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City of Tuscaloosa: Black History Month Highlight Features Dinah Washington

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Black History Month Highlight Features Dinah Washington | City of Tuscaloosa – Government

Black History Month Highlight Features Dinah Washington | City of Tuscaloosa – Government

Our last #BlackHistoryMonth highlight features Dinah Washington, Tuscaloosa native jazz singer, and pianist known as the “Queen of the Blues." Between 1949 and 1955, she released 27 Billboard Top 10 hits, and in 1959, she won a Grammy Award for her song “What a Difference A Day Makes.”   

Fun Fact: The Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center was opened on Washington’s birthday in 2013.   

Read more about Washington here: bit.ly/3l0jTdA.

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