"Dinah": Song history, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video

"Dinah"

"Dinah" was introduced in The Plantation Revue of 1924 by Ethel Waters. "Waters reprised the song in the Broadway revues Africana (1927) and Blackbirds of 1930, and made a recording that is considered a jazz classic." (Hischak, p. 84)

Notes

Thomas Hischak, The Tin Pan Alley Song Encyclopedia , Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 2002
Other songs written for Plantation Revue (1924) currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook : none
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Questions

What is Dinah?

"Dinah" was introduced in The Plantation Revue of 1924 by Ethel Waters. "Waters reprised the song in the Broadway revues Africana (1927) and Blackbirds of 1930 , and made a recording that is considered a jazz classic." (Hischak, p. 84)

How should Dinah be cited?

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