The Swingin' Miss "D"

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The Swingin' Miss D
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1957 (1957-09) [1] [2]
RecordedDecember 4–6, 1956 [3]
Genre Vocal jazz
Length31:38 (Original)
Label EmArcy
Producer Bob Shad
Dinah Washington chronology
In the Land of Hi-Fi
(1956)
The Swingin' Miss D
(1957)
Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller
(1957)
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The Swingin' Miss D is the sixth studio album by Dinah Washington, arranged by Quincy Jones. [6] It was recorded in December 1956 and released in September 1957. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "They Didn't Believe Me" (Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds) – 2:44
  2. "You're Crying" (Leonard Feather, Quincy Jones) – 3:29
  3. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 2:26
  4. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) – 2:27
  5. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:25
  6. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 2:37
  7. "Perdido" (Ervin Drake, H. J. Lengsfelder, Tizol) – 3:23
  8. "Never Let Me Go" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 2:42
  9. "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?" (Billy Austin, Louis Jordan) – 2:56
  10. "I'll Close My Eyes" (Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid) – 3:57
  11. "Somebody Loves Me" (Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) – 2:32
Additional tracks on 1998 CD reissue [6]
  1. "I'll Drown in My Tears" (Henry Glover) – 3:09
  2. "You Let My Love Grow Cold" (Jessie Mae Robinson) – 2:26
  3. "Bargain Day" (William Roy) – 2:50
  4. "Relax Max" (Al Frisch, Sid Wayne) – 2:42
  5. "Tears to Burn" (Alberts, Bruce) – 2:44
  6. "The Kissing Way Home" (Harold Solomon, Manny Kurtz) – 2:23
  7. "I Know" (Dick Felt, Russell Hallowell, Teddy Powell) – 3:07

Personnel

Performance

Quincy Jones and His Orchestra

Production

Reissue

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References

  1. 1 2 "September Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. 21 Sep 1957. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 "The Swingin' Miss "D"". Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. 2 Sep 1957. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  3. 1 2 Mercury Records Discography: 1956, JAZZDISCO.org. retrieved June 29, 2010
  4. Allmusic review
  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1467. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. 1 2 The Swingin' Miss D (1998 CD Reissue) at AllMusic