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Dinah Washington - My Lean Baby -"The Ladies Sing the Blues"

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Please enjoy this is a clip about Dinah Washington which features her performing the song "Lead Baby" from the DVD "The Ladies Sing the Blues."
The exception film features a breathtaking array of performances from the ladies who not only created an art-form, but whose turn of phrase made musical history as their spectacular voices sang their way into legend.
Priceless footage of history's greatest Jazz and Blues divas (complete songs, not just tantalizing excerpts) such as Billie Holiday backed by the most extraordinary band ever formed, featuring Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Benny Webster, Roy Eldridge, and Gerry Mulligan, the great Bessie Smith in her only film appearance, Dinah Washington on stage at The Apollo Theatre, Sarah Vaughan, Lena Horne, and many, many others. This marvelous showcase of classic American talent is in many instances the artist's only performance caught on camera, and many of the selections were thought to be lost to time.
Selections include: St. Louis Blues (Bessie Smith), Darkies Never Dream (Ethel Waters), Quicksand (Ethel Waters with Count Basie & His Orchestra), Fine and Mellow (Billie Holiday with Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Roy Eldridge, Gerry Mulligan), When You Lose Your Money Blues (Ida Cox with Jesse Crump), That Lonesome Road (Sister Rosetta Tharp), Nobody's Sweetheart Now (Connee Boswell), Lean Baby (Dinah Washington), Only A Moment Ago (Dinah Washington), Have A Good Time (Ruth Brown), The Man I Love (Lena Horne), Unlucky Woman (Lena Horne with Teddy Wilson & his Orchestra), You're Mine You (Sarah Vaughan), I Cried For You (Helen Humes with Count Basie & His Orchestra), Why Don't You Do Right? (Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman & His Orchestra), and I Cover The Waterfront (Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour).
Witness these stars like never before in this entertaining masterpiece that is nothing short of a classic for your DVD library.
For more information, to view our entire catalog, or to purchase the film, please go to www.view.com

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