This
week we feature a popular track; 'Unforgettable,' that was first
recorded by Nat King Cole first in 1951 as a solo performance.
Dinah
Washington, (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963), was an American
singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular
black female recording artist of the 1950's. This week we feature a
song"What a Diff'rence a Day Made" a popular song
originally written in Spanish by María Grever, a Mexican songwriter,
in 1934, but popularised by Dinah Washington. She won a Grammy Award
in 1959 for Best Rhythm and Blues Performance with this song. Her
version was also inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.It
also earned her first top ten Pop hit, reaching #8 on the Billboard
Hot 100.
Enjoy
If you
can not see the embedded video on your android devices, here is the
link. http://youtu.be/OmBxVfQTuvI You can
also copy and paste the link
in your
You Tube App. If that also does not work, search You tube, Dinah
Washington, What a Diff'rence a Day Made
29nd
May 2014
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