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Celebrating the "Diff'rence" Dinah Washington Made

NPR

Published August 27, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Writer Nadine Cohodas celebrates the life of the Alabama-born Dinah Washington. She would have turned 80 on August 29. The crossover jazz, blues and light pop star is famous for the Grammy-winning tune "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes."

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