Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

female, deceased (1996)
jazzsinger, Swing singer, Women in jazz, Lady Ella, Vocal, singer…jazz, jazz royalty, Traditional pop music singer, singer-songwriter, jazz musician
Ella Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 - June 15, 1996), also known as "Lady Ella" and the "First Lady of Song", is considered one of the most...
Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

female, deceased (1959)
Eleanora Fagan, Swing singer, Classic female blues singer, Women in jazz, Pennsylvania musician, rape victim…Traditional pop music singer, Blues singer, jazz, singer, jazzsinger
Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan and later called Lady Day, was an American jazz singer.
Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

male, deceased (1998)
singer, the rat pack, Strangers in the Night, Come Fly with Me, My Way, Only The Lonely…jazzsinger, Swing singer, popular singer, jazz, Torch singer
Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 - May 14, 1998) was an American jazz oriented popular singer and Academy Award-winning actor. Beginning...
Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

male, deceased (1971)
musician, African American, American, jazz, Dixieland trumpeter, Swing trumpeter…Swing singer, New Orleans jazz musician, Dixieland singer, American jazz cornetist, American jazz trumpeter
Louis Armstrong (4 August, 1901 - July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo and Pops, was an American jazz musician. Armstrong was a charismatic, innovative...
Diana Krall

Diana Krall

female, 45 years old
jazzsinger, Women in jazz, singer, Hit That Jive Jack, L've Got You Under My Skin, platinum disc…Neo-bop jazz musician, Torch singer, jazz pianist, jazz
Singer/pianist Diana Krall got her musical education when she was growing up in Nanaimo, British Columbia, from the classical piano lessons she...
Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Vaughan

female, deceased (1990)
Bebop singer, singer, jazz, Great Ladies Sing The Blues, platinum disc, misty…jazz royalty, Women in jazz, Cool jazz singer, Vocal jazz musician, Torch singer
Sarah Lois Vaughan (nicknamed "Sassy" and "The Divine One") (March 27 1924, Newark, New Jersey - April 3 1990, Los Angeles, California) was an...
Anita O'Day

Anita O'Day

female, deceased (2006)
Bebop singer, Don Carter, swing music, Swing singer, Women in jazz, cover version…Traditional pop music singer, jazz, jazzsinger, Big band singer, Torch singer
Anita O'Day (October 18, 1919 - November 23, 2006) was an American jazz singer. Many place her among the greatest female jazz singers (the only...
Peggy Lee

Peggy Lee

female, deceased (2002)
It's a Good Day, actor-singer, death by myocardial infarction, Women in jazz, actress, oscar…singer, Traditional pop music singer, jazzsinger, jazz, jazz musician
Peggy Lee was an American jazz and traditional pop singer and songwriter and Oscar-nominated performer. She was born Norma Deloris Egstrom and was...
Norah Jones

Norah Jones

female, 30 years old
singer, jazz pianist, pop singer, World star, platinum disc, cute…Women in jazz, singer-songwriter, Soul singer, Torch singer, American singer-keyboardist
Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30 1979 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and occasional...
Nina Simone

Nina Simone

female, deceased (2003)
My Baby Just Cares for Me, feeling good, Strange Fruit, American, gospel, soul…singer, Women in jazz, American rhythm and blues singer-songwriter, jazzsinger, singer-songwriter
Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known as Nina Simone, was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. Although she disliked...