Dinah Washington, part 1 – 1943-46 this week on The Juke In The Back!

The Juke In The Back” focuses on the “soul that came before rock n’ roll,” the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.
Dinah Washington was more than just the “Queen of The Jukeboxes,” “Queen Of The Blues” and any other prestigious but vacant title you could pin on her.
Dinah was the real deal. As one of the best selling artists of the 20th Century, Dinah was no pop sensation or flash in the pan. She was a consummate artist, who developed a playful, yet serious style of phrasing all her own.
This week, Matt The Cat honors the great Dinah Washington with the first installment of a multi-part series on “The Queen.”
Part 1 focuses on Dinah’s very first recordings for the Keynote label with members of Lionel Hampton’s band as well as the seldom heard Apollo Records sides with Lucky Thompson’s group. We’ll also dig on her early Mercury Records releases. “Evil Gal Blues” (Keynote) from 1944 was her first charting hit, making the Harlem Hit Parade Top Ten. She then followed that success up with another top tenner, “Salty Papa Blues.” You’ll also hear clips from Matt The Cat’s interview with Dinah’s biographer, Nadine Cahodas, who wrote the book, “Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington.”
Don’t miss the Fabulous Miss “D” on this week’s “Juke In The Back.”
Join Matt the Cat for Juke in the Back, tomorrow morning at 04:00 AM Eastern, with an encore presentation, Sunday afternoon at 03:00 PM Eastern, after "The Lost Lennon Tapes" with Elliot Mintz and before "Only The 80s" with Anne Cosgrove, on Mushroom FM, the home of the fun guys, making four decades of magic mushroom memories!