Drinking Again/Destination Moon/Miss You/A Handful Of Stars/Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby/You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You/Red Sails In The Sunset/ Where Are You/Coquette/Take Your Shoes Off Baby
Comprising a set of standards, Dinah ’62 was the first and most commercially successful album from R & B vocalist Dinah Washington after she moved to the Roulette label. (US:33)
“Highly recommended to lounge lizards with opulent brass, Destination Moon being a favourite. There are blues and some early R 'n' B. Dinah's voice is one of my favourites. Had she lived longer she would have become a soul queen.”
“The first of Dinah's Roulette's albums. Her style was changing a little, and she made use of pauses and whispers much more than in the past. A must have to experience something really wonderful from the swinging Miss D.”
“I grew up with this album and loved every minute of it. Her phrasing is unbeatable. If I had to choose one Dinah Washington album to listen to - this would be it.”
“Dinah Washington invariably commanded the attention of her adoring audiences wherever she performed, and this LP gives us more than ample proof as to why. Dinah's voice remains in strong form throughout even though these songs were recorded not long before her untimely death.”
“Dinah Washington was one of those rare singers whose artistry was enhanced by her uniquely rare, memorable, beautiful voice. She could literally sing anything and give it her own unique spin. Dinah could sing torch songs, the blues, jazz, R & B in sad, yearning, lonely vocals or high and happy vocals, depending on the song. The raw emotion she sings with can move you to tears of longing, and just as easily have you jumping and laughing for joy.”
“Dinah '62 finds one of the foremost interpreters in vocal jazz treading merrily through a set of standards informed by Fred Norman's modern and commercially slanted big-band arrangements. Despite a few trad vocal backgrounds, most of these never overwhelm the songs or Washington's performances, and sometimes add to them. The singer brings a lifetime of experience to these songs, carrying the soporific world-weariness of Drinking Again, but then skating rompishly over the light novelty Destination Moon."
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