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dinah washington was born ruth lee jones, august 29, 1924 in tuscaloosa, alabama. her introduction to music was, like most black vocalists and musici dinah washington, dinah washington, blues, blues music, women who sing the blues, music
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1. "In 1943 she had her first hit with Evil Gal Blues."
2. "She was considered the best singer of the Race genre and became Queen of the Blues."
3. "When she was amongst family and close friends she was not Queen of the Blues, and had no desire to be the centre of attention."
4. "In 1959 she recorded her mega hit, What a Difference a Day Makes and from that time on, she no longer sang the Blues, for the rest of her career she sang pop ballads."
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