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Dinah Washington (1924–1963)

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Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the former Ruth Lee Jones moved with her family to Chicago as a young girl. She considered the Windy City her true home. And it was there in early 1940s that a local nightclub owner provided her first gig - and a new name that she would make famous. By 1959 she had earned a Grammy for her version of the song "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes." In his 2001 biography Q... See full bio »

Born:

Ruth Lee Jones
in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA

Died:

(age 39) in Detroit, Michigan, USA
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2010 Miral ("Smoke Gets In Your Eyes")
 
2010 So You Think You Can Dance (TV series)
– Top Eight Perform (2010) (performer: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" Rae & Christian Remix)
– Meet the Top 11 (2010) (performer: "This Bitter Earth/On the Nature of Daylight")
 
2010 Shutter Island (performer: "THIS BITTER EARTH" 1960)
 
2008 Nights in Rodanthe (performer: "Backwater Blues", "A Rockin' Good Way To Mess Around and Fall in Love")
 
2007 Midnight Son (short) (performer: "Teach Me Tonight")
 
2006 Take the Lead (performer: "Fly Me To The Moon In Other Words")
 
2005 Six Feet Under (TV series)
– A Coat of White Primer (2005) ("Teach Me Tonight")
 
2005 Ved kongens bord (TV mini-series) (performer: "The Light")
 
2005 Independent Lens (TV series documentary)
– A Hard Straight (2005) (performer: "What a Difference a Day Makes")
 
2005 Niagara Motel (performer: "What a Difference a Day Makes")
 
2003 It Runs in the Family (performer: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby")
 
2002 Two Weeks Notice (performer: "Baby You've Got What It Takes")
 
2002 Scrubs (TV series)
– My Case Study (2002) (performer: "What a Difference a Day Makes")
 
2001 Russian Doll (performer: "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby")
 
2000 Masterpiece (performer: "Teach Me Tonight")
 
2000 Four Dogs Playing Poker (performer: "A Stranger On Earth")
 
2000 Joe Gould's Secret (performer: "Am I Asking Too Much")
 
1999 The Hurricane (performer: "It Could Happen to You")
 
1999 Grass (documentary) (performer: "I Get a Kick Out of You")
 
1999 Plenilune (performer: "You Don't Know What Love Is")
 
1998 Run Lola Run (performer: "What A Difference A Day Makes")
 
1998 Claire Dolan (writer: "Don't Say Nothing at All" / performer: "Don't Say Nothing at All")
 
1998 From the Earth to the Moon (TV mini-series)
– Le voyage dans la lune (1998) (writer: "It's a Mean Old Man's World" / performer: "Destination Moon", "It's a Mean Old Man's World")
– The Original Wives Club (1998) (writer: "It's a Mean Old Man's World" / performer: "Destination Moon", "It's a Mean Old Man's World")
 
1998 Frogs for Snakes (performer: "Destination Moon")
 
1997 That Old Feeling (performer: "Call Me Irresponsible")
 
1997 Donnie Brasco (performer: "A Stranger on Earth" 1964)
 
1996 Boyfriends (performer: "I Wish I Knew the Name of the Boy in My Dreams")
 
1996 The Cable Guy (performer: "TV Is the Thing This Year")
 
1996 Faithful (performer: "What A Difference A Day Makes")
 
1995 Casino (performer: "Unforgettable", "What A Difference A Day Makes")
 
1995 Home for the Holidays (performer: "Trouble in Mind")
 
1995 The Bridges of Madison County (performer: "Blue Gardenia", "I'll Close My Eyes", "Soft Winds")
 
1994 Blue Sky (performer: " Baby You've Got What It Takes")
 
1994 Chungking Express ("What a Difference a Day Makes")
 
1994 Corrina, Corrina (performer: "WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MADE")
 
1993 Born Yesterday (performer: "TEACH ME TONIGHT")
 
1993 Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (documentary) (performer: "I Don't Hurt Anymore")
 
1993 Hookers Hustlers Pimps and Their Johns (documentary) (performer: "What a Diff'rence a Day Made")
 
1992 Traces of Red (performer: "THESE FOOLISH THINGS")
 
1991 JFK (performer: "A Stranger on Earth")
 
1991 29th Street (performer: "Unforgettable")
 
1989 Kill Me Again (performer: "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes")
 
1979 Killer of Sheep (performer: "This Bitter Earth", "Unforgettable")
 
1979 Der ganz normale Wahnsinn (TV series)
– Erstes Kapitel (1979) (performer: "What A Difference A Day Makes" - uncredited)
 
1976 Slumber Party '57 (performer: "What a Difference a Day Makes")
 
1955 Rock 'n' Roll Revue (performer: "Only A Moment Ago")
 
1955 Show Time at the Apollo (TV series)
– Blues in Harlem (performer: "Such a Night")
– Downbeat Revue (performer: "My Lean Baby")
– Revue in Rhythm (performer: "Only a Moment Ago")
– Rhythm in Harlem (performer: "I Don't Hurt Anymore")
 
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1962 New American Bandstand 1965 (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #6.2 (1962) … Herself
 
1960 Startime (TV series)
Herself
– The Swingin' Singin' Years (1960) … Herself
 
1959 Jazz on a Summer's Day (documentary)
Herself
 
1957 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
Herself
– Crescendo (1957) … Herself
 
1955 Rock 'n' Roll Revue
Herself
 
1955 Show Time at the Apollo (TV series)
Herself - Singer
– Blues in Harlem … Herself - Singer
– Downbeat Revue … Herself - Singer
– Revue in Rhythm … Herself - Singer
– Rhythm in Harlem … Herself - Singer
 
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2011 Bert Stern: Original Madman (documentary)
 
2003 The Blues (TV series documentary)
 
2002 Rhapsody in Black (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1993 Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1993 Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (documentary)
Herself - Performer
 
1989 The Ladies Sing the Blues
Herself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Single: "Evil Gal Blues" / "Homeward Bound" (Keynote Records) See more »

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2 Print Biographies  | See more »
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

There is only one heaven, one earth and one queen (me) Queen Elizabeth is an impostor. DW, during a London performance See more »

Trivia:

One short-lived marriage was to Walter Buchanan, a bassist for Arnett Cobb. See more »

Nickname:

Queen of the blues See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo