This day in music history.

December 14, 1963 , Dinah Washington dies at the age of 39. Washington was born Ruth Jones in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, her family moved to Chicago while she was still a child. She became a local gospel star by the age of 15, she was discovered by Lionel Hampton at the age of 18, and for the rest of her life was on the road. Known as Queen of the Blues and Queen of the Juke Boxes, she was one of the most beloved and controversial singers of the mid-20th century , Dinah suffered her share of heartbreak in her personal life, but she thrived on the growing audience response that greeted her signature tunes - "What a difference a Day Makes," "Evil Gal Blues," and "Baby (You've Got What it Takes)". She was married seven times and had many lovers including Quincy Jones and Dick (Night train) Lane. Dinah lived large, with her penchant for clothes, cars, furs, and diets and her famously feisty personality she could be a total bitch one moment and just as generous the next. Struggling with a weight problem, Washington died of an accidental overdose of diet pills mixed with alcohol.
Is You Is Or Is You Aint My Baby by Dinah Washington
I got a man that's always late
Any time we have a date
But I love him
Yes I love him
I'm gonna walk up to his gate
See if we can't get this thing straight
Cause I want him
And I'm gonna have him
Say is you is, or is you ain't my baby
The way you're acting lately, it makes me doubt
You is still my baby, baby
But it seems like my flame in your heart, done gone out
A man is a creature
That has always been strange
Just when you're sure of one
You'll find that he's gone and made a change
Is you is or is you ain't my baby
Well, maybe baby's found somebody new
Or is my baby still my baby true
Now is you is or is you ain't my baby
Maybe baby's found somebody new
Is my baby still my baby true
I guess my baby's found somebody new
And I'd better get right up and go out and find me somebody too
I said I'd go out and find me somebody too