female recording artists of the 1950s. Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music, and gave herself the title of "Queen of the Blues". She was also known as "Queen of the Jukeboxes". She was a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dinah Washington is the 527th most popular singer (down from 403rd in 2019), the 3,249th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,281st in 2019) and the 173rd most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Dinah Washington ranks 527 out of 4,381. Before her are Juan Gabriel, Darío Moreno, Billy Preston, Patrick Hernandez, Séverine, and Brandy Norwood. After her are Mari Boine, Marek Grechuta, Mos Def, Gary Brooker, Héctor Lavoe, and KRS-One.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Dinah Washington ranks 144. Before her are Lubomír Štrougal, Shintaro Abe, Jacques Vergès, Karlheinz Deschner, Tatiana Nikolayeva, and Zbigniew Herbert. After her are Bud Powell, Allan Edwall, Thomas J. Hudner Jr., Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Cicely Tyson, and Haim Bar-Lev. Among people deceased in 1963, Dinah Washington ranks 72. Before her are Seth Barnes Nicholson, Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, Fazlollah Zahedi, Fritz Reiner, Garrett Morgan, and Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope. After her are Ernst Marischka, Gustave Garrigou, Richard Kohn, Jacques Villon, Ernesto Lecuona, and Berthold, Margrave of Baden.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dinah Washington ranks 3,249 out of 20,380. Before her are Debra Paget (1933), Aldrich Ames (1941), Brandy Norwood (1979), Jill Clayburgh (1944), Peter Gallagher (1955), and Edna Parker (1893). After her are William Wallace Campbell (1862), Berenice Abbott (1898), J. Presper Eckert (1919), Diane Baker (1938), Chuck Lorre (1952), and Lindsey Graham (1955).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Dinah Washington ranks 173. Before her are Randy Newman (1943), Brenda Lee (1944), Bobby Brown (1969), Dusty Hill (1949), Billy Preston (1946), and Brandy Norwood (1979). After her are Mos Def (1973), KRS-One (1965), Tracy Chapman (1964), Neil Sedaka (1939), Michael Bolton (1953), and Don McLean (1945).

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