SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN\nMusic written by Harry Warren and \nlyrics by Al Dubin. \nThis was a hit by Dinah Washington in 1961.\nThe song was published in 1937 and introduced by James Melton in the film Melody for Two. It has become a standard, recorded by many artists since.\n\n--BIOGRAPHY--\n(Taken from Wikipedia)\nDinah Washington (August 29, 1924 -- December 14, 1963) was a blues, RB and jazz singer. Because of her strong voice and emotional singing, she is known as the Queen of the Blues. Despite dying at the early age of 39, Washington became one of the most influential vocalists of the twentieth century,credited among others as a major influence on Aretha Franklin. \n\nWashington was born Ruth Lee Jones in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Her family moved to Chicago while she was still a child. As a child in Chicago she played piano and directed her church choir. She later studied in Walter Dyett\'s renowned music program at DuSable High School. At 16 as Ruth Jones, she toured the United States\' black gospel circuit with Roberta Martin, accompanying her at the piano. There was a period when she both performed in clubs as Dinah Washington while singing and playing piano in Sallie Martin\'s gospel choir as Ruth Jones.\n\nHer penetrating voice, excellent timing, and crystal-clear enunciation added her own distinctive style to every piece she undertook. While making extraordinary recordings in jazz, blues, RB and light pop contexts, Washington refused to record gospel music despite her obvious talent in singing it. She believed it wrong to mix the secular and spiritual, and after she had entered the non-religious professional music world she refused to include gospel in her repertoire. Washington began performing as a teenager in 1942 and soon joined Lionel Hampton\'s band. There is some dispute about the origin of her name. Some sources say the manager of the Garrick Stage Bar gave her the name Dinah Washington, while others say Hampton selected it.\n\nIn 1943 she began recording for Keynote Records and released the 12-bar blues \"EVIL GAL BLUES\", her first hit. By 1955 she had released numerous hit songs on the RB charts, including \"Baby, Get Lost,\" \"Trouble in Mind,\" \"You Don\'t Know What Love Is\" (arranged by Quincy Jones), and a cover of \"Cold, Cold Heart\" by Hank Williams. In March of 1957 she married tenor saxophonist Eddie Chamblee (formerly on tour with Lionel Hampton), who led the band behind her. In 1958 she made a well-received appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival.\n\nWith \"WHAT A DIFF\'RENCE A DAY MAKES\" 1959, Washington won a Grammy Award for Best Rhythm and Blues Performance. The song was her biggest hit, reaching #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.\n\nThe commercially driven album of the same name, with its heavy reliance on strings and wordless choruses, was slammed by jazz and blues critics for being too commercial and for straying from her blues roots. Despite this, the album was a huge success and Washington continued to favor more commercial, pop-oriented songs rather than traditional blues and jazz songs. Along with a string of other hits, she followed this with \"September In The Rain,\" which reached #35 in the UK in November 1961 and #23 in the USA. In 1960, she also had two top-10 hit duets with Brook Benton: \"BABY (YOU\'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES)\" and \"A ROCKIN\' GOOD WAY (TO MESS AROUND AND FALL IN LOVE).\" She was well known for singing torch songs. Her rendition of the popular standard \"SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES\" was well regarded; a 40-song box set of the same name was released in 1999.\n\n--LYRICS--\nThe leaves of brown \nCame tumblin\' down, remember\nIn September in the rain\n\nThe sun went out \nJust like a dying ember\nThat September in the rain\n\nTo every word of love \nI heard you whisper\nThe raindrops seemed to play \nA sweet refrain\n\nThough spring is here, \nTo me it\'s still September\nThat September in the rain\n\nTo every word of love \nI heard you whisper\nThe raindrops seemed to play \nA sweet refrain\n\nThough spring is here, \nTo me it\'s still September\nThat September in the rain\nThat September in the rain
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