Dinah (song)

Mills Brothers, 1932

"Dinah" is a popular song published in 1925 and introduced by Ethel Waters at the Plantation Club on Broadway. It was integrated into the show Kid Boots.^[1] The music was written by Harry Akst and the lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. Hit versions in 1926 were by Ethel Waters, The Revelers, Cliff Edwards, and Fletcher Henderson.^[2]

One singer, Fanny Rose Shore, became so identified with the song that DJ Martin Block called her "Dinah Shore", which then stuck as her stage name for the next 50 years.^[3]

^ Lowe, Leslie (1992). Directory of Popular Music. London: Waterlow Information Services. p. 70. ISBN 0-904520-70-6.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 492. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
^ Oliver, Myra (25 February 1994). "Songbird Dinah Shore Dead at 76". news.google.com. Boca Raton News. p. 2A. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[1] Lowe, Leslie (1992). Directory of Popular Music. London: Waterlow Information Services. p. 70. ISBN 0-904520-70-6.

[2] Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 492. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.

[songbird-3] Oliver, Myra (25 February 1994). "Songbird Dinah Shore Dead at 76". news.google.com. Boca Raton News. p. 2A. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

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