Queen of the blues : a biography of Dinah Washington / by Haskins, James, 1941-2005

Icons of Black music / by Greig, Charlotte, 1954-

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Angels of the night : popular female singers of our time / by Mellers, Wilfrid Howard, 1914-

Table of Contents: “…The Rockbottom reality of the blues: Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Victoria Spivey, Sippie Wallace, Alberta Hunter, Helen Humes, Big Mama Thorntono, Dinah Washington -- 3. From tent show to cabaret: the word and the horn: Ruth Etting, Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Carmen McCrae, Pearl Bailey, Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter -- Soul, Motown, and the fusion of sacred and profane: Odetta, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, The Loving Sisters, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Diana Ross and the Supremes, The Pointer Sisters, Esther Phillips, Roberta Flack, Randy Crawford, Donna Summer, Deniece Williams, Angela Bofill -- II. …”

A star is torn / by Archer, Robyn, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Marie Lloyd -- Bessie Smith -- Helen Morgan -- Jane Froman -- Carmen Miranda -- Billie Holliday -- Judy Garland -- Dinah Washington -- Marilyn Monroe -- Patsy Cline -- Janis Joplin.…”

From swing to soul : an illustrated history of African American popular music from 1930 to 1960 / by Barlow, William, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Robert Johnson -- Memphis Minnie -- T-Bone Walker -- Duke Ellington -- Count Basie -- Fats Waller -- Charlie Parker -- Billie Holiday -- Louis Jordan -- Nat King Cole -- Dinah Washington -- Sam Cooke.…”

Music fell on Alabama / by Fuqua, Christopher S., 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Handy -- Erskine Hawkins -- Sonny James -- Hugh Martin -- Sam Phillips -- Lionel Richie -- Martha Reeves -- Sun Ra -- Toni Tennille -- Dinah Washington -- Hank Williams.…”

Soul covers : rhythm and blues remakes and the struggle for artistic identity : (Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Phoebe Snow) / by Awkward, Michael

Table of Contents: “…"She's the next one" : Aretha Franklin's Unforgettable : a tribute to Dinah Washington and the black women's vocal legacy -- "Something like wholeness" : Al Green's Call me and the struggle for thematic integrity -- "Miss Snow, are you black?" …”

The later swing era, 1942 to 1955 / by McClellan, Lawrence

Table of Contents: “…Music and socioeconomic characteristics -- Four masters of swing : Ella Fitzgerald ; Woody Herman ; Billy Strayhorn ; Teddy Wilson -- Big bands : Ray Anthony ; Tex Beneke ; Tiny Bradshaw ; Les Brown ; Billy Eckstine ; Les Elgart ; Dizzy Gillespie ; International Sweethearts of Rhythm ; Buddy Johnson ; Stan Kenton ; Elliot Lawrence ; Hal McIntyre ; Ray McKinley ; Lucky Millinder ; Vaughn Monroe ; Boyd Raeburn ; Buddy Rich ; Claude Thornhill ; Cootie Williams ; Gerald Wilson -- Vocalists : Cab Calloway ; June Christy ; Billy Eckstine ; Billie Holiday ; Herb Jeffries ; Peggy Lee ; Carmen McRae ; Anita O'Day ; Jimmy Rushing ; Frank Sinatra ; Kay Starr ; Sarah Vaughn ; Eddie Vinson ; Dinah Washington ; Joe Williams -- Small groups : Jonah Jones ; Louis Jordan ; Modern Jazz Quartet ; Oscar Peterson ; George Shearing ; Art Tatum ; Charlie Ventura ; Lu Watters' followers ; Bunk Johnson et al. ; Eddie Condon's Dixielanders -- A to Z.…”

Sinatra and the great song stylists/ by Barnes, Ken

Table of Contents: “…Mildred Bailey -- Jimmy Rushing -- Lee Wiley -- Anita O'Day -- Dinah Washington -- Bessie & Billie: Two of a kind -- The vocal groups. …”

The rockin' '50s : the people who made the music / by Helander, Brock

Table of Contents: “…Johnny Otis, Les Paul, Carl Perkins, Sam Phillips, The Platters, Cod Pomus and Mort Shuman, Elvis Presley, Jimmy Reed, Neil Sedaka, Big Joe Turner, Ritchie Valens, Gene Vincent, Dinah Washington, Muddy Waters, Hank Williams Sr., Jackie Wilson, Link Wray.…”

Faces in the crowd : players and writers / by Giddins, Gary

Table of Contents: “…Lady gets her due [Billie Holiday] ; First lady [Ella Fitzgerald] ; A Starr is reborn [Kay Starr] ; The once and future queen [Dinah Washington] ; Divine [Sarah Vaughan] -- Players. …”

Clark : the autobiography of Clark Terry / by Terry, Clark

Rhythm & blues in Cleveland, 1955 edition /

What a difference a day makes : women who conquered 1950s music / by Bergsman, Steve

Music: The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culutre Volume 12 /

Table of Contents: “…. -- Revival songs -- Ring shouters -- Jean Ritchie -- Jimmie Rodgers -- Earl Scruggs -- Mike Seeger -- Shape-note singing schools -- Dinah Shore -- Silas Green Show -- Bessie Smith -- Southern Culture on the Skids -- Britney Spears -- Stax Records -- William Grant Still -- String band tradition -- Marty Stuart -- Sun Records -- Swamp pop -- Joel Walker Sweeney -- Koko Taylor -- Sister Rosetta Tharpe -- Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton -- Ernest Tubb -- Ike and Tina Turner -- James D. Vaughan -- Dinah Washington -- Doc Watson -- WDIA -- Kitty Wells -- Hudson (Tampa Red) Whittaker -- Wild Magnolias -- Hank Williams -- Hank Williams, Jr. -- Lucinda Williams -- Bob Wills -- Cassandra Wilson -- WLAC -- Tammy Wynette -- Lester Young.…”

Honkers and shouters : the golden years of rhythm and blues / by Shaw, Arnold

Table of Contents: “…Louis Jimmy -- Robert Johnson -- Champion Jack Dupree -- Memphis Slim -- Joe Turner -- Pete Johnson -- Jimmy Rushing -- Pine Top Smith -- Jimmy Yancey -- Meade Lux Lewis -- Albert Ammons -- Count Basie -- Billie Holiday -- Slim & Slam -- Lionel Hampton -- Lucky Millinder -- Erskine Hawkins -- Cab Calloway -- Louis Jordan -- Berle Adams -- Cecil Grant -- Charles Brown -- Lowell Fulson -- Ivory Joe Hunter -- Amos Milburn -- Roy Brown -- Roy Milton -- T-Bone Walker -- Lester Sill -- Eddie Durham -- Charlie Christian -- Les Hite -- Freddie Slack -- Leon and Otisi Rene -- Loe Liggins -- Eli Oberstein -- The Mississippi Sheiks -- Joe Davis -- Una Mae Carlisle -- The Five Red Caps -- Savannah Churchill -- The Four Tunes -- Pete Johnson -- Herb Abramson -- The Ravens -- Sonny Til & the Orioles -- The Five Royales -- Bobby Freeman -- The Larks -- Mahalia Jackson -- Wynonie Harris -- Bobby Shad -- Sally Martin -- Dinah Washington -- Clyde Otis -- Fred Norman -- Gatemouth Moore -- Leon Rene -- Johnny Otis -- Paul Williams -- Big Jay McNeely -- Illinois Jacquet -- Earl Bostic -- Bill Diggett -- Clifford Scott -- Maxwell Davis -- Rudi Pompanelli -- Sam "The Man" Taylor -- Sam Butera -- King Curtis --…”