The Very Best of Dinah Washington

~ Release by Dinah Washington (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD
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1Call Me Irresponsible
cover recording of:
Call Me Irresponsible
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Paramount Music Corporation
part of:
The 36th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1963 winner)
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2Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)
cover recording of:
Lover Man
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
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3Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
cover recording of:
Fly Me to the Moon
lyricist and composer:
Bart Howard (in 1954)
premiered by:
Kaye Ballard (in 1954)
publisher:
Almanac Music-Inc., Hampshire House Publishing Corp., Kensington Music Ltd., Palm Valley Music LLC and TRO Essex Music Ltd.
sub-publisher:
ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部 (TRO Essex Japan, A-Division)
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4These Foolish Things
cover recording of:
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
lyricist:
Holt Marvell (in 1935)
additional composer:
Harry Link (US vaudeville actor & songwriter)
composer:
Jack Strachey (in 1935)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes), Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label), Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., E.G. Music Inc. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
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5Destination Moon
cover recording of:
Destination Moon
lyricist:
Roy Alfred (Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer)
composer:
Mark Fisher (early 20th century songwriter)
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6Why Was I Born?
cover recording of:
Why Was I Born?
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1929)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1929)
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7I’m Glad for Your Sake
cover recording of:
I’m Glad for Your Sake (But I’m Sorry for Mine)
writer:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) and Peter Tinturin
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8You’re a Sweetheart
cover recording of:
You’re a Sweetheart
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
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9That’s My Desire
cover recording of:
That’s My Desire
lyricist:
Carroll Loveday
composer:
Helmy Kresa
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
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10I Used to Love You
cover recording of:
I Used to Love You but It’s All Over Now
lyricist:
Lew Brown
composer:
Albert Von Tilzer
publisher:
Broadway Music Corp.
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11I’ll Be Around
cover recording of:
I’ll Be Around
lyricist and composer:
Alec Wilder (American composer)
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc., Primary Wave 3 Songs (BMI) and TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc.
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12Soulville
recording of:
Soulville
writer:
Henry Glover, Morris Levy, Titus Turner and Dinah Washington
publisher:
DeLarue Music Corp and EMI Longitude Music
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13That Sunday (That Summer)
cover recording of:
That Sunday, That Summer
writer:
Joe Sherman and George David Weiss
publisher:
Comet Music (publisher)
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14I Ran Out of Reasons
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15Just One More Chance
cover recording of:
Just One More Chance
lyricist:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
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16To Forget About You
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17Romance in the Dark
cover recording of:
Romance in the Dark
lyricist and composer:
Lil Green (blues singer/songwriter)
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18No Hard Feelings
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19He’s My Guy
cover recording of:
He’s My Guy
lyricist:
Don Raye
composer:
Gene de Paul
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20The Key to the Highway
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21How Long How Long Blues
cover recording of:
How Long, How Long Blues
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
publisher:
Compact Music and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
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22The Blues Ain’t Nothing (But a Woman Crying for Her Man)
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23I Left My Heart in San Francisco
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24Say It Isn’t So
cover recording of:
Say It Isn’t So
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Corp.
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2▼CD
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1The Man That Got Away
cover recording of:
The Man That Got Away (A Star Is Born)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1953)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1953)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., Harwin Music Corporation, MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney‐related, NYC‐based company) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
part of:
The 27th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
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2Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
cover recording of:
Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1943)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1943)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Sony/ATV Harmony
version of:
Concerto for Cootie
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3What Kind of Fool Am I?
cover recording of:
What Kind of Fool Am I?
lyricist and composer:
Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley (English actor, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker)
publisher:
Essex Music and Ludlow Music
part of:
Grammy Award: Song of the Year nominees (number: 1963 winner)
part of:
Stop the World – I Want to Get Off
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4Don’t Say Nothing at All
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5If It’s the Last Thing I Do
cover recording of:
If It’s the Last Thing I Do
writer:
Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin
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6My Devotion
cover recording of:
My Devotion
writer:
Roc Hillman (songwriter, arranger) and John Napton
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7Me & The One That I Love
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8Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
cover recording of:
Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
writer:
Bob Ellsworth, Richard Howard (US songwriter) and Russ Morgan (Big Band orchestra leader)
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9Me & My Gin
cover recording of:
Me and My Gin
lyricist and composer:
Harry Burke
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10Take Your Shoes Off
cover recording of:
Take Your Shoes Off, Baby
writer:
Gene Austin
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11Make Believe Dreams
cover recording of:
Make Believe Dreams
writer:
Wes McWain and Mitchell L. Tableporter
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12I’ll Never Stop Loving You
cover recording of:
I’ll Never Stop Loving You
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Nicholas Brodzsky
part of:
The 28th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
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13Something’s Gotta Give
cover recording of:
Something’s Gotta Give (from “Daddy Long Legs”)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Mercer (in 1954)
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
part of:
The 28th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
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14The Show Must Go On
cover recording of:
The Show Must Go On
lyricist:
Roy Alfred (Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer)
composer:
Al Frisch
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15I Wanna Be Around
cover recording of:
I Wanna Be Around
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer and Sadie Vimmerstedt
composer:
Johnny Mercer
publisher:
Commander Publications
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16Don’t Come Running Back to Me
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17Take Me in Your Arms
cover recording of:
Take Me in Your Arms
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
Fred Markush
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18Stars Over My Shoulder
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19A Handful of Stars
cover recording of:
A Handful of Stars
writer:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) and Ted Shapiro
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20Where Are You?
cover recording of:
Where Are You?
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
writer:
Harold Adamson and Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Cotton Club Publishing, Harold Adamson Music and Leo Feist, Inc.
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21Just Friends
cover recording of:
Just Friends
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
composer:
John Klenner
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
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22Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning
cover recording of:
Nobody Knows the Way I Feel ‘Dis Mornin’
writer:
Pearl Delaney and Tom Delaney
publisher:
Pickwick Music Corp., Universal Studios, Inc. (formerly known as MCA Inc.) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
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23Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
cover recording of:
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
writer:
Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
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24Miss You
cover recording of:
Miss You
writer:
Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter) and Harry Tobias
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3▼CD
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1Is You or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
cover recording of:
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
writer:
Bill Austin (in 1944) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (in 1944)
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
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2You’re Nobody Until Somebody Loves You
cover recording of:
You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
writer:
James Cavanaugh, Russ Morgan (Big Band orchestra leader) and Larry Stock
publisher:
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
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3Red Sails in the Sunset
cover recording of:
Red Sails in the Sunset
lyricist:
James B. Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
composer:
Hugh Williams (aka Hugh Williams)
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
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4Coquette
cover recording of:
Coquette
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) and Carmen Lombardo
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5There Must Be a Way
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6Let Me Be the First to Know
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7Drinking Again
cover recording of:
Drinking Again
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1962)
composer:
Doris Tauber (in 1962)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons, The Johnny Mercer Foundation, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
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8Bill
cover recording of:
Bill (Show Boat)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) and P. G. Wodehouse
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
T.B. Harms Co. (in 1927)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act II
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9Drown in My Own Tears
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10A Stranger on Earth
recording of:
Stranger on Earth
lyricist:
Rick Ward (Former publicity director of ABC Records, occasionally jazz lyricist)
composer:
Sid Feller
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11I Didn’t Know About You
cover recording of:
I Didn’t Know About You
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1944)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1944)
is based on:
Sentimental Lady
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12I’ll Close My Eyes
cover recording of:
I’ll Close My Eyes
lyricist:
Buddy Kaye
composer:
Billy Reid (UK orchestra leader and songwriter)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc. and Peter Maurice Music
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13For All We Know
cover recording of:
For All We Know (1934 song)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) (in 1934)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1934)
publisher:
Bienstock Publishing Company (ASCAP affiliated) (ended), Cromwell Music, Inc. (ended), EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ended), Leo Feist, Inc. (ended), Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) (ended), Tro-Cromwell Music, Inc. (ended), John F. Coots Jr. Trust Music, Sis ’n Bro Music Company and Toy Town Tunes, Inc.
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14What’s New
cover recording of:
What’s New?
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Bob Haggart
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
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15Funny Thing
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16That Old Feeling
cover recording of:
That Old Feeling
lyricist:
Lew Brown
composer:
Sammy Fain
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music Corp.
part of:
The 10th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1937 nominee)
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17He’s Gone Again
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18It’s a Mean Old Man’s World
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19Make Someone Happy
cover recording of:
Make Someone Happy (Do Re Mi)
orchestrator:
Bruce Coughlin
lyricist:
Betty Comden and Adolph Green
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Sole Selling Agent and Stratford Music Corporation
part of:
Do Re Mi
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20Icy Stone
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21If I Never Get to Heaven
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22Lose Is the Sweetest Thing
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23The Good Life
cover recording of:
The Good Life
lyricist:
Jack Reardon (American songwriter)
composer:
Sacha Distel (in 1962)
publisher:
Intersong USA, Inc. (publisher) and Prosadis
version of:
Marina
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24On the Street of Regret
cover recording of:
On the Street of Regret
lyricist:
John Klenner
composer:
Pete Wendling (American composer)
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