Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the former Ruth Lee Jones moved with her family to Chicago as a young girl. She considered the Windy City her true home. And it was there in early 1940s that a local nightclub owner provided her first gig - and a new name that she would make famous. By 1959 she had earned a Grammy for her version of the song "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes." In his 2001 biography Q, music legend Quincy Jones vividly describes Washington's style, saying she "could take the melody in he...
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Dinah Washington Soundtracks
Known for
Filmography: Dinah Washington songs
| Play | Soundtrack | Movie/Serie | Type | Buy song | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| It's a Mean Old Man's World | From the Earth to the Moon | performer, writer | |||
| Bad Luck | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | performer, writer | |||
| Destination Moon | From the Earth to the Moon | performer | |||
| Destination Moon | Frogs for Snakes | performer | |||
| It's Funny | Hyväntekijä | performer | |||
| Mad About the Boy | Back to Black | performer | |||
| Relax Max | Wildlife | performer | |||
| Silent Night | Un beau matin | performer | |||
| TEACH ME TONIGHT | Born Yesterday | performer | |||
| Teach Me Tonight | Midnight Son | performer | |||
| Teach Me Tonight | Obra maestra | performer | |||
| This Bitter Earth | Une belle course | performer | |||
| What a Diff'rence a Day Makes | The Continental | performer | |||
| WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MADE | Corrina, Corrina | performer | |||
| What A Difference A Day Makes | Der ganz normale Wahnsinn | performer | |||
| What a Difference a Day Makes | Independent Lens | performer | |||
| What a Difference a Day Makes | Scrubs | performer | |||
| What A Difference A Day Makes | Casino | performer | |||
| What A Difference A Day Makes | Faithful | performer | |||
| What A Difference A Day Makes | Lola rennt | performer | |||
| What a Difference a Day Makes | Niagara Motel | performer | |||
| What a Difference a Day Makes | Slumber Party '57 | performer | |||
| What a Difference a Day Makes | Niagara Motel | performer | |||
| What a Difference a Day makes | Une famille à louer | performer | |||
| A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love) | Nights in Rodanthe | performer | |||
| A Stranger on Earth | Donnie Brasco | performer | |||
| A Stranger On Earth | Four Dogs Playing Poker | performer | |||
| A Stranger on Earth | JFK | performer | |||
| Baby (You've Got What It Takes) | Two Weeks Notice | performer | |||
| Backwater Blues | Nights in Rodanthe | performer | |||
| Call Me Irresponsible | That Old Feeling | performer | |||
| Careless Love | American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story | performer | |||
| Don't Say Nothing at All | Claire Dolan | performer, writer | |||
| I Don't Hurt Anymore | Show Time at the Apollo | performer | |||
| I Don't Hurt Anymore | Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music | performer | |||
| I Don't Hurt Anymore | The Blues | performer | |||
| I Don't Hurt Anymore | Lovecraft Country | performer | |||
| I Get a Kick Out of You | Grass | performer | |||
| I'll Close My Eyes | The Bridges of Madison County | performer | |||
| Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby | It Runs in the Family | performer | |||
| Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby | Russian Doll | performer | |||
| Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby | So You Think You Can Dance | performer | |||
| It Could Happen to You | The Hurricane | performer | |||
| My Lean Baby | Show Time at the Apollo | performer | |||
| Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning | The Family Fang | performer | |||
| September in the Rain | Rock & Chips | performer | |||
| September in the Rain | The American Society of Magical Negroes | performer | |||
| Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | Kill Me Again | performer | |||
| Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | Miral | performer | |||
| So In Love | Café de Flore | performer | |||
| Soft Winds | The Bridges of Madison County | performer | |||
| Sometimes I'm Happy | Skeppsholmen | performer | |||
| They Didn't Believe Me | Fallen Angels | performer | |||
| This Bitter Earth | Killer of Sheep | performer | |||
| THIS BITTER EARTH | Shutter Island | performer | |||
| This Bitter Earth | Killer of Sheep | performer | |||
| This Bitter Earth | The Gambler | performer | |||
| Trouble in Mind | Home for the Holidays | performer | |||
| Unforgettable | 29th Street | performer | |||
| Unforgettable | Casino | performer | |||
| Unforgettable | Killer of Sheep | performer | |||
| Unforgettable | Killer of Sheep | performer | |||
| What a Diff'rence a Day Made | Bodies | performer | |||
| What a difference a day made | La fée | performer | |||
| What A Difference A Day Makes | Amour & turbulences | performer | |||
| You Don't Know What Love Is | Fences | performer | |||
| (Baby) You've Got What It Takes | Blue Sky | performer | |||
| A Rockin' Good Way | My Son the Fanatic | performer | |||
| Am I Asking Too Much | Joe Gould's Secret | performer | |||
| Backwater Blues | The Hour | performer | |||
| Blue Gardenia | The Bridges of Madison County | performer | |||
| Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) | Take the Lead | performer | |||
| I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | performer | |||
| I'll Close My Eyes | The Butler | performer | |||
| Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby (Rae and Christian Remix) | Gossip Girl | performer | |||
| Mean And Evil Blues | On the Road | performer | |||
| My Heart Cries for You | Fallen Angels | performer | |||
| Only a Moment Ago | Show Time at the Apollo | performer | |||
| Only A Moment Ago | Rock 'n' Roll Revue | performer | |||
| Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | The Laundromat | performer | |||
| Such a Night | Show Time at the Apollo | performer | |||
| Teach Me Tonight | My Son the Fanatic | performer | |||
| The Light | Ved kongens bord | performer | |||
| THESE FOOLISH THINGS | Traces of Red | performer | |||
| This Bitter Earth | Is That Black Enough for You?!? | performer | |||
| This Bitter Earth | Sexy Beast | performer | |||
| This Heart Of Mine | Eastbound & Down | performer | |||
| Time After Time | The Theory of Everything | performer | |||
| TV Is the Thing This Year | The Cable Guy | performer | |||
| What a Diff'rence a Day Made | Hookers Hustlers Pimps and Their Johns | performer | |||
| What A Diff'rence A Day Makes | Dark Signal | performer | |||
| What A Diff'rence A Day Makes | Going in Style | performer | |||
| What a Diff'rence a Day Makes | Fallout | performer | |||
| What a Difference a Day Makes | Waves | performer | |||
| What a Difference a Day Makes | Wet Sand | performer | |||
| What a Difference a Day Makes | Fallout | performer | |||
| You Don't Know What Love Is | Plenilunio | performer | |||
| A Slick Chick on the Mellow | L.A. Noire | performer | |||
| Baby (You've Got What It Takes) | My Mad Fat Diary | performer | |||
| Destination Moon | Flat Earth Proof | performer | |||
| Fly Me To The Moon | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | performer | |||
| I Could Write A Book | Ash vs Evil Dead | performer | |||
| I Just Couldn't Stand It No More | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | performer | |||
| I Wish I Knew the Name (of the Boy in My Dreams) | Boyfriends | performer | |||
| Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby | Independent Lens | performer | |||
| Me and the One That I Love | North v South | performer | |||
| My Man's An Undertaker | P.O.V. | performer | |||
| My Man's An Undertaker | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | performer | |||
| September in the Rain | The American Society of Magical Negroes | performer | |||
| Teach Me Tonight | Six Feet Under | composer, performer | |||
| This Bitter Earth / On the Nature of Daylight | La French | performer | |||
| This Bitter Earth/On the Nature of Daylight | So You Think You Can Dance | performer | |||
| Unforgettable | Watchmen | performer | |||
| What A Difference A Day Made | Beat | performer | |||
| What a Difference a Day Makes | Chung Hing sam lam | composer, performer |
