Dinah Washington - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

[nerino44]

Uno stile inconfondibile che fa di lei una vera regina delle cantanti più apprezzate degli ultimi decenni.Wonderful

[rievans57]

Whoever coined the phrase "pipes" was probably listening to Dinah Washington.

[sarwaadji]

thank's dinah, I'am like your in the > smoke gets in your eyes

[miramarensis]

It can't get any better than that. Thanks Dinah

[ValdeciCSouza]

Esta canção é para deixar qualquer um com o coração na mão!

[jimaroo100]

she was so good - she even overcomes the terrible arrangement... you should hear her with a jazz or big band backing instead of the studio overdubbed strings. I love her voice.

[lonesome192]

She died a drug addict; too many of the people of color in the music profession died to drugs.

[fferocious]

@lonesome192 Yes, I agree, too many people of color in the music profession die of drugs BUT so do a very high number of white people in the music profession.

[sadila13]

ELA É OTIMA, SUA VOZ É UNICA,VERDADEIRA REPRESENTAÇAO DA MUSICA NEGRA!!!

[gbabyy23]

I remember hearing her when I was a little girl, and I used to play her album over and over I would like to thank my Dad for giving me such a wonderful appetite for Blues and Jazz I have enjoyed her music since I was 10. Her voice is so amazing!

[kakojean100]

Superbe, c'est ce que l'on appelle les "Evergreen" en France, et que j'entendais dans mon enfance dans les années 1950 !

[a6348323]

my mom hummed this to me when I was a baby. 

[Shuwaram]

@a6348323 

And you remember hearing it from inside her womb?!!

[agassizbeekeeper]

I have heard a lot of performers do this song but none like Miss Washington. Beautiful.

[googaboogaloo]

Beautiful song. Beautiful lady. Very classy!

[election20081]

simply amazing!!!

[fastborzoi]

Dinah's fabulous interpretation of this song is the simply the best ever.

[poluboyar]

Shine!

[777flopez]

8 people don't like to get smoke in their eyes.

[katmobile59]

while I did see the gaga -bennett video and it is good, man, this is DINAH WASHINGTON! What a legend! Incredible!

[shade6787]

@giulswine lolz, what style.

[giulswine]

@shade6787

her way of singin' ,her music!not her style like -dress,hair,make up or somethin' like that- :)

[mattychase]

Why does some jerk ALWAYS have to bring up Gaga on EVERY SINGLE VIDEO? Can't we just listen to DINAH and appreciate DINAH??!

[DaMerovingian68]

Okay!!! Here Ladies ad Gentlemen.... Here is what a TRUE DIVA SOUNDS LIKE!!!!

No Britney, No Ashley, No Gaga.. Real women really singing

[SholaMind21]

@DaMerovingian68 Gaga can actually sing her ass off LOL. She has a jazz voice.. listen to her duet with Tony Bennett..

[yoimlo]

i just got shivers

[mudersville]

Mad Men!

[crinjfilm]

it just doesn't make sense how good this is.

[ivanbocalon]

Uma das divas do Jazz, inesquecivel !!! Maldita vaidade, onde em uma época que tomar remédios poderosos para inibir o apetite era comum e com bebidas alcoólicas !!! Foi embora muito cedo, deixou sua marca, indelével !!!

Salve Dinah !!!

Ivan Bocalon

[910cadillacredd]

Why does that sound like like Nancy Wilson? They sound a lot alike!!

[910cadillacredd]

Why does that sound like like Nancy Wilson?

[chowner]

I don't see how anyone can say this better than the Platters?

[chowner]

I don't see how anyone can say this better than the Platters?

[ZingZee123456789]

Damn....black people are the best vocalists....I'm sorry, but I don't think anyone can deny that,

[ToneZoneBeatz]

@ZingZee123456789 lol. ya damn rite. Teena Marie had them pipes too tho.

[sadoldemilio]

Heard Dinah, Sarah Vaughan and the Platters now, and my top two are dinah and the Platters.

[CelluloidKollarKid]

Another great tune from the pen of Jerome Kern and sung by one of the BEST ever, Miss Dinah Washington !

[LadODell]

I heard this the first time in 1960 when I had just come to America from Scotland.

It was the first time I had heard "popular" music and Rock and Roll. It was the

most wonderful thing I had had ever heard. She was incredible then and she

still is today.

[rennyshelton]

Like The Platters' version better, but this right up there...1 and 1A.

[Blonesito]

Magistral interaccionan como pocas. Magistral interacting as few.

[yannismac1667]

Timeless,priceless...speechles­s

[gameshady1]

@yannismac1667 I LOVE your comment.... as soon as this song's on my fb wall....I'll use ur *comment* :) \m/

[jazzingrandad]

@yannismac1667 said with style and humour

[spicebabe48]

This Is A Great Song

[MSGODIE1991]

I love the platters version but DAMN! this gave me chills! she's amazing!

[msscott73]

@MSGODIE1991 Yeah i know!!!

[tonygumbrell22]

Bless you for posting this.

[nicco47]

Another case of hearing with eyes syndrome...comparing B.S.and Cher with......Dinah Washington...you need a soul bypass man.

[chenzenzo]

If you're looking for more feeling than "Cher," look no more. There is a subtle respite in this, as you will find in many of the great early black singers.

This is a Standard which was covered countless times by countless singers and musicians.

If you can't feel an alcoholic black womans pain behind these white mans words,

you need to get your head checked or pour yourself a damn drink already.

Cheers!

[ProfessorJones7]

Beautiful, emotionally moving.

[mizsqueamish]

blessed voice.

[milacakes]

she sounds nothing like billie!

[yamadaz808]

Oh my gosh.. A FEMALE VERSION!!! Im in looove with this version. Thank you for posting... seriously ^_^ She just hits it hard!!!

[1billwill]

Great Great singer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ZCZCLALCNNNN]

Excellent version for this old song. Thanks to DiffrentDrumr for uploading it. You can find more versions of this song visiting my channel RHYTHMS AND STYLES. Thanks.

[fastborzoi]

when a lovely flame dies, smoke gets in your eyes

this exact version is on LP Everest Records Archive of Folk & Jazz Music FS 297

[boatpasstation]

DINAH...Tu me rends réveur. Je béni le jour ou une femme agée me l'a fait découvrir : coup de foudre instantané! Finalement, les anges ont de la chance: ils ont Ella, Sarah, Dinah et bien d'autres encore.

[arihari1]

GEAT++++++++++++++++++++++++++­++++++++++++

[poluboyar]

GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[LIFECOACHROBERT]

A walk down memory lane with Dinah Washington one of my favorite all time singer along with Sarah Vaughn & a young Ella Fitzgerald. Loe them wish I still had my 78 collection.

[diexista]

No solo ha sido única, tambien la mejor de todas.



[diexista]

No solo ha sido única, tambien la mejor de todas.

Diexista

[raul1252]

esta mujer fue una diosa

[TaviYamato]

LADY GAGA IS BETAH

[Phanatical92]

@TaviYamato Aw, a rude mainstream teen. Good for you, being so individualized.

[MrBtranquilo]

I was familiar with the Platters version as a teenager - I never really paid attention or could really understand the wonderful lyrics until I heard this version by Dinah Washington - Wow! What a wonderful voice; thanks for sharing this.

[johndega]

THERE ARE OTHER GREAT SINGERS; BUT ONLY ONE DINAH WASHINGTON. SHE WAS UNIQUE..

[beweau]

I love this. Dinah Washington was a wonderful singer.

Her rendition is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

From Norway:  Berit.

[BERTELONI]

Amazing! Amazing! Amazing!

[BBBlais]

I listened to this as I finished reading 'Catcher in the Rye', as old Phoebe rode the carousel. Thanks for posting :)

[mikekgoroeadira]

Thrilling music!

[cezar1951]

Dinah I love her voice...

[REYHUNTER]

Love it!

[fastborzoi]

THRILLED to find this!!

Gorgeous lyrics by Kern -- and this rendition my favorite Dianah too, thank you!!

Everest Records Archive of Folk & Jazz Music FS 297 (previously released on Mercury Records)

[kenjohnsonmusic]

This is the best version I have seen on the internet, but still pales in comparison to the Platter classic version.

[TheNoobinjaShow]

All of her f##king ok songs sounds like music in Pottery Barn

[robindkuo]

Best rendition I've heard yet!!!! Love it!

[rievans57]

Written by Otto Harbach and Jerome Kern.

[konadelta]

Thank you for the classic memories of when sheer talent stole my heart.

[Killeybegs]

IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, THIS IS THE MOST PROLIFIC GREAT LADY VOCALIST, SINCE THE GREAT MISS BESSIE SMITH AND LADY BILLIE HOLLIDAY. CLASS WIRH A CAPITAL + C +. IN THE SMOOTH GROOVE.

[eltiguereilustrado]

Papaciiito, you should show some respect when tou talk about an artist like Barbra Straisand. A comment like that shows your lack of knowledge about the good music

[specslady1inmil]

i heard this song at a play monday and i've been looking for it ever since! loved it.

[russkie69]

You must realize... I love it! Many thanks for uploading this to YouTube!

[dan1elpess0a]

Dinah Washington is a gift from God!

[kzarva]

How right this song is!!! But you haven't lived if at some point in your life you don't get smoke in your eyes!!! I love Dinah Washington!!!

[MsStory1000]

this bring back so many memories R.I.P. MOM I LOVE YOU! and thank you for putting this song on here.

[daeelly]

I would have loved to dance this with Fred Astaire. Nowdays men don't know how to dance with a real woman on a song like this. It makes me feel like falling in love...

[DAVIDAPPLE]

Wow- What a performance!

[Katchka1]

Another lovely song...

[springcolley]

Brilliant!!

[psychedelicbluesdiva]

Who is this? I don't think this is dina washington...

[Duck8107]

@psychedelicbluesdiva This is absolutely Dinah Washington. Her voice is incomparable. This song is included on a CD I have called "Dinah", which has several lovely works by Ms. Washington. I love her music so much.

[MCasinoW]

Such a wonderful song for a rainy day!

[nikiwonoto]

sweet lord...here I am, a Gen Y young person, listening to this song.

Never..., I repeat,...never *any* song nowadays could replace such 'free, warm' feelings that this song able to create in fullness!!

I will never get bored of this song, and will keep listening, appreciate & honoring it 'till my deathbed!

a great piece indeed!

[nancyfloressantos]

Lovely version

[unpuntino]

miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ma io non devo essere di questo mondo!

[Adebrunetta]

pacefull music...

[stevedn1]

Is it possible to buy this CD? I love how she sings this song it's sheer perfection love her voice so much

[lajana92]

Dinah forever!

[Meirele]

Wonderful!

[flosboy]

there can be no other. bless flo for giving me gift of dinah

[bearcub410]

lovely beautiful what can i say . the tops . why is music not as good as this today ???? thank you

[The531967]

dinahs usual high standard of singing.if anyone doubts the feeling in her voice when shes singing,then listen to{blues down home}from the essential dinah washington

[MegaPatriot123]

I like Sarah Vaughn and of the course the Platters.

[vslescobar]

Maravilhosaaaaaaaaaa!

[Honey1931]

5/10 there is no one to compare with this emotional, clear and sexy voice. REST IN PEACE and sing for the angels. roselli

[pillowpannts]

crazy i'd only heard al jolson's version, what a contrast of presentation, but both are superb ty for upload!

[Lowaalto]

What a voice!!!!!!!! Knockout, absolutely knockout!

[maxine607]

Fabuloussssssss

[furious1965]

Last one. Superlative music.

[Sudschick610]

AWESOME!!

[CheckMate657879]

Wow - 1955.

It's hard to believe. Dinah Washington was only 31 in 1955, singing as if she'd been on this earth much, much longer.

She was only 39 when she died in 1963.

[HotFuss]

Deborah Cox sings the songs of Dinah Washington on her 'Destination Moon' album and does an amazing version of this song.

[mickyblue247]

We all have our favorites .... For me, Dinah Washington is the greatest blues singer .... ever!

[fayeroe1009]

I like Dinah Washington a lot more than I like Billie Holliday.

[detect9001]

Dinah has more range than Billie, but not emotion. The're both in a class by themselves. The're my favorites.

[jonldn]

Billie Holiday is acknowledge by most Singers regardless of style etc as being one of the most influential voices of the last hundred years . Certainly Dinah Washington who was also a great singer - acknowledge her debt to her. Hopefully this helps answer "what" Billie Holiday was and and indeed continues to be to so many...

[jillkristin]

Dinah Washington was a real singer. I'm not sure exactly what Billie Holliday was, an "open mic night" singer maybe.

[llHyRaXll]

how come their voices sounds different? is cuz it was like 1950 and they talked different or cuz the rcorders sound quality?

[Nilsosmar]

If you're asking why the songs of the 50s are so different from today's, the singers of that era tended to have trained voices. A trained, polished voice was a kind of prerequisite for national exposure in those days. That changed in the 60s with the advent of Bob Dylan, the Beatles and other Rock and folk musicians who made it more on their raw energy than vocal precision.

[llHyRaXll]

ok thanks for explaining. i was really confused why! i thought it was maybe jsut the recording systmes they used at the time

[Nilsosmar]

It is interesting, isn't it... we can pretty much tell which decade a song was recorded, from those stylistic differences. But it's not a difference in recording methods, so much as, a difference in the style of music that was popular in those days. (The music of the 50s also often used orchestras as the backdrop to the singer, which gave a particular sound... real orchestras of course, not digital ones like many singers use today... and that also creates a dramatic tonal difference)

[rievans57]

@Nilsosmar Well said. Jazz singers tend to lean on phrasing, tone, diction etc. Usually in a jazz vocal performance there isn't much if any vocal harmony. No call and response just the singer and the band. It's a challenging genre that requires as you say a polished voice in order to win over the audience.

[mishn90]

@Nilsosmar the Beatles WERE trained. they went to a conservatory.

[boguswoman81]

@mishn90 From where did you get that? They didn't go to conservatory. Read some book about them.

[Dreambro1]

Billy wuz a drunkin bitch who all todays drunkin bitches have come to idolize,,,,she could hold a tune while cranked out of her skull,,,,,,,,

[UnIndio]

@Dreambro1

So what's your point? The LADY could sing!!! Give her the props that she is due!!!

[djmeowmix13]

great

[missbistouri]

Beautiful! Thanks for uploading this.

[sadoldemilio]

Brought up on the Platters, which is great. But this is better. Love it.

[bkaye]

@sadoldemilio Check out Sara Vaughan's version/

[papaciiito]

Great studd, unlike the gutural, crappy version barbra streisand just did of it in her 2009 cd, l mean, Cher sings it with more feeling! _ln the movie Tea with Mussolini- But this rendition is superb!

Thank you.

[MrBtranquilo]

Thanks so much for sharing this - I am going to post it on my FaceBook page so more will enjoy this. Previous to hearing this version by Dinah Washington I only knew this song from the 1950's rock n roll version. Dinah Washington singing Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - it doesn't get better than this....

[HickoryWilson]

How wonderful she was. Lord, how I miss her.  Hickory

[kraamhulpje]

why do people think this is billy holliday?

this is dinah washington no one has a voice like her! my gosh she has a voice. makes you veel a ease and then dream away....

[Carameldevine]

Billie was a great singer but she did not come even close to having as wonderful a voice and the range Dinah had.

[Weshkuzin]

Billie Holiday : looool

[kymborleee]

This is my favorite version of this song. My father used to play this for me as a child and whenever I hear it brings back so many memories of him. It gives me chills everytime.

[rievans57]

This is the greatest version of this song these ears have ever heard. Listen to that tone and diction. Great artist, great song!

[rievans57]

Oh and by the way the lyrics were written by a gent' named Otto Harbach!

[bearcub410]

thanks so much i have always love this song and with dinah what could be better thanks so much

[meenaly]

This is Billie Holiday singing

[DiffrentDrumr]

Ummm sorry... no it's not. It's Dinah Washington.  I have the recordings.

[fastborzoi]

@DiffrentDrumr

glad to find this!!

my very favorite Dinah ever --

Everest Records Archive of Folk & Jazz Music FS 297 (previously released on Mercury Records)

[fastborzoi]

@DiffrentDrumr

glad to find this!!

my very favorite Dinah ever -- soaring lines and fabulous vibrato

Everest Records Archive of Folk & Jazz Music FS 297 (previously released on Mercury Records)

[02cohenj]

he's right i also have the recording and it is dinah washington

[Tom1948]

Nothing like Billie Holiday !

Dinah Washington it is.

[DeaconJericho]

@meenaly This sounds nothing like Billie Holiday.

[Mommyin2004]

@meenaly

Do you even know what Billie Holiday sounds like?! She has a completely different voice. Very unique and one of a kind. This is classic Dinah! Both Billie and Dinah have their own sound. Both amazing. And not easily mixed up. :)