Denying Dinah Washington Airplay Big Censored Slidin' Thing

 Why is Dinah Washington's single here rare?  The answer lies not in the groove...but the censorship handwritten instruction to the disc jockey as much as the song title.  How's a girl to get sales without any airplay?

You can listen and determine the obscenity level yourself.  It IS filthy.  In fact, it may be the most filthy song ever recorded, and it came without a parental guidance sticker!  QUADRUPLE entendre!

I won't give away what the song is about, but it isn't a trombone.


Dinah Washington was singing in Chicago club "Dave's Rhumboogie" by the time she was eighteen, so I am going to guess she knew her instruments.  Born Ruth Jones but soon to be known as Dinah.  Her first record was written by Jazz scholar Leonard Feather.  She was married seven times, all by the age of 39.  It is not clear is the United States Post Office heard "Big Long Slidin' Thing before the put her on a postage stamp in 1993.  It was a lickin' thing.

Thank you Dinah.  You keep on, despite being hassled by the man!

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