''Dinah!'' is a fourth

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blues Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, field hollers, Ring shout, shouts, cha ...

, R&B and

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singer

Dinah Washington Dinah Washington (; 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. Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a ...

released on the

EmArcy EmArcy Records is a jazz record label founded in 1954 by Bob Shad for the American Mercury Records. The name is a phonetic spelling of "MRC", the initials for Mercury Record Company. During the 1950s and 1960s, musicians such as Max Roach, Cli ...

label. The album includes a mix of

, popular and

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of the period, all selected to emphasize the vocalist's style.

Reception

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'' details the album in its review as saying: The single "Make Me a Present of You" peaked at #27 on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B Sides chart in 1958.

Track listing

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(lyrics and music) – 6:45 #"The Show Must Go On" ::*Albert Frisch (music);

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(words) – 2:27 #"

The Birth of the Blues "The Birth of the Blues" is a popular 1926 song composed by Ray Henderson, with lyrics by Buddy DeSylva and Lew Brown. It was used in the Broadway revue ''George White's Scandals of 1926''. It was recorded in its debut year by Paul Whiteman (with ...

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(music); Buddy G. DeSylva,

Lew Brown Lew Brown (born Louis Brownstein; December 10, 1893 – February 5, 1958) was a lyricist for popular songs in the United States. During World War I and the Roaring Twenties, he wrote lyrics for several of the top Tin Pan Alley composers, espec ...

(lyrics) – 3:56 Notes * – Recorded January 12, 1955 in New York. * – November 10, 1955 in Los Angeles. * – November 11, 1955 in Los Angeles. * – November 12, 1955 in Los Angeles.

Selected re-issues and compilations

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) * Compilations ''The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury'' * CD 2 of 3 * Vol. 4 of 7 *

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: Manufactured and distributed by Nippon Phonogram Co. *

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of Mercury 834683-2 * Kiyoshi Tokiwa (born 1936), digital

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ing *

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic. * Georgie Auld – tenor saxophone * Keter Betts – bass *

Jimmy Cobb Wilbur James "Jimmy" Cobb (January 20, 1929May 24, 2020) was an American jazz drummer. He was part of Miles Davis's First Great Sextet. He was awarded an NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship in 2009. Early life Cobb was born in Washington, D.C., on J ...

– drums *

Maynard Ferguson Walter Maynard Ferguson CM (May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) was a Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader. He came to prominence in Stan Kenton's orchestra before forming his own big band in 1957. He was noted for his bands, which often served ...

– trumpet * Tom Ferguson – trumpet *

Herb Geller Herbert Arnold Geller (November 2, 1928 – December 19, 2013) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger. He was born in Los Angeles. Early life His mother, Frances ''(née'' Frances Mildred Fullman, also known as Fannie Fullman; ...

– alto saxophone * Conrad Gozzo – trumpet * Al Hendrickson – guitar * Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt – alto saxophone * James Isaacs – liner notes *

Wynton Kelly Wynton Charles Kelly (December 2, 1931 – April 12, 1971) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He is known for his lively, blues-based playing and as one of the finest accompanists in jazz. He began playing professionally at the age of 1 ...

– 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

References

{{Authority control Dinah Washington albums 1956 albums EmArcy Records albums Albums produced by Bob Shad Albums arranged by Hal Mooney Albums conducted by Hal Mooney