Quote Originally Posted by stingbeelee View Post
I thought the Dinah Washington incident was with Patti Austin, but again, reading how Dinah was, she probably told everybody at some point in time to stop singing her songs. If I were Aretha, Etta, Patti Austin or Patti LaBelle, Gladys, Dionne or anybody else, I wouldn't touch Dinah's songs [[especially if she was there).
Dinah really loved and helped Patti Austin, but she was also a child so she probably wasn't a real threat.

In addition to the Etta James incident, Patti LaBelle also wrote of a message she received from Dinah when she was closing her show with Dinah's hit WHERE ARE YOU: "Stop singing my damn song!"