Dinah Washington was more than just the "Queen of The Jukeboxes," "Queen Of The Blues" and any other prestigious but vacant title you could pin on her. Dinah was the real deal. This week, Matt The Cat honors the great Dinah Washington with the first installment of a multi-part series on "The Queen." Part 1 focuses on Dinah's very first recordings for the Keynote label with members of Lionel Hampton's band as well as the seldom heard Apollo Records sides with Lucky Thompson's group. We'll also dig on her early Mercury Records releases.