10-CD box set featuring nineteen original albums from the iconic jazz and blues vocalist Dinah Washington. Featuring Quincy Jones, Hal Mooney, Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson, Clifford Brown, Cannonball Adderley, Wynton Kelly, Harold Land, Max Roach and Joe Zawinul.
Dinah Washington was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2003. Two of her songs that have been included in the Grammy Hall of Fame are included in this set: "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" (1998) and "Unforgettable" (2001).
CD01 {00:40:50}
Dinah (1956)
01. Look to the Rainbow (2:48)
02. Ill Wind (3:38)
03. A Cottage for Sale (3:17)
04. All of Me (3:44)
05. More Than You Know (3:52)
06. There'll Be Some Changes Made (3:02)
07. Goodbye (3:21)
08. Willow Weep for Me (3:28)
09. Make Me a Present of You (3:45)
10. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (3:24)
11. I Could Have Told You (3:12)
12. Accent on Youth (3:19)
CD02 {01:11:18}
After Hours with Miss D. (1953-1954)
01. Blue Skies (7:52)
02. Bye Bye Blues (6:59)
03. Am I Blue? (3:14)
04. Our Love Is Here to Stay (2:31)
05. A Foggy Day (8:00)
06. Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (7:02)
07. Pennies from Heaven (2:18)
08. Love for Sale (2:13)
In the Land of Hi-Fi (1956)
09. Our Love Is Here to Stay (3:09)
10. Let Me Love You (2:12)
11. There'll Be a Jubilee (2:08)
12. My Ideal (2:22)
13. I've Got a Crush on You (3:06)
14. Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) (2:38)
15. Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You (2:36)
16. What'll I Tell My Heart (3:19)
17. On the Sunny Side of the Street (2:29)
18. Say It Isn't So (2:44)
19. Sometimes I'm Happy (2:18)
20. If I Were a Bell (2:08)
CD03 {01:07:23}
Music for Late Hours (1956)
01. My Heart Cries for You (2:46)
02. I Apologize (3:22)
03. I Won't Cry Anymore (3:24)
04. Don't Say You're Sorry Again (3:19)
05. Mixed Emotions (2:58)
06. Cold, Cold Heart (3:20)
07. Baby Did You Hear (3:03)
08. Just One More Chance (2:55)
09. I'll Never Be Free (2:47)
10. I Can't Get Started with You (2:49)
11. Until Sunrise (2:41)
12. Why Don't You Think Things Over (2:33)
The Swingin' Miss D. (1956)
13. They Didn't Believe Me (2:44)
14. You're Crying (3:29)
15. Makin' Whoopee (2:25)
16. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (2:26)
17. But Not for Me (2:24)
18. Caravan (2:36)
19. Perdido (3:22)
20. Never Let Me Go (2:41)
21. Is You Is or Is You Ain't Ma Baby (2:53)
22. I'll Close My Eyes (3:55)
23. Somebody Loves Me (2:31)
CD04 {01:09:46}
Dinah Sings Fats Waller (1957)
01. Christopher Columbus (2:48)
02. Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do (3:29)
03. Jitterbug Waltz (1:49)
04. Someone's Rockin' My Dreamboat (2:01)
05. Ain'tcha Glad (2:46)
06. Squeeze Me (2:10)
07. Ain't Misbehavin' (I'm Saving My Love for You) (2:35)
08. Black & Blue (2:57)
09. Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Don't Love Nobody But Me) (2:40)
10. I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling (2:26)
11. Honeysuckle Rose (2:37)
12. Keepin' Out of Mischief Now (2:37)
Dinah Jams (1954)
13. Lover Come Back to Me (9:46)
14. Alone Together (2:23)
15. Summertime (2:26)
16. Come Rain or Come Shine (2:21)
17. No More (3:15)
18. I've Got You Under My Skin (5:16)
19. There Is No Greater Love (2:17)
20. You Go to My Head (11:07)
CD05 {01:16:22}
For Those in Love (1955)
01. I Get a Kick Out of You (6:19)
02. Blue Gardenia (5:19)
03. Easy Living (5:02)
04. You Don't Know What Love Is (4:03)
05. This Can't Be Love (6:52)
06. My Old Flame (3:07)
07. I Could Write a Book (4:27)
08. Make the Man Love Me (5:35)
Dinah Sings Bessie Smith (1957-1958)
09. After You've Gone (3:37)
10. Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair (3:17)
11. Jailhouse Blues (3:12)
12. Trombone Blues (aka Trombone Cholly) (3:39)
13. You've Been a Good Ole Wagon (4:07)
14. Careless Love (3:37)
15. Backwater Blues (4:59)
16. If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight (2:51)
17. Me and My Gin (3:14)
18. Fine Fat Daddy (3:05)
CD06 {01:06:53}
Dinah Sings the Best in Blues (1957)
01. Evil Gal Blues (2:53)
02. I Know How to Do It (3:10)
03. Baby Get Lost (2:52)
04. Trouble in Mind (2:49)
05. Fat Daddy (2:25)
06. TV Is the Thing (2:25)
07. Salty Papa Blues (3:04)
08. New Blowtop Blues (2:37)
09. Gambler's Blues (3:14)
10. Don't Hold It Against Me (2:52)
11. Long John Blues (3:11)
12. Homeward Bound (2:52)
What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! (1959)
13. I Remember You (2:46)
14. I Thought About You (2:33)
15. That's All There Is to That (2:19)
16. I Won't Cry Anymore (2:19)
17. I'm Thru with Love (2:28)
18. Cry Me a River (2:28)
19. What a Diff'rence a Day Makes (2:30)
20. Nothing in the World (3:17)
21. Manhattan (4:18)
22. Time After Time (2:29)
23. It's Magic (2:31)
24. A Sunday Kind of Love (2:31)
CD07 {01:07:22}
The Two of Us (1960)
01. There Goes My Heart (3:31)
02. Call Me (2:38)
03. Baby (You've Got What It Takes) (2:47)
04. Love Walked In (2:11)
05. Not One Step Behind (2:24)
06. A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love) (2:28)
07. Someone to Believe In (2:39)
08. This I Promise You (2:38)
09. I Do (2:24)
10. Because of Everything (2:30)
11. Again (3:24)
12. I Believe (3:26)
I Concentrate on You (1960)
13. Crazy Love (3:34)
14. Fool That I Am (2:37)
15. I Concentrate on You (2:42)
16. Lord You Made Us Human (3:41)
17. The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On) (2:55)
18. Forgotten (2:17)
19. Good Morning Heartache (2:52)
20. While We're Young (2:27)
21. Daybreak (2:34)
22. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good (3:29)
23. Show Me the Way (2:39)
24. Misery (2:35)
CD08 {01:03:49}
September in the Rain (1960)
01. September in the Rain (2:10)
02. Without a Song (3:05)
03. This Heart of Mine (2:25)
04. As Long as I Am in Your Arms (1:58)
05. With a Song in My Heart (3:52)
06. Softly (2:31)
07. I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me (2:47)
08. I Was Telling Him About You (2:26)
09. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (3:14)
10. I'll Never Kiss You Goodbye (2:31)
11. I'll Come Back for More (2:29)
12. Tell Love Hello (2:49)
Unforgettable (1961)
13. This Bitter Earth (2:29)
14. I Understand (2:41)
15. This Love of Mine (2:42)
16. Alone (2:23)
17. Somewhere Along the Line (2:42)
18. The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On) (2:55)
19. Everybody Loves Somebody (2:29)
20. Ask a Woman Who Knows (2:44)
21. A Man Only Does (What a Woman Makes Him Do) (2:28)
22. A Bad Case of the Blues (2:40)
23. When I Fall in Love (2:36)
24. Unforgettable (2:43)
CD09 {01:09:03}
Drinking Again (1962)
01. Drinking Again (3:32)
02. Just Friends (3:18)
03. I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life (2:53)
04. I'll Be Around (2:57)
05. Lament (Love, I Found You Gone) (2:18)
06. I Don't Know You Anymore (2:48)
07. Baby Won't You Please Come Home (2:09)
08. Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) (3:03)
09. The Man That Got Away (3:34)
10. For All We Know (3:16)
11. Say It Isn't So (3:11)
12. On the Street of Regret (2:17)
In Love (1962)
13. Fly Me to the Moon (2:30)
14. You're a Sweetheart (2:29)
15. Our Love (2:49)
16. Love Is the Sweetest Thing (2:46)
17. I'll Close My Eyes (2:52)
18. I Didn't Know About You (3:08)
19. If It's the Last Thing I Do (3:37)
20. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me (2:19)
21. My Devotion (2:42)
22. That's My Desire (2:54)
23. Was It Like That (2:41)
24. Me and the One That I Love (3:00)
CD10 {00:59:09}
Dinah 62 (1962)
01. Destination Moon (2:34)
02. Miss You (3:37)
03. A Handful of Stars (3:25)
04. Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? (3:23)
05. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You (2:45)
06. Red Sails in the Sunset (2:32)
07. Where Are You? (2:14)
08. Coquette (2:56)
09. Take Your Shoes Off, Baby (2:46)
I Wanna Be Loved (1962)
10. I Wanna Be Loved (2:47)
11. Don't Explain (2:34)
12. Everybody's Somebody's Fool (2:33)
13. Invitation (3:06)
14. You're Crying (3:31)
15. Let's Fall in Love (2:10)
16. When Your Lover Has Gone (2:13)
17. A Stranger in Town (2:20)
18. God Bless the Child (2:48)
19. Blue Gardenia (3:22)
20. I Can't Face the Music (Without Singin' the Blues) (3:26)
21. Sometimes I'm Happy (2:07)