"The Queen", they called her and Dinah Washington's regality was nowhere more apparent than in the recording studio, where she was uncompromising in her demands for the best in material and in backing. She is marvelous in this recording, which dates from 1957, for not only did she have some great standards to sing in arrangements by Quincy Jones and Ernie Wilkins, two of the best around at that time, but she also had behind her a star-spangled band (the trumpet section alone is sufficient indication of its quality) that gave her every opportunity to be at her best.

Side A:

1. They Didn't Believe Me
2. You're Crying
3. Makin' Whoopee
4. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
5. But Not for Me
6. Caravan

Side B:

1. Perdido
2. Never Let Me Go
3. Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
4. I'll Close My Eyes
5. Somebody Loves Me