* 1924 – Dinah Washington, American singer ( d. 1963 )

Notable performers there included among others: Pearl Bailey, Count Basie, Nat King Cole, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Burl Ives, Leadbelly, Anita O ' Day, Charlie Parker, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Paul Robeson, Kay Starr, Art Tatum, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Josh White, Teddy Wilson, Lester Young, and The Weavers, who also in Christmas 1949, played at the Village Vanguard.

Jazz stars in the 1950s who came into prominence in their genres called Bebop, Hard bop, Cool jazz and the Blues, at this time included Lester Young, Ben Webster, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Art Tatum, Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal, Oscar Peterson, Gil Evans, Jerry Mulligan, Cannonball Adderley, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Dave Brubeck, Art Blakey, Max Roach, the Miles Davis Quintet, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington, Nina Simone, and Billie Holiday.

* December 14 – Dinah Washington, African-American jazz / blues singer ( b. 1924 )

Many of the finest jazz singers, including Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Rushing, and Dinah Washington, have avoided scat entirely.

The film features performances by Jimmy Giuffre, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Stitt, Anita O ' Day, Dinah Washington, Gerry Mulligan, Chuck Berry, Louis Armstrong, and Jack Teagarden.

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Though the film won the Critics ' Award at the Berlin Film Festival it never saw popular release due to complications in securing the music rights for the 22 songs on the soundtrack, which included such big names as Dinah Washington, Paul Robeson, Louis Armstrong and Earth, Wind and Fire.

The show included entertainers such as Frankie Lymon, The Supremes, Marian Anderson, Louis Armstrong, Pearl Bailey, LaVern Baker, Harry Belafonte, James Brown, Godfrey Cambridge, Diahann Carroll, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Bill Cosby, Count Basie, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bo Diddley, Rocío Dúrcal, Duke Ellington, Lola Falana, The 5th Dimension, Ella Fitzgerald, The Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, Dick Gregory, W. C. Handy, Lena Horne, The Jackson 5, Mahalia Jackson, Eartha Kitt, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Moms Mabley, Johnny Mathis, The Miracles ( later known as Smokey Robinson & the Miracles ), Melba Moore, The Platters, Leontyne Price, Richard Pryor, Lou Rawls, Della Reese, Nipsey Russell, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, The Temptations, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Tina Turner ( at the time known as " The Ike & Tina Turner Revue "), Leslie Uggams, William Warfield, Dionne Warwick, Dinah Washington, Ethel Waters, Flip Wilson, Jackie Wilson, Nancy Wilson, and Stevie Wonder.

She was inspired by Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, and Dinah Washington.

In 1958, Patricia " Patsy " Holt formed her first singing group, the Ordettes in her Philadelphia hometown, after being influenced by The Chantels and The Shirelles and solo female performers such as Mahalia Jackson and Dinah Washington.

In 1955, he was the drummer for vocalist Dinah Washington at several live appearances and recordings.

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Like the other " backsliders " and all the artists who preferred a secular acclaim to the gospel obscurity ", like Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, Lou Rawls, Dinah Washington, Napoleon " Nappy " Brown, Ike and Tina Turner, Brook Benton, Jimmy Witherspoon, and Louis Armstrong, Burke recorded an album of gospel songs, " not to be ' saved ' or under any pressure but for their own pleasure and as a tribute to their roots, because, as kids, all of them, like all black children, had sung in church.

The record reportedly sold 30, 000 copies in its first week, rising to # 1 on the national R & B charts in November 1948, and leading to cover versions by artists such as the Ravens, Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington.

Roulette's roster also included Count Basie, Joe Williams, Dinah Washington, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross and Maynard Ferguson.

* " Baby ( You've Got What It Takes )", by Dinah Washington and Brook Benton

Soon, the group was in demand in New York music circles for their background work for such artists as The Drifters, Ben E. King, Chuck Jackson, Dinah Washington, Ronnie " The Hawk " Hawkins, and Solomon Burke among many others.

** Dinah Washington for " What a Diff ' rence a Day Makes "

" What a Diff ' rence a Day Made ", performed by Dinah Washington, is played during a scene between Tony Leung and Valerie Chow's characters.

* 1959: Dinah Washington: What a Diff ' rence a Day Makes!

** Dinah Washington for " What a Diff ' rence a Day Makes "

* Dinah Sheridan ( born 1920 ), English-born actress

Two notable figures who were born in the county early in the twentieth century were singer / entertainer Dinah Shore and entrepreneur / philanthropist John Templeton.

Their first daughter Kate died in a car accident in 1957. They had two other children ; Andrew ( born 1958 ) and Dinah ( born 1960 ).

* Dinah Washington-Jazz and blues singer, born in Tuscaloosa

Hanley is the son of the actor Jimmy Hanley ( 1918 – 1970 ) and the actress Dinah Sheridan ( born 1920 ).

He was born near Somerville in the Province of New Jersey to John Frelinghuysen ( 1727 – 1754 ) of Flatbush, Brooklyn and Dinah Van Berg ( 1725 – 1807 ) of Amsterdam.

Although her mother ( Dinah Drake Lance, the original Black Canary ) was a superhero, neither she nor her husband Larry Lance were born with any known metagenes.

However, Dinah Laurel was born with a metagene, the famed ultrasonic scream known as the Canary Cry.

Wendy Moniz ( born January 19, 1969 in Kansas City, Missouri, U. S .) is an American actress of Portuguese descent, best known for her role as Dinah Marler on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light ( 1995-1999, 2000, 2002 ) and primetime dramas Nash Bridges ( 2000-2001 ) and The Guardian ( 2001-2004 ).

Dinah Maria Craik ( born Dinah Maria Mulock, also often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik ) ( 20 April 1826-12 October 1887 ) was an English novelist and poet.

Dinah Sheridan ( born 17 September 1920 as Dinah Nadyejda Ginsburg ) is an English actress who appeared in the films 29 Acacia Avenue ( 1945 ) and Genevieve ( 1953 ).

Dinah Cancer ( born August 28, 1960 ) is the stage name of Mary Simms.

Isobel Dinah Lang ( born 16 July 1970 in Lincoln ) is a weather presenter for Sky News.

She credited Joe Sherman with suggesting the change from Ruth Jones, made before Lionel Hampton came to hear Dinah at the Garrick.

Nancy says: " The juke joint down on the block had a great jukebox and there I heard Dinah Washington, Ruth Brown, LaVerne Baker, Little Esther ".

Martin was a successful artist in her own right, forming the Sallie Martin Singers, in which her daughter Cora Martin, Dinah Washington, then known as Ruth Jones, and Brother Joe May were featured, in 1940 after a dispute with Dorsey.

Ruth stated to her family that her two musical inspirations, that encouraged her to become a singer, were Ira Tucker and Dinah Washington.

Artists and groups that were important to the formative years of this genre include: Clifford Curry, Artie Shaw, Wynonie Harris, Ruth Brown, Little Willie John, Earl Bostic, The Drifters, Jimmy Cavallo, Wilbert Harrison, Clyde McPhatter, Billy Ward and His Dominoes, Hank Ballard, James & Bobby Purify, Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, The Tams, Bob and Earl, The Tymes, The 5 Royales, The Coasters, Fats Domino, Jimmy McCracklin, Brenton Wood, Solomon Burke, Sam Cooke, Jimmy James, The Platters, The Four Tops, Louis Prima, Arthur Alexander, Stick McGhee, Jackie Brenston, Wilbert Harrison, Tyrone Davis, Big Joe Turner, Bruce Channel, Wilson Pickett, Clarence Carter, Dinah Washington, Billy Stewart, The Temptations, The Impressions, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Marvin Gaye, The O ' Jays, The Spinners, Eddie Floyd, Otis Redding, Jackie Wilson, Etta James, The Checkers, The Clovers, Barbara Lewis, Don Covay, Mary Wells, Garnet Mimms and The Enchanters, Ben E. King, Major Lance, Willie Tee and Ernie K-Doe.