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Your Favorite Legacy Jazz Vocalists: Rankings

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

2
Sarah Vaughan
vocals
3
4
Carmen McRae
vocals
6
Frank Sinatra
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
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
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
33
Chris Connor
vocals
34
35
Bing Crosby
vocals
36
Annie Ross
vocals
37
Doris Day
vocals
38
Ray Charles
piano and vocals
39
40
Eartha Kitt
vocals
41
Etta Jones
vocals
44
Mose Allison
piano and vocals
45
Al Jolson
vocals
46
Chet Baker
trumpet and vocals
47
Natalie Cole
vocals
48
49
Sam Cooke
vocals
50
51
Leon Thomas
vocals
52
53
54
Ma Rainey
vocals
55
56
57
Louise Tobin
vocals
58
Ethel Waters
vocals
59
Joao Gilberto
vocals
60
61
Lee Wiley
vocals
62
Keely Smith
vocals
63
65
Helen Humes
vocals
66
Irene Kral
vocals
67
Jo Stafford
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
79
80
81
Celia Cruz
vocals
82
83
Kay Starr
vocals
84
85
Bob Dorough
vocals
86
Al Hibbler
vocals
87
Joya Sherrill
vocals
88
Mavis Rivers
vocals
89
Jeanne Lee
vocals
90
91
Della Reese
vocals
92
Lina Romay
vocals
93
Sara Martin
vocals
94
96
Blossom Dearie
piano and vocals
97
98
Elvis Presley
vocals
99
Howlin' Wolf
vocals
100
Louis Prima
trumpet and vocals
101
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
111
Betty Roche
vocals
112
Ruth Brown
vocals
113
114
Martha Raye
vocals
115
116
117
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
125
126
Joe Cocker
vocals
127
Helen Forrest
vocals
128
David Bowie
vocals
129
David Allyn
vocals
130
Michel Warlop
vocals
132
133
Billy Paul
vocals
134
Bobby Cole
piano and vocals

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