Top 20 Female American vintage jazz singers of the 20th century
The order constantly changes... & of course I'm missing some.
1. Eartha Kitt- b. January 17, 1927 North, South Carolina
2. Ella Fitzgerald- b. April 25, 1917 Newport News, Virginia
3. Billie Holiday- b April 7, 1915 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4. Jane Green- b. January 2, 1897 Kentucky
5. Kay Starr- b. July 21, 1922 Dougherty, Oklahoma
6. Lena Horne- b. June 30, 1917 Brooklyn, New York
7. Nan Wynn- b. May 8, 1915 Wheeling, West Virginia (Nan Wynn was Rita Hayworth's vocal dub:)
8. Margaret Whiting- b. July 22, 1924 Detroit, Michigan
9. Anita O'Day- b. October 18, 1919 Chicago, Illinois
10. Annette Hanshaw- b. October 18, 1901 Manhattan, New York
11. Dinah Washington- b. August 29, 1924 Tuscaloosa, Alabama
12. Mildred Bailey- b. February 27, 1907 Tekoa, Washington
13. Josephine Baker- b. June 3, 1906 St. Louis, Missouri
14. Nina Simone- b. February 21, 1933 Tryon, North Carolina
15. Sarah Vaughan- b. March 27, 1924 Newark, New Jersey
16. Connee Boswell- b. December 3, 1907 Kansas City, Missouri
17. Ethel Waters- b. October 31, 1900 Chester, Pennsylvania
18. Peggy Lee b. May 26, 1920 Jamestown, North Dakota
19. Doris Day- b. April 3, 1922 Cincinnati, Ohio
20. Julie London- b. September 26, 1926 Santa Rosa, California