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.…”

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?" …”
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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?" …”

Who can afford to improvise? : James Baldwin and black music, the lyric and the listeners / by Pavlic, Edward M.

Table of Contents: “…Front ; Contents; Introduction; "Not the country we're sitting in now"; Blues Constants, Jazz Changes; "Making words; Billie Holiday: Radical Lyricist; Dinah Washington's Blues and the Trans- Digressive Ocean; "But Amen is the price"; On Camden Row; Speechless in San Francisco; "In a way they must …”
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The Cole Porter songbook : Night and day. by Porter, Cole, 1891-1964

Table of Contents: “…I've got you under my skin (Dinah Washington) (5:12) -- Love for sale (Shirley Horn) (3:50) -- Let's do it (let's fall in love) (Louis Armstrong) (8:42) -- Anything goes (Ella Fitzgerald) (3:30) -- What is this thing called love (Mel Torme) (2:54) -- You'd be so nice to come home to (Helen Merrill) (4:13) -- At long last love (Bill Henderson) (2:28) -- I love you (Anita O'Day) (2:03) -- Just one of those things (Louis Armstrong) (3:59) -- It's de-lovely (Sarah Vaughan) (2:37) -- Always true to you in my fashion (Blossom Dearie) (2:49) -- I concentrate on you (Fred Astaire) (2:43) -- I get a kick out of you (Dinah Washington) (6:14) -- In the still of the night (Billy Eckstine) (3:39) -- Easy to love (Billie Holiday) (3:02) -- Night and day (Ella Fitzgerald) (2:55) -- Everytime we say goodbye (Betty Carter) (5:48).…”
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Rhetorical crossover : the black presence in white culture / by Burrows, Cedric

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Too Black, Too Strong: The Black Rhetorical Presence -- "Hey, Man, You're Taking My Heritage": Rhetorical Crossover, R & B, and Dinah Washington -- Black Skin, White Discourse: Whitescripting and Cultroscripting Textbooks -- That's Entertainment? …”
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Jazz 'round midnight

Table of Contents: “…Mood indigo (Ella Fitzgerald) -- Early autumn (Anita O'Day) -- Manhattan (Blossom Dearie) -- Embraceable you (Sarah Vaughan) -- Since I fell for you (Dinah Washington) -- Wild is the wind (Nina Simone) -- I wanna be loved (Shirley Horn) -- What's new? …”
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Verve unmixed 3.

Table of Contents: “…Little girl blue (Nina Simone) -- Speak low (Bilie Holdiay) -- Sing, sing, sing (Anita O'Day) -- Fever (Sarah Vaughan) -- Come dance with me (Shirley Horn) -- Just one of those things (Blossom Dearie) -- The gentle rain (Astrud Gilberto) -- Peter Gunn (Sarah Vaughan) -- Stay loose (Jimmy Smith) -- The boy's doin' it (Hugh Masekela) -- Lilac wine (Nina Simone) -- Yesterdays (Billie Holiday) -- Baby, did you hear? (Dinah Washington).…”
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Have yourself a jazzy little Christmas.

Table of Contents: “…Carol of the bells ; Melodies for the day ; O sanctissimo [i.e. sanctissima] (Swingle Singers) -- Jingle bells (Jimmy Smith) -- The secret of Christmas (Ella Fitzgerald) -- We free kings (Roland Kirk) -- Christmas Eve (Billy Eckstine) -- I've got my love to keep me warm (Billie Holiday) -- Ole Santa (Dinah Washington) -- Santa Claus is coming to town (Bill Evans); etc.…”
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Quincy Jones's finest hour. by Jones, Quincy, 1933-

Table of Contents: “…Stockholm sweetin' / Jones (5:39) -- That midnight sun will never set / Cochran, Jones, Salvador (with Sarah Vaughan) (2:48) -- Moanin' / Timmons (3:05) -- G'won train / Bown (2:59) -- Blues in the night / Arlen, Mercer (3:57) -- Stormy weather / Arlen, Koehler (with Dinah Washington) (3:14) -- Quintessence / Jones (4;19) -- Hard sock dance / Jones (3:18) -- For Lena and Lenny / Jones (4:14) -- Theme from The pawnbroker / Jones (2:35) -- Soul bossa nova / Jones (2:44) -- Comin' home baby / Dorough, Tucker (2:44) -- Killer Joe / Golson (5:09) -- Velas / Lins, Martins (4:05) -- Stuff like that / Ashford ... …”
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The Cole Porter songbook, I get a kick out of you. by Porter, Cole, 1891-1964

Table of Contents: “…(Helen Merrill) -- So in love (Dinah Washington) -- Too darn hot (Mel Tormé) -- Just one of those things (Sarah Vaughan) -- Get out of town (Shirley Horn) -- Love for sale (Billie Holiday) -- From this moment on (A. …”
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When love goes wrong : songs for the broken-hearted.

Table of Contents: “…Good morning heartache / Billie Holliday -- Born to be blue / Chet Baker -- It never entered my mind / Johnny Hartman -- Everybody's somebody's fool / Little Jimmy Scott -- A woman alone with the blues / Peggy Lee -- A woman's intuition / Beverly Kenney -- Everything happens to me / Frank D'Rone -- I fall in love too easily / Shirley Horn -- Here's that rainy day / Helen Merrill -- I'm through with love / Arthur Prysock -- I'm a fool to want you / Dinah Washington -- What will I tell my heart / Billy Eckstine -- But not for me / Sarah Vaughan -- Reaching for the moon / Ella Fitzgerald -- Gloomy Sunday / Mel Torme.…”
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What a diff'rence a day makes.

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Jazz number 1's.

Table of Contents: “…What a wonderful world (Louis Armstrong) -- Mr. paganini (you'll have to swing it) (Ella Fitzgerald) -- Desafinado (Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd) -- I put a spell on you (Nina Simone) -- Happy-go-lucky local aka night train (Oscar Peterson Trio) -- Walk on the wild side (Jimmy Smith) -- The In crowd (Ramsey Lewis Trio) -- Girl from Ipanema (single versiom) (Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz) -- Killer Joe (Quincy Jones) -- Put it where you want it (The Crusaders) -- Hard work (John Handy) -- Wade in the water (Ramsey Lewis) -- At last (Etta James) -- Misty (Richard "Groove" Holmes) -- My foolish heart (Gene Ammons) -- Baby get lost (Dinah Washington) -- Lover man (oh, where can you be) (Billie Holliday).…”
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Mellow mama blues.

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I love you, yes I do.

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No more lonely gal blues.

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