| This Is My Story | ||||
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| Released | April 1963 | |||
| Recorded | 1961 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Label | Mercury Records MG 20788 | |||
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This Is My Story: Volume One is a 1963 studio album by American jazz singer Dinah Washington. [2]
A reviewer of Dusty Groove stated "A cool compilation that features one album of new recordings of older Dinah Washington hits—done in 1961 with backings by Quincy Jones—and another record that features some of Dinah's best bits for Mercury from the late 50s and early 60s!" [3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Salty Papa Blues" | Leonard Feather | 2:26 |
| 2. | "Mixed Emotions" | Stuart Lochheim | 2:51 |
| 3. | "Time out for Tears" | Abe Schiff, Irving Berman | 2:54 |
| 4. | "I Wanna Be Loved" | Billy Rose, Edward Heyman, Johnny Green | 2:40 |
| 5. | "Trust in Me" | Ned Wever, Milton Ager, Jean Schwartz | 2:59 |
| 6. | "Mad About the Boy" | Noël Coward | 2:45 |
| 7. | "September in the Rain" | Al Dubin, Harry Warren | 2:05 |
| 8. | "This Bitter Earth" | Clyde Otis | 2:25 |
| 9. | "Such a Night" | Lincoln Chase | 2:25 |
| 10. | "If I Loved You" | Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers | 2:23 |
| 11. | "Harbor Lights" | Hugh Williams, Jimmy Kennedy | 2:30 |
| 12. | "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" | María Grever, Stanley Adams | 2:35 |
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