This list was inspired by my Top 100 Artists page.
The artists below have influenced some of today's and yesterday's acts.
Email at seeno99@aol.com for
suggestions. This list is in alphabetical order.
Andrews Sisters
Louis
Armstrong
Fred Astaire
Mildred Bailey
Harry Belafonte
Tony
Bennett
Bix Beiderbecke
Clifford Brown
Dave Brubeck
Shirley Caesar
Cab Calloway
Caravans
Charlie
Christian
Rev. James Cleveland
Dorothy Love Coates
Nat "King" Cole
John Coltrane
Harry
Connick Jr.
Bing Crosby
Miles Davis
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Doris
Day
Dixie Hummingbirds
Eric Dolphy
Duke Ellington
Bill Evans
Fairfield Four
Five Blind Boys
of Alabama
Ella Fitzgerald
Four Aces
Connie Francis
Slim Gaillard
Judy Garland
Benny Goodman
Lionel Hampton
Herbie
Hancock
Johnny Hartman
Fletcher Henderson
Billie Holiday
Engelbert Humperdinck
Julio Iglesias
Ink
Spots
Mahalia Jackson
Keith Jarrett
Al Jolson
Eartha Kitt
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Peggy
Lee
Julie London
John McLaughlin/Mahavishnu Orchestra
Manhattan Transfer
Dean
Martin
Johnny Mathis
Johnny Mercer
Pat Metheny
Glenn
Miller
Mills Brothers
Modern Jazz Quartet
Thelonious Monk
Charlie
Parker
Return To Forever
Sonny Rollins
Sonny Sharrock
Wayne Shorter
Frank Sinatra
Soul
Stirrers
Barbra Streisand
Sun Ra
Swan Silvertones
Art Tatum
Cecil
Taylor
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Mel Torme
Sarah Vaughan
Fats
Waller
Clara Ward
Dinah Washington
Ethel Waters
Weather
Report
Marion Williams