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Another set promised by Harry Weinger in his chat with The Second Disc is ready for order. The Divine Miss D! The Keynote, Decca and Mercury Singles 1943-1953 is the latest project from Hip-o Select, that collates the early songs of Dinah Washington.

The Queen of the Blues began her recording career as a singer for Lionel Hampton’s big band in 1943, and would earn her crown by recording a long string of singles for Mercury through the next decade. Now, for the first time in the U.S., Hip-o Select and Verve present those first ten years’ worth of singles – including four single sides first released on the Keynote label and later reissued by Mercury some years later and a one-off single for Decca Records with Hampton’s band – on one set. (All the Mercury material had previously appeared on a set of long-out-of-print Japanese box sets – perhaps the rest of that material will see release on another box in the future?)

The Divine Miss D! is another entry in the burgeoning Verve Select series, which has included boxes for Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson and Nat “King” Cole, to name a few recent sets. Order it here and check out the track list after the jump.

Dinah Washington, The Divine Miss D! The Keynote, Decca and Mercury Singles 1943-1953 (Hip-o Select/Verve, 2010)

Disc 1

1. Evil Gal Blues
2. Homeward Bound
3. Salty Papa Blues
4. I Know How to Do It
5. Blow-Top Blues – Lionel Hampton and His Septet
6. I Can’t Get Started with You
7. Joy Juice
8. Embraceable You
9. When a Woman Loves a Man
10. Oo Wee Walkie Talkie
11. A Slick Chick (on the Mellow Side)
12. Postman Blues
13. That’s Why a Woman Loves a Heel
14. I Want to Be Loved
15. Stairway to the Stars
16. Mean and Evil Blues
17. Fool That I Am
18. Since I Fell for You
19. You Can Depend on Me
20. There’s Got to Be a Change
21. Early in the Morning
22. I Love You, Yes I Do
23. Don’t Come Knockin’ At My Door
24. Ain’t Misbehavin’
25. No More Lonely Gal Blues
26. West Side Baby
27. Walkin’ and Talkin’

Disc 2

1. I Want to Cry
2. Resolution Blues
3. Tell Me So
4. In the Rain
5. Am I Asking Too Much
6. I Sold My Heart to the Junkman
7. It’s Too Soon to Know
8. I’ll Wait
9. Why Can’t You Behave
10. It’s Funny
11. You Satisfy
12. Laughing Boy
13. What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry
14. Pete
15. Baby Get Lost
16. Long John Blues
17. Am I Really Sorry
18. Good Daddy Blues
19. Richest Guy in the Graveyard
20. I Only Know
21. New York, Chicago and Los Angeles
22. It Isn’t Fair
23. Journey’s End
24. I Wanna Be Loved
25. Love with Misery

Disc 3

1. I’ll Never Be Free
2. Big Deal
3. How Deep is the Ocean
4. Why Don’t You Think Things Over
5. Harbor Lights
6. I Cross My Fingers
7. Time Out for Tears
8. Only a Moment Ago
9. My Kind of Man
10. If I Loved You
11. Fast Movin’ Mama
12. Juice Head Man of Mine
13. My Heart Cries for You
14. I Apologize
15. I Won’t Cry Anymore
16. Don’t Say You’re Sorry Again
17. Please Send Me Someone to Love
18. Ain’t Nobody’s Business But My Own
19. Fine Fine Daddy
20. I’m So Lonely I Would Cry
21. If You Don’t Believe I’m Leaving (Count the Days I’m Gone)
22. I’m a Fool to Want You
23. Cold Cold Heart
24. Mixed Emotions
25. Be Fair to Me
26. Saturday Night

Disc 4

1. Out in the Cold Again – The Ravens and Dinah Washington
2. Hey, Good Looking – The Ravens and Dinah Washington
3. Just One More Chance
4. Baby Did You Hear
5. Wheel of Fortune
6. Tell Me Why
7. Trouble in Mind
8. New Blowtop Blues
9. New Blowtop Blues
10. I Can’t Face the Music (Without Singing the Blues)
11. Pillow Blues
12. Double Dealing Daddy
13. My Song
14. Half As Much
15. Stormy Weather
16. Make Believe Dreams
17. I Cried for You
18. Gambler’s Blues
19. You Let My Love Grow Cold
20. Ain’t Nothing Good
21. Lean Baby
22. Never, Never
23. TV is the Thing (This Year)
24. Fat Daddy
25. Silent Night
26. The Lord’s Prayer
27. My Man’s An Undertaker
28. Since My Man Has Gone and Went