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Your Favorite Legacy Jazz Vocalists: Rankings

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This poll closes on June 28, 2024 | Voters: 117

1

Ella Fitzgerald

vocals

2

Sarah Vaughan

vocals

3

Billie Holiday

vocals

4

Carmen McRae

vocals

5

Barbara Morrison

vocals

6

Frank Sinatra

vocals

7

Dinah Washington

vocals

8

Nina Simone

piano and vocals

9

Nat King Cole

piano and vocals

10

Tony Bennett

vocals

11

Anita O'Day

vocals

12

Mel Torme

vocals

13

Al Jarreau

vocals

14

Johnny Hartman

vocals

15

Peggy Lee

vocals

16

Abbey Lincoln

vocals

17

Julie London

vocals

18

June Christy

vocals

19

Amy Winehouse

vocals

20

Dean Martin

vocals

21

Joe Williams

vocals

22

Betty Carter

vocals

23

Rosemary Clooney

vocals

24

Lou Rawls

vocals

25

Jon Hendricks

vocals

26

Jimmy Rushing

vocals

27

Louis Armstrong

trumpet and vocals

28

Nancy Wilson

vocals

29

Mark Murphy

vocals

30

Bessie Smith

vocals

31

Etta James

vocals

32

Billy Eckstine

vocals

33

Chris Connor

vocals

34

Eddie Jefferson

vocals

35

Bing Crosby

vocals

36

Annie Ross

vocals

37

Doris Day

vocals

38

Ray Charles

piano and vocals

39

Aretha Franklin

vocals

40

Eartha Kitt

vocals

41

Etta Jones

vocals

42

Big Mama Thornton

vocals

43

Ernestine Anderson

vocals

44

Mose Allison

piano and vocals

45

Al Jolson

vocals

46

Chet Baker

trumpet and vocals

47

Natalie Cole

vocals

48

Astrud Gilberto

vocals

49

Sam Cooke

vocals

50

Gil Scott-Heron

vocals

51

Leon Thomas

vocals

52

Sammy Davis Jr.

vocals

53

Big Joe Turner

vocals

54

Ma Rainey

vocals

55

Mahalia Jackson

vocals

56

Harry Belafonte

vocals

57

Louise Tobin

vocals

58

Ethel Waters

vocals

59

Joao Gilberto

vocals

60

Oscar Brown Jr.

vocals

61

Lee Wiley

vocals

62

Keely Smith

vocals

63

Alberta Hunter

vocals

64

Jimmy Witherspoon

vocals

65

Helen Humes

vocals

66

Irene Kral

vocals

67

Jo Stafford

vocals

68

Lorez Alexandria

vocals

69

Jimmy Scott

vocals

70

Judy Garland

vocals

71

Patti Page

vocals

72

Ivie Anderson

vocals

73

Lena Horne

vocals

74

James Brown

vocals

75

Dakota Staton

vocals

76

Carol Sloane

vocals

77

Edith Piaf

vocals

78

Josephine Baker

vocals

79

Donny Hathaway

vocals

80

Bill Henderson

vocals

81

Celia Cruz

vocals

82

Maxine Sullivan

vocals

83

Kay Starr

vocals

84

Mildred Bailey

vocals

85

Bob Dorough

vocals

86

Al Hibbler

vocals

87

Joya Sherrill

vocals

88

Mavis Rivers

vocals

89

Jeanne Lee

vocals

90

Carol Fredette

vocals

91

Della Reese

vocals

92

Lina Romay

vocals

93

Sara Martin

vocals

94

Juliette Greco

vocals

95

Anna Mae Wilburn

vocals

96

Blossom Dearie

piano and vocals

97

Robert Johnson

vocals

98

Elvis Presley

vocals

99

Howlin' Wolf

vocals

100

Louis Prima

trumpet and vocals

101

Bobby Blue Bland

vocals

102

Leon Redbone

guitar and vocals

103

Eva Cassidy

vocals

104

Miriam Makeba

vocals

105

Charles Brown

piano and vocals

106

King Pleasure

vocals

107

Otis Redding

vocals

108

Helen Ward

vocals

109

Phyllis Hyman

vocals

110

Esther Phillips

vocals

111

Betty Roche

vocals

112

Ruth Brown

vocals

113

Rebecca Parris

vocals

114

Martha Raye

vocals

115

Ella Mae Morse

vocals

116

Connee Boswell

vocals

117

Tito Rodriguez

vocals

118

Ernie Andrews

vocals

119

Gal Costa

vocals

120

Kenny Rankin

vocals

121

Jeri Southern

vocals

122

Bobby Womack

vocals

123

Leonard Cohen

vocals

124

Monica Zetterlund

vocals

125

Captain Beefheart

vocals

126

Joe Cocker

vocals

127

Helen Forrest

vocals

128

David Bowie

vocals

129

David Allyn

vocals

130

Michel Warlop

vocals

131

Christiane Legrand

vocals

132

Henri Salvador

vocals

133

Billy Paul

vocals

134

Bobby Cole

piano and vocals

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