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Queen The Life And Music Of Dinah Washington
open our order pageNadine Cohodas
Pantheon Books, 2004
Hardback. 572pp. b&w illustrations
£20.99

Queen is the landmark biography of the brief, intensely lived life and soulful music of the great Dinah Washington.

CONTENTS:
1. Tuscaloosa
2. Lift Every Voice
3. Is There Anyone Finer?
4. The "Find" of the Year
5. I Know How To Do It
6. Stairway To A Star
7. Queen of the Juke Boxes
8. No Time For Tears
9. Keter, Wynton, and Jimmy
10. Love For Sale
11. Dinah Jams
12. Much More Than A Blues Singer
13. "Hot, Fresh and Invigorating"
14. "You've Got to Lay It on Charisma"
15. "Ah, I Got You"
16. What A Diff'rence A Day Makes
17. Baby, You've Got What It Takes
18. September In the Rain
19. Roulette Wheel
20. For All We Know
21. "Move Me A Little Higher"
22. Long Live the Queen

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