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

Queen is the landmark biography of the brief, intensely lived life and soulful music of the great Dinah Washington. A gospel star at fifteen. Her career had already spanned more than 20 years, and she had become first the queen of the blues, sophisticated big-band variety, and then a premier jazz singer before turning to the orchestrated pop treatments of "This Bitter Earth" and "What a Difference a Day Makes" that began making her a household name.

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While this book provided some insight into (as the title says) the life and music of Dinah Washington, it seemed tedious at times and to be more of an itinerary of her club dates.

Dinah Washington had a way with songs. The title "Queen of the Blues" came early in her career, but the more fitting "Queen of the Jukeboxes" reflected the fact that she was the most popular black female vocalist of the 1950s. That bittersweet, clarion voice, grounded in gospel, was ideally suited for blues, R&B, pop, and even rock & roll. Her instinctive interpretive skills were a natural for jazz and allowed her to turn ballads and pop pablum into gems of soulful expression.

In a September, 2004 interview with Jerry Jazz Musician publisher Joe Maita, Cohodas talks about the life of Dinah Washington - a complex woman who was born to entertain, and to be loved. She had a voice that was like the pipes of life. Born Ruth Lee Jones in 1924 in Alabama, singer Dinah Washington's family moved to Chicago where she became a local gospel star at fifteen - but she didn't stop there.

Born Ruth Lee Jones in 1924 in Alabama, singer Dinah Washington's family moved to Chicago where she became a local gospel star at fifteen - but she didn't stop there. When she was discovered by Lionel Hampton at eighteen, Dinah made her way to New York's Apollo Theatre and became a legend. A fine insider's guide to the real Dinah.

Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington, Nadine Cohodas, 2004, Pantheon. Queen of the Blues: A Biography of Dinah Washington, Jim Haskins, 1987, William Morrow & Co. ISBN 0-688-04846-3.

Nadine Cohodas is the author of several books about race, politics and music. I went to Tuscaloosa three times and many trips to Chicago and talked to her siblings who were younger than she. But going to Tuscaloosa was wonderful. Among her books are: And the Band Played Dixie; Strom Thurmond & The Politics of Southern Change; Spinning Blues Into Gold: The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records; Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington. Her most recent book is Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone. She spoke with JT about that book and her other books on music.

Biographer Nadine Cohodas talks about Washington's life and music. Cohodas has written Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington. Born in Tuscaloosa, Al. in 1924, the former Ruth Lee Jones moved with her family to Chicago as a young girl. She considered the Windy City her true home. And it was there in the early 1940s that a local nightclub owner provided her first gig - and a new name that she would make famous. By 1959 she had earned a Grammy for her version of the song "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes.

Cohodas, who grew up in Appleton, Wi. has written several books about race, politics and music, including "Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone" and "Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington. Simone and Washington were both prominent African-American singers in the mid-20th century. Cohodas' talk, "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free," focuses on how Washington and Simone's musical talents reflected the civil rights movement.