I was today years old when I learned the following about #Jazz great Dinah Washington:

- cut over 100 recordings
- spent a lot of time in #Chicago (& Detroit)
- was married at least 7Xs
- died at 39yo. So young like MLK & Malcolm
-real name: Ruth Lee Jones
#music

https://youtu.be/tNdL_KGr5dU?si=-xIhPGK2uA-nZxP7

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