Yahoo Home Dinah Washington
| Born | August 29, 1924 |
| Hometown | Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States |
| Spouse | Night Train Lane (m 1963 - 1963) , Jimmy Cobb (m 1951 - 1963) , John Young (m 1942 - 1943) , Rafael Campos (m 1961 - 1962) , Edwin L Chamblee (m 1957 - 1959) , Walter Buchanan (musician) (m 1950 - 1953) , Robert Grayson (m 1947 - 1950) , George Clarke Jenkins (m 1946 - 1947) |
| Children | Robert Grayson , George Kenneth Jenkins |
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- EntertainmentThe Tuscaloosa News
Movie gives glimpse of Dinah Washington's singing talent | AT LARGE
Tuscaloosa's native shines during brief appearance in 1958 film "Jazz On a Summer's Day," which documents the Newport Jazz Festival.
- EntertainmentThe Ironton Tribune, Ohio
ARTS AND CULTURE: The Drifters set for Paramount tonight
Jan. 22—The Drifters ASHLAND, Ky. — The Drifters, one of Rock & Roll's founding vocal groups, is once again touring the U.S., with a stop at the Paramount Arts Center in Ashland set for tonight. From their inception in the early 1950s and up until recently, The Drifters has a symbiotic relationship with Rock & Roll legend George Treadwell, who discovered and managed such famous artists as ...
- EntertainmentPioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.
Crooners Supper Club to present musical revues 'Rondo '56' and 'Marie and Rosetta'
Sep. 9—Crooners Supper Club in Fridley has announced two musical revues, "Rondo '56" and an expanded concert version of George Brant's play "Marie and Rosetta." T. Mychael Rambo, Thomasina Petrus, Charmin Michelle and Dan Chouinard star in "Rondo '56," which tells the story of the late St. Paul neighborhood. It runs Sept. 17 to 19 and features songs made famous by Louis Jordan, Nat King Cole, ...
- EntertainmentThe Wrap
‘Respect’ Fact Check: Did Dinah Washington Really Lose It During an Aretha Franklin Concert?
(Spoiler alert: Do not read on if you have not seen “Respect.”) Did Dinah Washington really lose it when she attended one of Aretha Franklin’s shows and heard Franklin sing one of Washington’s songs — as depicted in the new movie “Respect”? Not quite — but it did happen at someone else’s show. In David Ritz’s biography of Franklin, “Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin,” he writes that Etta James told him she was playing a small club in Providence, Rhode Island, when she heard Washington would b
- EntertainmentTheGrio
Jennifer Hudson, director, talk Aretha’s legacy as official ‘Respect’ trailer drops
When Jennifer Hudson won an Academy Award in her first film role for Dreamgirls, one could easily think, where does she go from here? Aretha Franklin’s biopic, Respect, is set to hit theaters this August and the world premiere of the trailer has now arrived. Although a 90-second teaser dropped last June, as reported by TheGrio, in this new, full length trailer, Franklin’s life is portrayed from childhood in the early 50s through her prime years in the early 70s.
- EntertainmentPureWow
Jennifer Hudson ‘Finds Her Voice’ in New Trailer for Aretha Franklin Biopic, ‘Respect’
Last June, MGM dropped the first trailer for the highly anticipated Aretha...
- BusinessBenzinga
Markets Close On Positive Note After Turbulent Week
To quote the classic Dinah Washington tune: What a difference a day makes. After the markets tumbled Thursday amid rising bond yields and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s prediction of increasing inflation, markets closed Friday on an upswing fueled by the positive news of 379,000 jobs added in February. At Day’s End: The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a 572-point gain to close at 31,496.30, up 1.9%. The NASDAQ Composite rose 1.6% to close at 12,920.15. The 10-year Treasury yield ro
- PoliticsLos Angeles Times Opinion
Letters to the Editor: Mitch McConnell doesn't get to disown Marjorie Taylor Greene
The Senate GOP leader dismisses Marjorie Taylor Greene as a loon, but for years he helped Trump as he spouted lies and white supremacist nonsense.
- CelebrityPitchfork
Junior Mance, Jazz Pianist and Educator, Dead at 92
Mance played with Dizzy Gillespie, Cannonball Adderley, and many others throughout his prolific career
- EntertainmentVariety
Bettye LaVette’s ‘Blackbirds’ Is a Fierce Fête of Iconic Black Female Voices: Album Review
Bettye LaVette is widely -- and wisely -- revered as one of our greatest living rhythm and blues singers, and maybe right there at the pinnacle. Her star as a knock-down, drag-out, leave-no-prisoners stylist has risen in the decade and a half since she made her return to prominence in her late 50s, 60s and […]
