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Dinah Washington What A Diff'rence A Day Makes LP 1959 Mono 1st Press GRAMMY Winner Her voice goes right through you and romance soon follows What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! is a tenth studio album by Dinah Washington , arranged by Belford Hendricks , featuring her hit single of the same name. The title track won Washington the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance at the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards held in November 1959 was also inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. It also earned her first top ten pop hit, reaching number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones ; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular black female recording artists of the 1950s. Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues , R&B , and traditional pop music , and gave herself the title of "Queen of the Blues". She was also known as "Queen of the Jukeboxes". She was a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame , and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. In 1959, she had her first top ten pop hit, with a version of " What a Diff'rence a Day Made ", which made Number 4 on the US pop chart. Her band at that time included arranger and conductor Belford Hendricks , with Kenny Burrell (guitar), Joe Zawinul (piano), and Panama Francis (drums). She followed it up with a version of Irving Gordon 's " Unforgettable ", and then two highly successful duets in 1960 with Brook Benton , " Baby (You've Got What It Takes) " (No. 5 Pop, No. 1 R&B) and " A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love) " (No. 7 Pop, No. 1 R&B). Her last big hit was " September in the Rain " in 1961 (No. 23 Pop, No. 5 R&B).