Diana Washington - 50 Great Hits

Artist:

Washington, Dinah

UPC:

8712177016624

See Also:

Cole, Nat "King" Arnett Cobb/Dinah Washington - Cobb & His Mob In Concert Benton, Brook & Dinah Washington - Youve Got What It Takes [Import]

Description:

For most artists, a collection named "50 Greatest Hits" on a Portuguese label would be suspect at best. In the case of Dinah Washington and this collection, it`s actually a pity that a package of this quality wasn`t released stateside. For starters, it`s large. While this could have been some compiler`s subjective list of favorites or a ripoff artist`s compendium of a few classics with a ton of filler, it`s about as far from either of those scenarios as you are likely to get. For starters, all but one of the 50 tracks spread over these two CDs charted in the Top 100. And the one that didn`t chart, "If I Loved You" by Rodgers & Hammerstein, was never issued as a single, but as part of a various artists collection from which it was selected as the representative single. The material here is arranged for the most part chronologically, though there are some questionable departures from this format, and the material ranges from Washington`s near definitive version of "Ain`t Misbehavin`," issued in 1948 and charting at number six, to her final side, "Tears and Laughter," which topped at 71 in 1962, less than a year before her death. In between are all the favorites, such as "What a Difference a Day Makes" (number eight, 1959), "Resolution Blues" (number 15, 1948), and dozens of others. The story this set tells -- with truly excellent sound and skeletal, but adequate, liner notes -- is how perceptively Washington pegged herself a "blues" singer, and not as a jazz vocalist, which is how she is referred to even today. Here, especially from the late `40s through the mid-`50s, Washington is singing like the "Queen of the Blues" she dubbed herself to be. While not a belter like Big Mama Thornton or Bessie Smith, Washington took the middle road favored by Billie Holiday, expressing every nuance of emotion hidden in the heart of a lyric. This is an excellent introduction for anyone interested in Washington, and a fine and succinct compendium for the collector who has everything. ~ Thom Jurek

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Ain`t Misbehavin`
2. West Side Baby
3. Resolution Blues
4. Walkin` and Talkin`
5. I Want to Cry
6. Am I Asking Too Much
7. It`s Too Soon to Know
8. You Satisfy
9. Baby, Get Lost
10. Long John Blues
11. Good Daddy Blues
12. I Only Know
13. It Isn`t Fair
14. I Wanna Be Loved
15. I`ll Never Be Free
16. Time Out For Tears
17. Mad About the Boy
18. Harbor Lights
19. My Heart Cries For You
20. I Won`t Cry Anymore
21. Cold, Cold Heart
22. Wheel of Fortune
23. Tell Me Why
24. Trouble in Mind
25. New Blowtop Blues
26. TV Is the Thing (This Year)
27. Fat Daddy
28. I Don`t Hurt Anymore
29. Dream
30. Teach Me Tonight
31. That`s All I Want From You
32. If It`s the Last Thing I Do
33. I Concentrate on You
34. I`m Lost Without You Tonight
35. You Might Have Told Me
36. Soft Winds
37. Make Me a Present of You
38. What a Difference a Day Makes
39. Unforgettable
40. Baby
41. Rockin` Good Way, A
42. This Bitter Earth
43. Love Walked In
44. It Could Happen to You
45. We Have Love
46. September in the Rain
47. Early Every Morning
48. Our Love Is Here to Stay
49. Tears and Laughter
50. If I Loved You

Album Information

Release Date:

01/12/2000

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Pop Vocal

Subgenre:

Classic Pop Vocals

Label:

BCD

Catalog Number:

DBP102004

Original Release Year:

2000

# of Discs:

1

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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