Ella FitzGerald or Etta James.

Carmen McRae
Ella Fitzgerald
Anita O'Day
Lena Horne
Chris Connor
Betty Carter
Jo Stafford
Dakota Staton
Nancy Wilson
June Christy
Sarah Vaughan
Julie London
Dinah Washington
Marilyn Scott
Ernestine Anderson
Sheila Jordan
Dinah Washington
Carol Sloane
Diane Schuur
Rebecca Kilgore
Dianne Reeves
Esperanza Spalding
Eliane Elias
Janis Siegel
Nnenna Freelon
Oleta Adams
Patti Austin
JIll Scott
Norah Jones
Marlena Shaw
Brenda Russell
Randy Crawford
Debra Laws
Anita Baker
Natalie Cole
Lizz Wright
Erin Boheme
Peggy Lee
Rosemary Clooney
Diana Krall
Carla Cook
Cassandra Wilson
Pauline Wilson
Karrin Allyson
Bobbi Humphrey
Shirley Horn
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Tierney Sutton
Jane Monheit
Abbey Lincoln
Helen Merrill
Jackie Allen
Patricia Barber
Susannah McCorkle
Mary Stallings
Viktoria Tolstoy
Rachelle Ferrell
Roberta Gambarini
Holly Cole
Robin McKelle
Etta Jones.

Ella Fitzgerald, Jazz Singer

Born: 25 April 1918
Birthplace: Newport News, Virginia
Died: 15 June 1996 (Complications from diabetes)
Best Known As: Jazz vocalist known for scat singing
Ella Fitzgerald, singing with the Chick Webb Band, had her first hit record in 1938 with "A-Tisket, A-Tasket." In 1942 she began a solo career that included appearances in the movies, as well as a string of popular recordings with the great players of jazz. Although principally a jazz singer, her effortless style and interpretations of songs by George Gershwin and Cole Porter (and others) made her one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century.