Dinah! (album)

1956 studio album by Dinah Washington

Dinah!

Studio album by

Dinah Washington

Released| 1956
Recorded| January 11 and November 11, 1955 in Los Angeles and New York City, United States
Genre|

* Vocal jazz
* blues
* traditional pop

Length| 53:25
Label| EmArcy[1]
Producer| Bob Shad
Dinah Washington chronology
| For Those in Love
(1955)  | Dinah!
(1956)  | In the Land of Hi-Fi
(1956)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [3]

Dinah! is a fourth studio album by blues, R&B and jazz singer Dinah Washington released on the EmArcy label. The album includes a mix of jazz, popular and blues standards of the period, all selected to emphasize the vocalist's style.

## Reception

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Allmusic details the album in its review as saying:

> Dinah! includes a very enjoyable mix of medium-tempo and after-hours vocal numbers. On a handful of cuts, Washington gets into the kind of smoldering and declamatory blues mode she excelled at.

> — Stephen Cook, All Music Guide[2]

The single "Make Me a Present of You" peaked at #27 on the Billboard Hot R&B Sides chart in 1958.[4][1]

## Track listing

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Side ANo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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1.| "Look to the Rainbow"| Yip Harburg| Burton Lane| 2:48
2.| "Ill Wind[d]"| Ted Koehler| Harold Arlen| 3:39
3.| "A Cottage for Sale[a]"| Larry Conley| Willard Robison| 3:18
4.| "All of Me[d]"| Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons| Marks, Simons| 3:45
5.| "More Than You Know[c]"| Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu| Vincent Youmans| 3:52
6.| "There'll Be Some Changes Made[c]"| Billy Higgins| Benton Overstreet| 3:02

Side BNo.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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7.| "Goodbye[b]"| Gordon Jenkins| Jenkins| 3:21
8.| "Willow Weep for Me[d]"| Ann Ronell| Ronell| 3:28
9.| "Make Me a Present of You[c]"| Joe Greene| Greene| 3:46
10.| "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes[b]"| Otto Harbach| Jerome Kern| 3:24
11.| "I Could Have Told You[c]"| Carl Sigman| Jimmy Van Heusen| 3:14
12.| "Accent on Youth[d]"| Tot Seymour| Vee Lawnhurst| 3:20

Additional tracks on later releases

1. "What Is This Thing Called Love?"[b]

* Cole Porter (lyrics and music) – 6:45

1. "The Show Must Go On"[b]

* Albert Frisch (music); Roy Alfred (words) – 2:27

1. "The Birth of the Blues"[b]

* Ray Henderson (music); Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown (lyrics) – 3:56

Notes

* ^[a] – Recorded January 12, 1955 in New York.
* ^[b] – November 10, 1955 in Los Angeles.
* ^[c] – November 11, 1955 in Los Angeles.
* ^[d] – November 12, 1955 in Los Angeles.

## Selected re-issues and compilations

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Re-issues

Dinah!

* PolyGram (CD) (©1991)
* New program notes by James Isaacs (of WBUR-FM)
* OCLC 25107940

Compilations

The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury[5]

* CD 2 of 3
* Vol. 4 of 7
* Tokyo: Manufactured and distributed by Nippon Phonogram Co.[a]
* Remaster of Mercury 834683-2
* Kiyoshi Tokiwa (born 1936),[b] digital remastering
* OCLC 21962968

## Personnel

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Adapted from AllMusic.[6]

* Georgie Auld – tenor saxophone
* Keter Betts – bass
* Jimmy Cobb – drums
* Maynard Ferguson – trumpet
* Tom Ferguson – trumpet
* Herb Geller – alto saxophone
* Conrad Gozzo – trumpet
* Al Hendrickson – guitar
* Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt – alto saxophone
* James Isaacs – liner notes
* Wynton Kelly – piano
* Tokiwa Kinoshita – digital remastering, remastering
* Manny Klein – trumpet
* Ray Linn – trumpet
* Hal Mooney – arranger, conductor
* Hal Mooney Orchestra – musician
* Ben Mundy – preparation for release
* Tom Pederson – trombone
* Cliff Preiss – preparation for release
* Frank Rosolino – trombone
* Babe Russin – tenor saxophone
* Bob Shad – producer
* Dinah Washington – vocals
* Si Zentner – trombone

## Notes

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1. ^ Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd., was a Japanese record company that was founded June 1, 1970. It was a joint venture between Victor and Matsushita (owning 60%) and Philips Phonografische Industrie (owning 40%). The company mainly distributed the Phonogram labels Philips, Fontana, Mercury, Island, Vertigo and Charisma. Vinyl records were mastered and pressed by the Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd. pressing plant in Yokohama until 1988. Around 1995 the company was renamed to Mercury Music Entertainment Co. Ltd.
2. ^ Kiyoshi Tokiwa (born 1936 Sakai, Japan) is a Japanese jazz producer, editor, radio DJ, and liner notes author. He was editor of the Japanese jazz magazine, Swing Journal (de) (ISSN 0039-744X), from 1962 to 1979 and from 1990 to 1993.

## References

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1. ^ a b Dinah Washington, Dinah!, EmArcy MG 36065 (recorded 1955; released 1956); OCLC 10801888
2. ^ a b Cook, Stephen. ""Dinah! — Review"". AllMusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1467\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. ^ "The Billboard Hot R & B Sides," Billboard, December 15, 1958, pg. 80
5. ^ The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury
Vol. 1: 1946–1949 (3 CDs)
Vol. 2: 1950–1952 (3 CDs)
Vol. 3: 1952–1954 (3 CDs)
Vol. 4: 1954–1956 (3 CDs)
Vol. 5: 1956–1958 (3 CDs)
Vol. 6: 1958–1960 (3 CDs)
Vol. 7: 1961 (3 CDs)
6. ^ "Dinah! - Dinah Washington | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

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Dinah Washington

Studio albums|

* Blazing Ballads
* After Hours with Miss "D"
* For Those in Love
* Dinah!
* In the Land of Hi-Fi
* The Swingin' Miss "D"
* Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller
* Music for a First Love
* Dinah Sings Bessie Smith
* What a Diff'rence a Day Makes!
* September in the Rain
* Unforgettable
* Drinking Again
* Back to the Blues
* Dinah '63
* This Is My Story
* A Stranger on Earth

Live albums|

* Dinah Jams
* Newport '58

Associated albums|

* Jam Session

Tribute albums|

* Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington

Singles|

* "I'll Never Be Free"
* "Ain't Misbehavin'"
* "It's Too Soon to Know"
* "Baby Get Lost"
* "I Wanna Be Loved"
* "Harbor Lights"
* "My Heart Cries for You"
* "Cold, Cold Heart"
* "Trouble in Mind"
* "I Don't Hurt Anymore"
* "Dream"
* "Teach Me Tonight"
* "I Concentrate on You"
* "That's All I Want from You"
* "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes"
* "Unforgettable"
* "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)"
* "A Rockin' Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love)"
* "This Bitter Earth"
* "Love Walked In"
* "It Could Happen to You"
* "September in the Rain"
* "Where Are You?"
* "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You"

Associated acts|

* Lionel Hampton
* Clifford Brown
* Brook Benton

Associated people|

* Eddie Chamblee
* Dick Lane

Related topics|

* Discography
* Dinah Washington Park

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