"What A Diff'rence A Day Makes/ Come On Home" Record Album, 1959
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Dinah Washington, one of the most popular Black female vocalists of the 1950s, performed in a range of vocal styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music. Washington's 1959 recording of Mexican composer Maria Grever's song "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" not only earned Washington a Grammy for Best R&B performance that year but made the song one of Grever's longest-lasting hits.
Dinah Washington, one of the most popular Black female vocalists of the 1950s, performed in a range of vocal styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music. Washington's 1959 recording of Mexican composer Maria Grever's song "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" not only earned Washington a Grammy for Best R&B performance that year but made the song one of Grever's longest-lasting hits.
Artifact
45 rpm record
Date Made
1959
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
"What A Diff'rence A Day Makes" - Music and original lyrics in Spanish by Maria Grever, English lyrics by Stanley Adams. Performed by Dinah Washington. "Come On Home" - Music and lyrics by Dinah Washington and Juanita Hill. Performed by Dinah Washington.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2023.170.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Plastic
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Black (Color)
Gray (Color)
Tan (Color)
Red
Dimensions
Height: 7.125 in (record cover)
Width: 7 in (record cover)
Length: 0.63 in (record cover)
Inscriptions
on one side of record: Mercury (R) / RECORDS / HIGH FIDELITY / 71435x45 / YW18190 / E.B. MARKS / (BMI) 2:35 / Vocal by / Dinah Washington / WHAT A DIFF'RENCE A / DAY MAKES / (Grever-Adams) / DINAH WASHINGTON / MERCURY RECORD CORPORATION - MADE IN U.S.A. on one side of record: Mercury (R) / RECORDS / HIGH FIDELITY / 71435x45 / YW18192 / DeLaru Music / (BMI) 2:35 / Vocal by / Dinah Washington / COME ON HOME / (D. Washington - Hill) / DINAH WASHINGTON / MERCURY RECORD CORPORATION - MADE IN U.S.A. on either side of record cover: MERCURY 45 (repeated)
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