"What A Diff'rence A Day Makes/ Come On Home" Record Album, 1959

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Artifact Overview

Dinah Washington, one of the most popular Black female vocalists of the 1950s, performed in a range of vocal styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music. Washington's 1959 recording of Mexican composer Maria Grever's song "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" not only earned Washington a Grammy for Best R&B performance that year but made the song one of Grever's longest-lasting hits.

Artifact Details

Artifact

45 rpm record

Date Made

1959

Place of Creation

Creator Notes

"What A Diff'rence A Day Makes" - Music and original lyrics in Spanish by Maria Grever, English lyrics by Stanley Adams. Performed by Dinah Washington. "Come On Home" - Music and lyrics by Dinah Washington and Juanita Hill. Performed by Dinah Washington.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2023.170.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Plastic
Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Black (Color)
Gray (Color)
Tan (Color)
Red

Dimensions

Height: 7.125 in (record cover)
Width: 7 in (record cover)
Length: 0.63 in (record cover)

Inscriptions

on one side of record: Mercury (R) / RECORDS / HIGH FIDELITY / 71435x45 / YW18190 / E.B. MARKS / (BMI) 2:35 / Vocal by / Dinah Washington / WHAT A DIFF'RENCE A / DAY MAKES / (Grever-Adams) / DINAH WASHINGTON / MERCURY RECORD CORPORATION - MADE IN U.S.A. on one side of record: Mercury (R) / RECORDS / HIGH FIDELITY / 71435x45 / YW18192 / DeLaru Music / (BMI) 2:35 / Vocal by / Dinah Washington / COME ON HOME / (D. Washington - Hill) / DINAH WASHINGTON / MERCURY RECORD CORPORATION - MADE IN U.S.A. on either side of record cover: MERCURY 45 (repeated)
"What A Diff'rence A Day Makes/ Come On Home" Record Album, 1959