Washington, Dinah, 1924-1963

URI(s)

• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82013467

Instance Of

• MADS/RDF PersonalName
• MADS/RDF Authority
• SKOS Concept

Scheme Membership(s)

• Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

• Names Collection - Authorized Headings
• LC Names Collection - General Collection

Variants

• Jones, Ruth Lee, 1924-1963

Additional Information

• http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n82013467

• Birth Date

  (edtf) 1924-08-29

• Death Date

  (edtf) 1963-12-14

• Birth Place

  Tuscaloosa (Ala.)

• Death Place

  Detroit (Mich.)

• Gender

  Females

• Field of Activity

  Jazz
  Blues (Music)
  Popular music

• Occupation

  Jazz singers
  African American singers
  Pianists

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++82013467#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• Dinah Washington Label from public data source Wikidata
• Washington, Dinah, 1924-1963

Sources

• found: Dinah Washington sings the best in blues. [Phonodisc] 1957.
• found: New Grove dict. of jazz(Washington, Dinah (Jones, Ruth (Lee)); b. Aug. 29, 1924, Tuscaloosa, AL, d. Dec. 14, 1963, Detroit; singer)
• found: Wikipedia, Jan. 6, 2020(Dinah Washington; American singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s"; primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music, and gave herself the title of "Queen of the Blues"; 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and 1993 inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)

Change Notes

• 1982-03-17: new
• 2020-01-06: revised

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