Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with the 1952 Foghorn Leghorn Looney Tunes cartoon, The Eggcited Rooster:
Mel Blanc did all of the voices in this cartoon.
Today on the ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour, we are commemorating the U.S. Postal Service debut of its Legends of American Music, Rock and Roll-Rhythm and Blues stamp collection on June 9, 1993. Among the stars featured was Dinah Washington, born Ruth Lee Jones, the Queen of the Blues. Today we are listening to one of her greatest recordings, What a Diff'ernce a Day Makes!
The seemingly heavy-handed orchestration of the album lost Washington many of her jazz-purists fans. The title track did go on to win Washington the Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording at the Grammy Awards of 1960.
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