Here is the comprehensive 2CD collection presenting Dinah Washington’s recorded legacy – from her very first 1944 session with Lionel Hampton to her early-1960s Mercury Records dates.



The musicians on these recordings include Cannonball Adderley, Brook Benton, Clifford Brown, Quincy Jones, Wynton Kelly, Clark Terry and many others.

Track listing:

Disc 1
1. Evil Gal Blues (2:52)
2. Salty Papa Blues (3:02)
3. Embrace You (2:57)
4. A Slick Chick (on the Mellow Side) (2:41)
5. Postman Blues (2:52)
6. That’s Why a Woman Loves a Heel (2:52)
7. Walkin’ and Talkin’ (2:31)
8. Record Ban Blues (3:14)
9. (What Can I Say, Dear) After I say I’m Sorry? (2:36)
10. I’ll Wait (3:06)
11. Good Daddy Blues (2:23)
12. I Only Know (2:24)
13. Baby get Lost (2:49)
14. It Isn’t Fair (3:00)
15. I’ll Never be Free (2:43)
16. I Wanna Be Loved (2:49)
17. Time Out for tears (3:18)
18. I Won’t Cry Anymore (3:21)
19. New Blowtop Blues (2:36)
20. Wheel of Fortune (2:14)
21. Trouble in Mind (2:50)
22. I Cried for You (2:26)
23. T.V. Is the Thing This Year (2:25)
24. Am I Blue? (3:13)
25. Blue Skies (10:55)

Disc 2
1. Love for Sale (2:11)
2. I’ve Got You Under My Skin (5:28)
3. I Don’t Hurt Anymore (3:11)
4. Crazy He Calls Me (5:05)
5. Lover, Come Back to Me (9:49)
6. Teach Me Tonight (2:44)
7. Blue Gardenia (5:18)
8. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (3:22)
9. If I Had You (4:48)
10. Sometimes I’m Happy (2:16)
11. Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now (2:36)
12. Back Water Blues (4:56)
13. All of Me (5:31)
14. What A Diff’rence A Day Made (2:28)
15. Unforgettable (2:42)
16. Baby, You’ve Got What It Takes (2:45)
17. A Rockin’ Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love) (2:27)
18. A Bad Case of the Blues (2:38)
19. This Bitter Earth (2:27)
20. September in the Rain (2:07)
21. Mad About the Boy (2:47)