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Birth name | Ruth Lee Jones |
Born | Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S. | August 29, 1924
Origin | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | December 14, 1963 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | (aged 39)
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Years active | 1941–1963 |
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Dinah Washington (/ˈdaɪnə/; 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.[1] Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music,[1] and gave herself the title of "Queen of the Blues".[2] She was also known as "Queen of the Jukeboxes".[3] 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.
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