as I'm here much less often, tonight combines Blue Monday and double entendre night, courtesy of six times married Ruth Lee Jones aka Dinah Washington (1924-63), here describing a trip to the dentist thus -"He took out his trusted drillAnd he told me to open wideHe said he wouldn't hurt meBut he'd fill my hole insideLong John, Long John, you've got that golden touchYou thrill me when you drill ...
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CodyB started up our Jazz 101; check it out if you are interested in picking up a bit of the jazz tip. That would be the real jazz, not some electronic, hip-hopped, beat-out, played out loops of jazz crunched up and danced to. Not that you can't dance to real jazz, and not that I am against electronic, hip-hopped, beat-out jazz loops. On the contrary. I would just hate for anyone to not get to ...
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This very Friday evening, I shall be in the company of the delightful Ms Winehouse at the Empire Theatre in Shepherds Bush, London. Oh boyoboyoboyoboy!!!! Hot diggity!Looking forward to hearing live renditions of the wonderful songs from Back To Black and Frank, but also keeping my fingers crossed for the occasional curveball cover version.Here's an early-ish clip, in which she takes on Teach M...
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Dinah Washington is singing a song that Bessie Smith used to sing. She and Aretha Franklin are the two female singers to come after Bessie who match or surpass her talents on blues-based tunes. Early in her career, Aretha modeled herself on Dinah. Here we have a video capture of a televion program and an audio track to compare. The video let's you see directly the way Dinah could act a song, ho...
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| 1 You Don't Know What Love Is |
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| 2 Cry Me a River |
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| 3 Look to the Rainbow |
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| 4 Baby Get Lost |
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| 5 Long John Blues |
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