Dinah Washington - Teach Me Tonight

[anambarbara]

Es curioso, cuando escuché por primera vez a Amy pensé que su voz me recordaba a Dinah. Estarán las dos cerca en le paraíso. Thanks for sharing. Besos desde Madrid.

[Justme55Ms]

Great singer, Great song! As I said before another Great singer. Gone but not fogotten. Makes those words come to life..

[obxsurf]

Helen Humes brought me here

[CronosN]

Six feet under brought me here! :)

[themusic556]

Lots of people sing this song, and sing it well.It's the way Dinah Washington and Amy Winehouse own it that makes the difference! It is so amazingly REAL from them. No one else has captured that. How long will it until another gift like this comes to us, I am afraid it will not be in my lifetime... THIS IS PERFECTION

[TheSupremesMJJackson]

Dinah and Amy are REAL artists LOVE and miss them <3

[phuonglien8919]

a song which is with simple words but be meaningful along with smooth lyrics really touchs me deep in my heart.

[krick0124]

If you really want to hear someone get off on the song it's Al Jarreau - and Nancy Wilson. They really take the song away at the bridge and at the end. Amy's is very jazzy and she takes it the MOST places, but she could have taken it higher at some point and made it stand out above the rest.

[spiritfired]

Sigh, to this date I don't know if she died of an overdose or was she murdered. I hate this.

[RAMLIA1]

♥♥♥

[Tony7840]

Keter Betts on bass.

[Sashabear40]

now, take this the way it is: back then, singers tried to sound as "white" or "socially correct as possible and this may have been dinah's natural voice demenor, but there aint soul in her voice/ sound unless she belts it out. althouh dinah laid down the blue print, amy had soo much soul, man. and she didnt even have to try. im not really comparing them as musicians but rather, sound. they're both queens

[filmmekker]

@Sashabear40 I think Dinah had a lot of soul in her voice...she couldn't not have it. She didn't do all the runs that are so overdone today but she dripped soul.

[mybaileyic]

I also arrived here via Amy Winehouse. So glad I found it.

[jenniesimpson76]

I would have Amy 2 have recorded this in the studio, so we could have had it on CD or MP3 ;( I love this tune from both and I think Amy did it proud on the Jules Holland version.

[WinehouseLover19]

@jenniesimpson76 you can get an mp3 of it if you convert the youtube video usings vid2mp3.com!

[jenniesimpson76]

@jenniesimpson76 Thankyouxxx

[emgcarra]

The real thing....

[crocetti1984]

Amy Winehouse brought me here......this is so wonderful!!

[WinehouseLover19]

@crocetti1984 Amy Winehouse is the only version of it that I've heard that even compares to Dinah Washington.

[soapbxprod]

@WinehouseLover19 Try Jo Stafford!

[WinehouseLover19]

@soapbxprod Will do, thanks for the recommendation :D

[soapbxprod]

@WinehouseLover19 You are so welcome! I would also recommend Keely Smith! She is my favorite chanteuse of all time!

[WinehouseLover19]

@soapbxprod Again, thanks for the recommendations, I love to hear artists that are new to me!

[soapbxprod]

@WinehouseLover19 You are SO Welcome~ Louis Prima and Keely Smith with Sam Butera and the Witnesses as their band might be the GREATEST musical group ever! You must check out their "Live at the Sahara" album! Just search YouTube under their names and you will be in Heaven- PS- they did a great cover of "I'm in Heaven"!

[WinehouseLover19]

@soapbxprod Job. Can't wait. I love the Jo Stafford version of Teach Me Tonight. CLASS.

[soapbxprod]

@WinehouseLover19 check out June Christy too! There is a clip of her singing "This is a Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" on YouTube with Stan Kenton's band. Have you ever seen the Kirk Douglas and Doris Day and Hoagy Carmichael movie "Young Man with a Horn"? Doris Day RULES! Harry James wrote the score.

[OTBASAR]

@WinehouseLover19 But Amy has surely injected more soul and living effect into it. Dinah is too stagnant on notes, whereas Amy is surfing through wider spectrum of notes increasing the delicacy of song.

[WinehouseLover19]

@OTBASAR Yes, indeed. But we are not comparing like for like. This type of singing was appreciated during Dinah's lifetime; nowadays, thanks in part to Amy, we look for a grittiness, raw emotional edge to our music. Dinah's version is technically perfect whereas Amy's bring an emotional punch which is more appealing to our musical tastes in the twenty-first century.

[OTBASAR]

@WinehouseLover19 Let me give you another example from our computerized world. If it was possible to upload Dinah's singing to a computer, computers would be able to sing numeous songs in Dinah style. But the same would be not valid for Amy, because computers are not living and there can be NO living soul effect of computer, which Amy uniquely injects to all her songs.

[WinehouseLover19]

@OTBASAR You and I agree that Amy's music is more expressive whereas Dinah's music is technically better in terms of how she sings. And yes, it is true that Dinah's style of singing can easily be reproduced through use of auto-tune etc but that doesn't in any way negate Dinah's talent.

[BlacknesUnforgivable]

@WinehouseLover19

"nowadays, thanks in part to Amy, we look for a grittiness, raw emotional edge to our music"

Yeah , because you didnt have soul singers in the late 50's through the 70's that pioneered that type of music generations before Winehouse was even born

You winehouse fans are so annoying , fuck off

[WinehouseLover19]

@BlacknesUnforgivable "Thanks in part", read the fucking comment you ignorant fucking twat. Now piss off if you're not capable of actually reading and interpreting what you read.

[drtyanimal]

@BlacknesUnforgivable Thank you for saying what Ive been thinking for months...Amy was a pretty good singer..I prefer Duffy..anyways..to compare her to the pioneers of the music makes my stomache turn...its good that shes bringin people here that otherwise would never listen to this music..but other then that...enough with the comparisons

[butterflydddddddd]

@drtyanimal get on  some real shit

[HERBLANDZ]

@OTBASAR I love amy as much as the next person really I listen to damn near every song shes ever recorded on replay but I am never gonna say she has more soul and living effect than what came before.I will say she put as much into the song,but amy had her billie holiday voice and her dina voice which she switched back and forth amy was special in the sense of u can hear all her influences in her voice but saying more soul just makes u sound like a pretentious amy ass kisser.

[OTBASAR]

@HERBLANDZ Yes..definitely more soul..If Dinah would sing this song say 20 times, she would sing all 20 the same. It is the soul rendering the song the delicacy and the variation from one performance to the other one. It is always a randomly selected soul feature, which was changing Amy's singing style each time she was singing it. She was NEVER able to sing the same song in same way, because her soul was constantly developing and injecting new living effects into each performance.

[HERBLANDZ]

@OTBASAR I dont think Amy added more soul she added AMY It wasnt about being soulful it was about puting her own style on it .From this time period no one sang songs the same ella, billie ,sarah, ,dinah all had different unique styles that couldnt be matched.Neither had more soul just Their own certain tone and talent.Any video you see NO great jazz singer same the the same song the same way they always changed.

[HERBLANDZ]

@OTBASAR Im sorry for saying amy ass kisser to u cause I meant whinehouselover19 is amy's ass sucker.U did make some good points though

[WinehouseLover19]

@HERBLANDZ Your argument is so far removed from the truth that it's verging on stupendous. It is quite clear that Amy Winehouse sang with more raw emotion (and soul) than Dinah Washington ever did, that is why Amy Winehouse found success as a soul singer and Dinah Washington found success as a jazz singer. Jazz is inextricably linked with technique and musicality; in contrast soul music (as it's name suggests) entails a more emotional edge. Continued.

[WinehouseLover19]

@HERBLANDZ Within the genre of soul emotion and often sadness are more pertinent and important. Expression is primary, often at the expense of technique. As for the comment "Amy had her Billie Holiday voice and her Dina voice" that doesn't even warrant response as it is so far from the truth.

[HERBLANDZ]

@WinehouseLover19 she sounded like dinah and she sounded like billie at times.Thats what i have to say to that.hope you had fun writing that drawn out useless paragraph.And if it didnt warrant a response why did u write such a long one.U just like to use big words save them for some one who gives a fuck about ur opinion.happy new year :)

[HERBLANDZ]

@WinehouseLover19 I actually was agreeing with u with ur other conversation with OTBASAR about how amy brings an emotional punch DICKHOLE but it seems U have an Asshole Understanding I was on ur side ya dumb fuck.I just had my own opinion that wasnt directed to you on amys voice.You are worried about being right too much and not actually reading the comment fully through and No one was talking to your ass.You just graduated to amy ass sucker get over urself.U will get no more responses from me.

[WinehouseLover19]

@HERBLANDZ Wow, get a life! Did you seriously waste your time writing three retarded comments like that? Seriously?

[HERBLANDZ]

@WinehouseLover19 u seriously wasted time reading it?LOL I had fun shitting on dumbfuckery such as ur self and dont worry it only took five minutes plus i had dinahs amazing voice to aid my typing.U aint shit but i still agree with ur top rated comment have a fucked up day.

[HERBLANDZ]

@WinehouseLover19 if u had a life u would stop responding.Practice what u preach!

[narutohappy]

@WinehouseLover19 AGREEEDEEEEEDDDDD! :)

[ChinaSukaNolan]

@WinehouseLover19 Hey, This is Gene Paul and Sammy Cahn with the definitive presentation of Teach Me Tonight. Listen to the horns and rhythm on the back beat. That, my friend is the start of both Rock and Roll and Soul. Amy Winehouse? Just another squirrel trying to get a hit.

[frdthsngr0]

@WinehouseLover19 I agree..Amy's version is greatness, but please don't sleep on Al Jarreau's version featuring David Sanborn...Thumbs up to all the real jazz lovers!!

[nicola8344]

@crocetti1984 me too!!!!!very nice indeed! :) can't really choose betwee the two versions, though...

[RWCT1]

Thank you so much Strawberry. There will be good payback,for spending the time to post this. Not Karma,just sayin! Good deeds do get rewarded~

[topolino2]

Billie Holiday and Leon Redbone,,, loved it...

[annielouism]

should the teacher stand so close....mmmm, delicious music.

[shinotora1X]

Amy, eat your heart out. X

[Cinnamon815]

@shinotora1X :) i like you taste in music

[arabwomanblues]

Just heavenly....

[EdmChagas]

Just wonderful... That's all there is to say...

[Vic561]

Well folks . . . I'm a great admirer of Dinah, Etta, and Jo Stafford, BUT . . . don't rush to judgement 'till you've heard Cleo Laine's 1958 version, backed by late hubby John Dankworth on tenor and arranging. I saw them at the Paramount Theater in Oakland in '77. Never forget it! Gary in Arizona . . . courtesy of Vic561

[thelastsoulja]

where are the girls of these days with that kind of voice and feeling

[glinda808]

@thelastsoulja Well, I know of only one. Sadly, she passed away on July 23, 2011.

[sang2you2002]

Thanks x

[1712anita]

...miracle...

[transgirlnz]

listen to how clear and strong that voice is...near perfection....this song is for you evan,,my baby honey pie stud muffin X