What a Diff'rence a Day Makes

Dinah Washington · 1959 · Mercury single from April 1959, No. 4 on the US pop chart, Grammy for best rhythm and blues recording.

Context

Adaptation by Stanley Adams of a song by the Mexican composer María Grever, this track was recorded by Dinah Washington in 1959 at Fine Recording studios in New York, produced by Clyde Otis and arranged by Belford Hendricks. Released as a single by Mercury in April 1959, it gave its name to the singer's album and earned her, in November 1959, the Grammy for best R&B performance.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• This Bitter Earth (1959)
• Evil Gal Blues (1944)

Sources

• EN: What a Diff'rence a Day Makes!

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