20 / DIVINE DINAH

Do you like jazz? Do you like jazz singers? Do you like those wonderful voices, true sources of inspiration and magic? I love then all, from Bessie Smith to Diana Krall. However, my favorite one is, without a doubt, Dinah Washington. Don’t ask me why.

Dinah Washington, born Ruth Lee Jones (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963), was an American blues, R&Band jazz singer. She has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s", and called "The Queen of the Blues". She is a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.