Nina Simone

8,152,697 plays (520,085 listeners)

Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her stage name Nina Simone (IPA: ninɐ sʌmɞnɑ) (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), was a fifteen-time Grammy Award-nominated American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist.

Dinah Washington

1,163,143 plays (192,244 listeners)

Dinah Washington (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American blues, jazz, and gospel singer. Because of her strong voice and emotional singing, she is known as the "Queen of the Blues" until the success of Koko Taylor in late 1960s.

Sarah Vaughan

1,587,406 plays (235,896 listeners)

Sarah Lois Vaughan (nicknamed "Sassy" and "The Divine One") (March 27, 1924, Newark, New Jersey – April 3, 1990, Los Angeles, California) was an American jazz singer, described as "possessor of one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century". [1]

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

990,801 plays (132,249 listeners)

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella (the First Lady of Jazz), was an American singer, considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th Century. Fitzgerald's most famous collaborations were with the trumpeter Louis Armstrong, the guitarist Joe Pass and the bandleaders Count Basie and Duke Ellington.

Lena Horne

266,552 plays (74,239 listeners)

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (born June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American popular singer. While she has recorded and performed extensively with jazz musicians (notably Artie Shaw and Teddy Wilson), she is usually not considered a jazz singer because she does not improvise. She currently lives in New York City but no longer makes public appearances.

Madeleine Peyroux

2,905,903 plays (218,040 listeners)

Madeleine Peyroux is a jazz singer who was born in 1974 in Athens, Georgia (USA), and raised in New York City and Paris. She is noted for her vocal style, which is highly reminiscent of Billie Holiday. Madeleine also has qualities similar to Ella Fitzgerald.

Peggy Lee

1,130,927 plays (211,678 listeners)

Peggy Lee (26 May 1920 – 21 January 2002) Peggy Lee's alluring tone, distinctive delivery, breadth of material, and ability to write many of her own songs made her one of the most captivating artists of the vocal era, from her breakthrough on the Benny Goodman hit "Why Don't You Do Right" to her many solo successes

Julie London

1,159,885 plays (175,837 listeners)

Julie London (September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress who was known for her smoky, sensual voice and role as Nurse Dixie McCall RN on the television show Emergency! (1972–1977).