Billie Holiday: The Queen Sings
Dinah
Washington
Proper Box, 2002
4xCDs. box set. booklet
£14.00
Disc One - Evil Gal Blues
1. EVIL GAL BLUES (Feather) 1944
2. I KNOW HOW TO DO IT (Feather) 1944
3. SALTY PAPA BLUES (Feather) 1944
4. HOMEWARD BOUND (Feather) 1944
5. BLOW-TOP BLUES (Feather) 1945
6. WISE WOMAN BLUES (Henry) 1946
7. WALKING BLUES (Lowe) 1946
8. NO VOOT-NO BOOT (Henderson) 1946
9. CHEWIN MAMA BLUES (Henry) 1946
10. MY LOVIN PAPA (Henderson) 1946
11. RICH MANS BLUES (Lowe) 1946
12. ALL OR NOTHING (Rodgers & Hammerstein) 1946
13. BEGGIN MAMA BLUES (Baranco, Mingus) 1946
14. MELLOW MAMA BLUES (Robinson) 1946
15. MY VOOT IS REALLY VOUT (Henry) 1946
16. BLUES FOR A DAY (Henry) 1946
17. PACIFIC COAST BLUES (Baranco, Mingus) 1946
18. EMBRACEABLE YOU (Gershwin, Gershwin) 1946
19. I CANT GET STARTED (Duke, Gershwin) 1946
20. WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN (Mercer, Jenkins, Hanighen) 1946
21. JOY JUICE (Washington, Daily) 1946
22. OO-WEE WALKIE TALKIE (Demetrius) 1946
23. THE MAN I LOVE (Gershwin, Gershwin) 1946
24. YOU DIDNT WANT ME THEN (Unknown) 1946
25. A SLICK CHICK (ON THE MELLOW SIDE) (Brooks) 1946
26. POSTMAN BLUES (Washington, Smith) 1946
27. THATS WHY A WOMAN LOVES A HEEL (Burns) 1946
28. MEAN AND EVIL BLUES (Higginbotham, Demetrius) 1946
Disc Two - Stairway To The Stars
1. STAIRWAY TO THE STARS (Malneck, Signorelli, Parish) 1947
2. YOU SATISFY (Baxter) 1947
3. FOOL THAT I AM (Hunt) 1947
4. THERE'S GOT TO BE A CHANGE (Robinson, McRay) 1947
5. MEAN EVIL BLUES (Higginbotham, Demetrius) 1947
6. SINCE I FELL FOR YOU (Johnson) 1947
7. WEST SIDE BABY (Bartley) 1947
8. YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME (Carpenter, Dunlop, Hines) 1947
9. EARLY IN THE MORNING (Bartley) 1947
10. IM AFRAID OF YOU (Freed, Hollander) 1947
11. I LOVE YOU, YES I DO (Nix, Glover) 1947
12. DONT COME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR (Sacks, Friedlander) 1947
13. I WISH I KNEW THE NAME OF THE BOY (Roberts, Fisher) 1947
14. NO MORE LONELY GAL BLUES (Washington, Sacks) 1947
15. WALKIN AND TALKIN (Hickman) 1947
16. AINT MISBEHAVIN (Waller, Razaf, Harper) 1947
17. WHAT CAN I SAY AFTER I SAY IM SORRY (Lyman, Donaldson) 1947
18. TELL ME SO (Chester, Washington) 1947
19. I CANT FACE THE MUSIC (Bloom, Koehler) 1947
20. PETE (Grey) 1947
21. AM I ASKING TOO MUCH? (Whitman, Miller) 1947
22. IM GETTING OLD BEFORE MY TIME (Unknown) 1947
23. RECORD BAN BLUES (Wilder, Newman, Washington) 1947
24. RESOLUTION BLUES (Swain, Washington) 1947
25. I WANT TO CRY (Randall, Pirone) 1947
26. LONG JOHN BLUES (Washington) 1947
27. IN THE RAIN (Gershwin) 1948
Disc Three - Baby Get Lost
1. I SOLD MY HEART TO THE JUNKMAN (Rene, Rene) 1948
2. ILL WAIT (Wilder) 1948
3. ITS TOO SOON TO KNOW (Chessler) 1948
4. WHY CANT YOU BEHAVE? (Porter) 1948
5. ITS FUNNY (Whiteman, Miller) 1948
6. LAUGHING BOY (Segal) 1949
7. AM I REALLY SORRY? (Washington, Wettergreen) 1949
8. HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN? (Berlin) 1949
9. NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND LOS ANGELES (Mitchell) 1949
10. GIVE ME BACK MY TEARS (Unknown) 1949
11. GOOD DADDY BLUES (Spencer, Washington) 1949
12. BABY, GET LOST (Feather) 1949
13. I ONLY KNOW (Washington, Johnson) 1949
14. DRUMMER MAN (Unknown) 1949
15. I CHALLENGE YOUR KISS (Paul, Gary) 1949
16. FAST MOVIN MAMA (Washington, Gladstone) 1949
17. JUICE HEAD MAN OF MINE (Stone, Smith, Washington) 1949
18. SHUCKIN AND JIVIN (Gladstone, Washington) 1949
19. RICHEST GUY IN THE GRAVEYARD (Feather) 1949
20. JOURNEYS END (George, Millinaur, Mundy) 1950
21. IT ISNT FAIR (Himber, Warschauer, Frigato) 1950
22. MY KIND OF MAN (Lewis, Washington) 1950
23. IF I LOVED YOU (Rodgers, Hammerstein) 1950
24. WHY DONT YOU THINK THINGS OVER? (Friedlander, Washington) 1950
25. BIG DEAL (Washington, Stewart) 1950
26. ILL NEVER BE FREE (Benjamin, Weiss) 1950
27. I WANNA BE LOVED (Heyman, Green, Rose) 1950
28. LOVE (ME) WITH MISERY (Washington, Stewart) 1950
Disc four - Please Send Me Someone To Love
1. HARBOR LIGHTS (Kennedy, Williams) 1950
2. I CROSS MY FINGERS (Kent, Ferrar) 1950
3. TIME OUT FOR TEARS (Berman, Schiff) 1950
4. ONLY A MOMENT AGO (Rose, Ager) 1950
5. FIVE, FINE DADDY (Washington, Raggs) 1951
6. PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE (Mayfield) 1951
7. AINT NOBODYS BUSINESS IF I DO (Grisham) 1951
8. IM SO LONELY I COULD CRY (Vance, Washington) 1951
9. MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU (Sigman, Faith) 1951
10. I APOLOGIZE (Hoffman, Nelson, Goodheart) 1951
11. I WONT CRY ANYMORE (Frish, Wise) 1951
12. DONT SAY YOURE SORRY AGAIN (Pearl, Berman, West) 1951
13. MIXED EMOTIONS (Stewart, Leeucheim) 1951
14. COLD, COLD HEART (Williams) 1951
15. BABY DID YOU HEAR? (Lee) 1951
16. NEW BLOWTOP BLUES (Feather) 1951
17. WHATS THE MATTER BABY (Hunter) 1951
18. DONT HOLD IT AGAINST ME (Hodges, Palmer) 1951
19. BE FAIR TO ME (Darnell, Messner) 1951
20. JUST ONE MORE CHANCE (Coslow, Johnson) 1951
21. SATURDAY NIGHT (Kenny McCoy) 1951
22. IF YOU DONT THINK IM LEAVIN (Astor, Bachelor, Ford)
1951
23. IM A FOOL TO WANT YOU (Wolf, Heron, Sinatra) 1951
24. IM CRYING (Shelly, Baron, Levey) 1951
25. OUT IN THE COLD AGAIN (Koehler, Bloom) 1951
26. HEY, GOOD LOOKING (Loesser, Malneck) 1951
Compiled and produced for release by Joop Visser.
Digital remastering by Peter Rynston at Tall Order Mastering.