Birth Name: Ruth Lee Jones
Occupation: R&B Singer
Place Of Birth: Tuscaloosa
Date Of Birth: August 29, 1924
Date Of Death: December 14, 1963
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Black
Nationality: American
Dinah Washington was born on the 29th of August, 1924. She was best known for being a R&B Singer. R&B and blues singer and pianist who was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1986 and won a Grammy Award for “What a Difference a Day Makes.”
Dinah Washington was born in Tuscaloosa. She sang gospel music, played the piano, and directed her church’s choir. At the Three Deuces jazz club, she first started singing regularly and acquired the stage name Dinah Washington.
Dinah Washington was a Virgo and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Dinah Washington was born in 1920s. The 1920s represented an era of change and growth. The decade was one of learning and exploration. The economic boom and the Jazz Age were over, and America began the period called the Great Depression. Discover what happened on this day.
Ruth Lee Jones is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
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Family
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Dinah Washington was born in the Year of the Rat.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Ruth Lee Jones |
| NICKNAME: | Queen of the Blues, Queen of the Jukebox, Queen of Jam Sessions |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Virgo |
| BIRTH DAY: | Friday |
| DEATH DAY: | Saturday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Dinah Washington was a Virgo. People of this zodiac sign like animals, healthy food, nature, cleanliness, and dislike rudeness and asking for help. The strengths of this sign are being loyal, analytical, kind, hardworking, practical, while weaknesses can be shyness, overly critical of self and others, all work and no play. The greatest overall compatibility with Virgo is Pisces and Cancer.
Chinese Zodiac: Dinah Washington was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are clever and charming. They're curious, but sometimes too motivated by money.
Ruling Planet: Dinah Washington had a ruling planet of Mercury and has a ruling planet of Mercury and by astrological associations Wednesday is ruled by Mercury. In Astrology, Mercury is the planet that rules our mindset. People who are born with Mercury as the ruling planet have communication skills, intellect and cleverness.
Dinah Washington’s birth sign is Virgo and she had a ruling planet of Mercury.
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