The Fabulous Miss D! The Keynote, Decca and Mercury Singles 1943-1953 (4-CD)

Down Beat: 4 stars out of 5 -- "[There is] something tremendously appealing about Washington's extremely open vibrato and the consistent timbre of her voice."

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CD Details

Number of Discs: 4
Released: November 30, 2010
Originally Released: 2010
Label: Hip-O Select

Entertainment Reviews:

Down Beat - p.61

4 stars out of 5 -- "[There is] something tremendously appealing about Washington's extremely open vibrato and the consistent timbre of her voice."

JazzTimes - p.57

"Always a marvelously dextrous vocal chameleon, Washington could holler the blues, navigate racy double entendres, cover pop hits and sell tender ballad with equal skillfulness."

Living Blues - p.62

"Dinah Washington, one of the most versatile and distinctive vocalists in the annals of American popular music, began her recording career as a blues singer."

Mojo (Publisher) - p.119

4 stars out of 5 -- "Still in her teens when she waxed her earliest singles for the Keynote label Washington possessed a sassy attitude, a bluesy delivery and a worldly tone."

Record Collector (magazine) - p.96

5 stars out of 5 -- "It features a whopping 107 chronologically-sequenced sides she cut as 78s singles for the Keynote, Decca and Mercury labels in an immensely fertile decade..."

Tracks on Disc 1:

1.Evil Gal Blues
2.Homeward Bound
3.Salty Papa Blues
4.I Know How to Do It
5.Blow-Top Blues
6.I Can't Get Started with You
7.Joy Juice
8.Embraceable You
9.When a Woman Loves a Man
10.On Wee Walkie Talkie
11.Slick Chick, A (On the Mellow Side)
12.Postman Blues
13.That's Why a Woman Loves a Heel
14.I Want to Be Loved
15.Stairway to the Stars
16.Mean and Evil Blues
17.Fool That I Am
18.Since I Fell for You
19.You Can Depend on Me
20.There's Got to Be a Change
21.Early in the Morning
22.I Love You, Yes I Do
23.Don't Come Knockin' at My Door
24.Ain't Misbehavin'
25.No More Lonely Gal Blues
26.West Side Baby
27.Walkin' and Talkin'

Tracks on Disc 2:

1.I Want to Cry
2.Resolution Blues
3.Tell Me
4.In the Rain
5.Am I Asking Too Much
6.I Sold My Heart to the Junkman
7.It's Too Soon to Know
8.I'll Wait
9.Why Can't You Behave?
10.It's Funny
11.You Satisfy
12.Laughing Boy
13.What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry
14.Pete
15.Baby Get Lost
16.Long John Blues
17.Am I Really Sorry
18.I Challenge Your Kiss
19.Good Daddy Blues
20.Richest Guy in the Graveyard
21.I Only Know
22.New York, Chicago and Los Angeles
23.It Isn't Fair
24.Journey's End
25.I Wanna Be Loved
26.Love with Misery

Tracks on Disc 3:

1.I'll Never Be Free
2.Big Deal
3.How Deep Is the Ocean
4.Why Don't You Think Things Over
5.Harbor Lights
6.I Can Cross My Fingers
7.Time Out for Tears
8.Only a Moment Ago
9.My Kind of Man
10.If I Loved You
11.Fast Movin' Mama
12.Juice Head Man of Mine
13.My Heart Cries for You
14.I Apologize
15.I Won't Cry Anymore
16.Don't Say You're Sorry Again
17.Please Send Me Someone to Love
18.Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own
19.Fine Fine Daddy
20.I'm so Lonely I Would Cry
21.If You Don't Believe I'm Leaving (Count the Days I'm Gone)
22.I'm a Fool to Want You
23.Cold, Cold Heart
24.Mixed Emotions
25.Be Fair to Me
26.Saturday Night

Tracks on Disc 4:

1.Out in the Cold Again
2.Hey, Good Looking
3.Just One More Chance
4.Baby Did You Hear
5.Wheel of Fortune
6.Tell Me Why
7.Trouble in Mind
8.New Blowtop Blues
9.Mad About the Boy
10.I Can't Face the Music (Without Singing the Blues)
11.Pillow Blues
12.Double Dealing Daddy
13.My Song
14.Half as Much
15.Stormy Weather
16.Make Believe Dreams
17.I Cried for You
18.Gambler's Blues
19.You Let My Love Grow Cold
20.Ain't Nothing Good
21.Lean Baby
22.Never, Never
23.TV Is the Thing (This Year)
24.Fat Daddy
25.Silent Night
26.The Lord's Prayer
27.My Man's an Undertaker
28.Since My Man Has Gone and Went