Format: CD
Artist: Dinah Washington
CatNo: SNAP210CD
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Dinah Washington Unforgettable - The Very Best Of CD
''Choice cuts from ineffable vocalist's Mercury recordings. The equal of Billie Holiday's Columbia sides or red Atlantic-era Aretha' *****' UNCUT
 
Highlights from 1955 to 1960. 
 
 
Dinah Washington was undisputedly one of the finest female vocalists of the 20th Century, a consummate performer who embraced many musical styles during her 30-year recording career,
 
'Unforgettable' concentrates on highlights from the peerless recordings she made during her heyday period from the mid-Fifties to the early Sixties and which were distinguished by their superb arrangements and recording quality.
 
These 28 sides includes hits such as 'What A Diff'rence A Day Makes, 'September In The Rain' and 'Unforgettable', as well as matchless performances of standards such as 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes' and 'Mad About The Boy'.
 
Includes her two duet hits with Brook Benton, 'A Rocking Good Way' and 'Baby, You Got What It Takes'.
 
With the popularity of the sophisticated song stylists of the Fifties and Sixties amongst today's younger listeners, this comprehensive collection of this supreme stylist's finest work is guaranteed to appeal to a wide audience.
 
1. Unforgettable
2. What A Diff'rence A Day Makes
3. Baby (You've Got What It Takes) (Duet with Brook Benton)
4. A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love) (Duet with Brook Benton)
5. This Bitter Earth
6. Love Walked In
7. September In The Rain
8. Mad About The Boy
9. I'll Close My Eyes
10. You're Crying
11. Makin' Whoopee
12. I'll Drown In My Tears
13. That's All There Is To That
14. Nothing In The World
15. Never Let Me Go
16. I Concentrate On You
17. Blue Gardenia
18. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
19. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
20. T'Ain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do
21. Cry Me A River
22. Our Love Is Here To Stay
23. A Sunday Kind Of Love
24. They Didn't Believe Me
25. Somebody Loves Me
26. Perdido
27. It Could Happen To You
28. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye.