[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 144 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 144

   Expressing the sense of Congress that Dinah Washington should be 
 recognized for her achievements as one of the most talented vocalists 
                   in American popular music history.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 9, 2003

  Mr. Rangel submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of Congress that Dinah Washington should be 
 recognized for her achievements as one of the most talented vocalists 
                   in American popular music history.

Whereas Dinah Washington was born in August 1924;
Whereas Dinah Washington was a singer and performer whose early influence and 
        focus was gospel music and spirituals, and who first toured the Nation 
        to perform in 1940;
Whereas Dinah Washington was hired to sing with Lionel Hampton's big band in 
        1943, and through this exposure gained her first recording contract;
Whereas Dinah Washington was recording with jazz stars and leaders in the 
        industry by 1948, and was a full-fledged pop music star by the late 
        1950s after recording the ballad, ``What a Difference a Day Makes'';
Whereas Dinah Washington recorded in jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, and pop, and 
        was considered a preeminent figure and enormously gifted vocalist in 
        each; and
Whereas Dinah Washington died on December 14, 1963, after dominating the charts 
        in the late 1940s and 1950s, and by today's measures would have been 
        considered a tremendous crossover superstar: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that Dinah Washington should be 
recognized for her versatility, remarkable musical talent, and for 
influence on female vocalists in jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, pop, 
and gospel.
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