Who Are Your Favorite Golden Era Vocalists?

[davidraphael]

I agree with nearly everyone!
Another vote for Al Bowlly from me, too! Love the guy!


Notables missing from the selections for me are:
Helen Kane,
Whispering Jack Smith,
Cliff Edwards,
Blossom Dearie,

 

[skyvue]

For those of you that don't have many Golden Era Vocalists in your media player, perhaps these two pages will help you generate lists.[/I]
http://www.bigbandlibrary.com/vocalistspartone.html
http://www.bigbandlibrary.com/vocalistsparttwo.html

Wow -- how he could have left Annette Hanshaw off that list, I can't imagine. Perhaps because she never sang with a big band, in the strictest sense. But she was hugely popular, and was backed by the same players who made up the orchestras many of those singers sang with.

 

[Scott.]

Most of these have probably already been said but I'll throw in my bit anyway

Female Vocalists:
Lee Wiley (surprised no one has said her yet)
Dakota Staton
Dinah Washington
Rosemary Clooney
Anita O'Day
Julie London
Blossom Dearie
Billie Holiday
Edith Piaf
Helen Forrest
Kay Starr
Peggy Lee
Sarah Vaughan
Vera Lynn
Marion and Betty Hutton
Doris Day
June Christie
Pat Friday
Judy Garland
Connie Haines
Deanna Durbin
Josette Dayde

Male Vocalists:
Al Bowlly
Vic Damone
Johnnie Ray
Johnnie Mercer
Chet Baker
Cab Calloway
Horst Winter
Tex Beneke
Bobby Darin
Jacques Brell
Louis Prima

Groups:
Boswell Sisters
McGuire Sisters
Pied Pipers
Anderw Sisters
The Merry Macs

Also many of my other favorites have already been said even though some of these have been repeated.

 

[George A.Bailey]

Here's a few of my favourite singers. And whilst I'm at it I'll add a link to my favourite song they recorded:

1. Noël coward: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ruFfxlMsbY|20th Century Blues,
2. Bing Crosby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cgVRwITAfY|Accentuate The Positive,
3. The Andrews Sisters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe2UXccid40|Bei Mir Bist Du Shein
4. Paul Robeson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOHekLZD5i4|Trees
5. Django Reinhardt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGfDIVB6YsU|Liza
6. The Mills Brothers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cTxNlxPasw|You Always Hurt The One You Love
7. The Ink Spots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvwfLe6sLisIf I Didn't Care
8. Henry Hall: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh0QZvHdSKo|Here Comes The Bogeyman
9. Annette Hanshaw: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2ABezWrPIk|Daddy Won't You Please Come Home
10. Fred Astaire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fizrfcAI13A|Top Hat, White Tie And Tails
11. Vera Lynn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHcunREYzNY|We'll Meet Again

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Binnie Hale

In this audio from 1970 Binnie Hale reminisces about her career.

 

[Dirk Wainscotting]

Very surprised to see Greta Keller not mentioned...

 

[Wells]

My top five, in no particular order:
- Jo Stafford
- Bing Crosby
- Dick Haymes
- Peggy Lee
- Doris Day

 

[HistoryCopper]

Vera Lynn
Lale Andersen
Bing Crosby
Andrews Sisters

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Helen Rowland

 

[CSG]

I particularly love Tex Beneke singing with The Modernaires. Also, The Andrews Sisters. These two are standouts for me but pretty much everyone previously listed too.

 

[52Styleline]

Vaughn Monroe
Ginny Simms
Marion Hutton
Fran Warren