Unforgettable is the twelfth studio album LP record by blues, R&B and jazz singer Dinah Washington, released on the Mercury Records label, and reissued as a compilation album in 1991.[3] The record shows the singer mostly in a pop star role instead of her traditional jazz & blues style. Allmusic reviews the compilation album as saying: "This CD (which has the original LP program of 12 songs joined by six others) finds Washington singing brief (mostly under three-minute) versions of standards in hopes of gaining another hit.".[4] The single "Unforgettable", released in 1959, peaked at #10 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1961,[5] and Dinah's recording of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001.[6]

Unforgettable
Studio album by Dinah Washington
Released	1961 (LP record, vinyl) 1991 (Compilation album)
Recorded	August 1959, January 15, 1961
Genre	Pop standards
Length	46:21 (Compilation album)
Label	Mercury

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

Track listing

1. "This Bitter Earth" (Clyde Otis) – 2:27
2. "I Understand" (Mabel Wayne, Kim Gannon) – 2:38
3. "This Love of Mine" (Sol Parker, Hank Sanicola, Frank Sinatra) – 2:39
4. "Alone" (Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown) – 2:21
5. "Somewhere Along the Line" (Walter Merrick, Dinah Washington) – 2:39
6. "The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On)" (Irving Berlin) – 2:52
7. "Everybody Loves Somebody" (Sam Coslow, Irving Taylor, Ken Lane) – 2:26
8. "Ask a Woman Who Knows" (Victor Abrams) – 2:42
9. "A Man Only Does (What a Woman Makes Him Do)" (Clyde Otis, Kelly Owens) – 2:24
10. "A Bad Case of the Blues" (Clyde Otis) – 2:38
11. "When I Fall in Love" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) – 2:33
12. "Unforgettable" (Irving Gordon) – 2:42

Additional tracks on 1991 compilation album

Personnel

Musicians

• Dinah Washington, vocals, arranger
• Belford Hendricks, arranger, conductor
• Nat Goodman, conductor
• Rene Hall, guitar
• Barney Kessel, guitar
• Ernie Freeman, piano
• Red Callender, bass
• Earl Palmer, drums

Production

• Lou Sidran - original liner notes

References