George Dewey Washington (1898–1954) was an American singer active in vaudeville and motion pictures from the 1920s through the 1940s.
Before he became a professional entertainer, Washington worked as a waiter in railroad dining cars, often singing amid noises of the train.
He was described at the time as a "hot favorite" with a "sympathetic voice [that] goes straight to the heart" and that is "well adapted for the talkies".
[2][3] In 1933, Washington performed on Broadway in Strike Me Pink,[4] which was "staged as an epic review of black history.
[8] Washington performed for the fifth Cavalcade of Jazz concert held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles which was produced by Leon Hefflin, Sr. on July 10, 1949.