Dinah Washington Sings

The great jazz singer Dinah Washington sings "Send Me to the Electric Chair" from her Bessie Smith album
c.1958

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[MrStormplanet]

black ppl r born 2 sing ....

[fotozeus]

Jon and Tony sent me here :)

[Yofigful]

How To Train your Dragon brought me here.

[milipig]

so great I love her faces

[mslexii001]

No not ALL black people can sing, but when it comes to big power house vocal like Aretha Franklin 9 times out of 10 its a black woman or man:)

[Deangelo Brewster]

Where is fantasia barrino she fit in this time

[mustafa1name]

To my ears, a faint reflection of the power, vibrancy, humour and sheer 'attitude' of the original Bessie Smith version.

[GOODMUSICisTIMELESS]

Sad to see folks have to bring there racism into music.. the ONE place where, Jewish, Italian, Black, Irish, Greek, Asian, Cuban , Brazilian, the list goes on INDIVIDUAL members of the HUMAN RACE etc. have ALL made tremendous contributions, Timi Yuro was Irish and Italian & Dinah Washington thought enough of HER talent for singing to write the Liner notes for one o her Albums & say "She not only SINGS a song she LIVES IT" But, Hey what Did Dinah Washington know YOU'RE the EXPERT on music here!?

[Mike Austin]

Dinah Washington is the most undercelebrated vocalist in recording history. For phrasing, there simply is no one better. What we are viewing here is what is called, "owning a song". Simply divine.

[incantata39]

They don't make them like this anymore!!! all she needed was the piano and her voice. Not like all these so called "singers" now that need to put up a show to hide the fact that they can't sing.

[Jeffrey George Moline]

All humans are born to sing.