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Contents 1 Ambiguously racist comment 2 Biography 3 Breadth and depth of recordings 4 Gay Icon Project 5 A Performance Review Comment 6 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 7 Fair use rationale for Image:Washington1993.jpg

[edit] Ambiguously racist comment

A previous author wrote: "What set Dinah Washington apart from her contemporaries was her extraordinary diction and phrasing. " This strikes me as racial insensitive and reminiscent of Joe Biden's comment of Barack Obama calling him "articulate and bright". If the author means her contemporaries are fellow African Americans, then the comment is certainly racist. If the author means fellow musicians, then the comment needs much more explanation and a citation. I am removing the comment for now.

Wow, I sincerely hope this is a joke, as the comment does not even have the most vague of racist connotations. Algabal (talk) 10:53, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Biography

Queen of the Blues: A Biography of Dinah Washington gets lukewarm to negative reviews at amazon.com, but seems to be the only book available on Washington. Anyone know of another? Koyaanis Qatsi

I added "ASIN: 0688048463". What is an ASIN? -- Zoe

I think that's an ID amazon.com uses sometimes in place of an ISBN. Koyaanis Qatsi

I changed 'non-vocal chorusus' to 'wordless choruses' which I think is what was intended. (How can a chorus be 'non-vocal'?)

[edit] Breadth and depth of recordings

Mention is made in the article of the many styles Ms Washington sang, but few strong examples in each category are given. Theres no mention of her landmark R&B recordings with Brook Benton. No mention of her performances at Newport, Rhode Island. Short mention of her tribute recording to Bessie Smith. 38.118.43.2

Well, Newport and Benton are at least mentioned now. Wasted Time R 17:57, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Gay Icon Project

In my effort to merge the now-deleted list from the article Gay icon to the Gay icons category, I have added this page to the category. I engaged in this effort as a "human script", adding everyone from the list to the category, bypassing the fact-checking stage. That is what I am relying on you to do. Please check the article Gay icon and make a judgment as to whether this person or group fits the category. By distributing this task from the regular editors of one article to the regular editors of several articles, I believe that the task of fact-checking this information can be expedited. Thank you very much. Philwelch 22:20, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] A Performance Review Comment

Dinah has a smooth delivery on many songs of subtle sentiments.

Although one 1959 performance was very hard-hitting.

She sung Bessie Smith's "Electric Chair Blues."

What was she really saying through this performance?

Most likely "hey people, wake up, this is barbarism."

The message was probably lost on the majority of the vast, dense audience.

[edit] Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

It's not "The Platters' 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.'" The song is a pop standard dating back to the 1930's. The Platters' recording is merely (maybe) the best known. I have altered the text the reflect this.

I am positively sure Dinah Washington Attended Wendell Phillips High School located 39th Street between Giles Ave. & Prarie Ave. and not DuSable High School.

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Washington1993.jpg

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BetacommandBot 14:49, 19 July 2007 (UTC)