Vocalists, A-L - select list
information compiled by Christopher Popa
five of the best: [ from l. to r. ]
Helen Forrest, Johnny Desmond, Paula Kelly; Marion Hutton, Jack Leonard
Tony Alamo (Kaye)
Bob Allen (Kemp)
Paul Allen (Carle)
Stuart Allen (Himber)
Terry Allen (Norvo, Clinton, Bradley)
Tony Allen (Garber)
David Allyn (Teagarden, Raeburn)
Ovie Alston (Hopkins)
Dorsey Anderson (Pastor)
Ivie Anderson (Ellington)
Ernie Andrews (James)
Huck Andrews (Barnet)
Toni Arden (Fields)
Amy Arnell (T. Tucker)
Cliff Ayers (Kaye)
Harry Babbitt (Kyser)
Mildred Bailey (Whiteman, G. Gray, Norvo, Goodman)
Eugenie Baird (G. Gray, Pastor)
Bonnie Baker (O. Tucker)
Penny Banks (Nichols)
Harry Barris (Whiteman)
Phil Barton (Barnet)
Irwin Bendel (Hill)
Tex Beneke (Miller, Heidt)
Lee Bennett (Garber)
Archie Berdahl (T. Tucker)
Ernie Bernhardt (Kenton, Miller-McKinley)
Art Berry (Gordon)
Frank Bessinger (Noble)
Rose Blaine (Lyman)
Janet Blair (Kemp)
Charlie Blake (Hallett)
Meredith Blake (Ayres)
Walter Bloom (Welk)
"Bob-o-Links, The" (Crosby)
Ed Bolton (W. King)
"Bon Bon" (Tunnel) (Savitt)
Johnny Bond (Hudson)
Don Bonnee (Noble)
Betty Bonney (Brown)
Bob Borger (Olsen)
Anita Boyer (Shaw, T. Dorsey, Wald)
Jean Bowles (Herman)
Al Bowlly (Noble)
Jerry Bowne (Heidt)
Betty Bradley (Chester)
Ruth Bradley (Berigan)
George Brandon (Kaye)
Bud Breeze (Mooney)
Betty Brewer (T. Dorsey)
Bunny Briggs (Barnet)
Phil Brito (A. Donahue)
Harry Brooks (Brooks)
Dolores Brown (E. Hawkins)
Don Brown (T. Tucker)
Jimmy Brown (Barron, Kaye)
Walter Brown (McShann)
Jerry Browne (Heidt)
Sam Browne (Himber)
Clyde Burke (Barron)
Don Burke (Burke)
Harry Burns (Whiteman)
Clyde Burt (Scott)
Beatrice Byers (James)
Pauline Byrne (Shaw)
Edith Caldwell (Leighton Noble, Knapp)
Candy Candido (FioRito)
Lily Ann Carol (Prima)
Russ Carlyle (Barron)
Art Carney (Heidt)
Thelma Carpenter (Wilson)
Bob Carroll (Barnet, J. Dorsey, Miller)
Georgia Carroll (Kyser)
Jack Carroll (Brown)
Joe Carroll (Gillespie)
Bob Carter (I. Jones)
Carmen Castillo (Cugat)
June Christy (Kenton)
Savannah Churchill (Carter)
Betty Claire (Thornhill)
Dorothy Claire (Byrne, Miller, Crosby)
Buddy Clark (W. King)
Harriet Clark (Dunham)
Jeffrey Clay (Kaye)
Betty Clooney [Clooney Sisters, The] (Pastor)
Rosemary Clooney [Clooney Sisters, The] (Pastor)
Dorothy Collins (Scott)
Lee Colombo (Carle)
Frances Colwell (Hudson)
Perry Como (Weems)
Gene Conklin (Kassel)
Chris Connor (Kenton)
Harry Cool (Jurgens)
Lloyd Copas (Lawrence)
Don Cornell (Kaye)
Larry Cotton (Heidt, Grier)
Ronnie Craig (McKinley-Miller)
Bing Crosby (Whiteman, Arnheim)
Bob Crosby (Dorsey Bros.)
Maury Cross (Kaye)
Walter Cummins (Cummins)
Ken Curtis (Fields)
Mert Curtis (Morgan)
Bob D'Andrea (Savitt)
Jeanne D'Arcy (Messner)
Alan Dale (Paxton)
Carlotta Dale (Savitt, Bradley)
Dick Dale (Welk)
Joe Dale (Ayres)
Don Darcy (Dunham, Raeburn, Mooney)
Johnny Darcy (Barnet, Venuti)
Bill Darnell (Nichols, Chester)
Bob Davis (Garber)
Kay Davis (Ellington)
Dolly Dawn (Hall)
Dennis Day (Thornhill)
Doris Day (Crosby, Brown)
Irene Day (Krupa, Spivak)
Larry Dean (Garber, Welk)
Ronnie Deauville (Miller-Beneke)
Gloria DeHaven (Crosby, Savitt)
Luis Del Campo (Cugat)
Carl Dennis (McIntyre)
Johnny Desmond (Crosby, Krupa, Miller)
Alan DeWitt (T. Dorsey)
Buddy DiVito (James)
"Donna and Her Don Juans" (Heidt)
Larry Douglas (Cavallaro)
Mike Douglas (Kyser)
Jayne Dover (Berigan)
Mary Dugan (Clinton)
Marilyn Duke (Monroe)
Dorothy Dunn (Kyser)
Ray Eberle (Miller, Krupa)
Bob Eberly (Dorsey Bros., J. Dorsey)
Billy Eckstine (Hines)
Joan Edwards (Paul Whiteman)
Jean Eldridge (Ellington)
Maria Ellington (Ellington)
Betty Engels (McFarland)
Skinnay Ennis (Kemp)
Trudy Erwin (Kyser)
Ruth Etting (Nichols)
Dale Evans (Weeks)
Dottie Evans (Carl Hoff)
Nancy Evans (W. King)
Elmer Feldkamp (Martin)
Manuel Fernandez (Madriguera)
Nancy Flake (Norvo)
Helen Forrest (Shaw, Goodman, James, Donahue - T. Dorsey)
Kay Foster (Goodman)
Stuart Foster (Hutton, T. Dorsey)
Walter Fuller (Hines)
Jack Fulton (Whiteman)
Kenny Gardner (Lombardo)
Buddy Gately (T. Dorsey)
Ruth Gaylor (Hudson-DeLange, Berigan, McIntyre)
Parker Gibbs (Weems)
Fredda Gibson [ aka "Georgia Gibbs" ] (Shaw)
Patricia Gilmore (Madriguera)
Charlie Goodman (Heidt)
Bob Grabeau (Garber)
Betty Grable (Fio Rito, James)
Teddy Grace (Crosby)
Maxine Gray (Kemp)
Carolyn Gray (Herman)
Merv Griffin (Martin)
Dan Grissom (Lunceford)
Connie Haines (James, T. Dorsey)
Gloria Hart (Kassel)
Dick Harding (Thornhill)
Paul Harmon (Long)
Bob Haymes (Chester, Carl Hoff)
Dick Haymes (James, Goodman, T. Dorsey)
Ray Hendricks (Goodman)
Woody Herman (I.Jones)
Al Hibbler (Ellington)
Harriet Hilliard (Nelson)
Claire "Shanty" Hogan (Bothwell, J. Dorsey)
Billie Holiday (Basie, Shaw)
Lena Horne (Sissle, Barnet, Shaw)
Bob Houston (Long, Miller)
Gene Howard (Chester)
"Lazy" Bill Huggins (Light)
Buddy Hughes (J. Dorsey)
Marjorie Hughes [ r.n. Ede Carle ] (Carle)
Helen Humes (Basie)
Frances Hunt (Goodman)
Jack Hunter (Lawrence)
Betty Hutton (Lopez)
June Hutton (Spivak)
Marion Hutton (Lopez, Miller)
Red Ingle (Weems)
"Ishkabibble" [ r.n. Merwyn Bogue ] (Kyser)
Ida James (E. Hawkins)
Herb Jeffries (Hines, Ellington)
Bob Jenny (Thornhill)
Vickie Joyce (J. Dorsey)
Kitty Kallen (Teagarden, J. Dorsey, James)
Carol Kaye (Herman)
Sharri Kaye (Herman)
Linda Keene (Miller, Norvo)
Dee Keeting (Anthony)
Ray Kellogg (Dunham)
Paula Kelly (Donahue, Shaw)
Phyllis Kenny (Jerry Blaine)
Kim Loo Sisters, The (Hutton)
King Sisters, The (Heidt, Rey)
Peg LaCentra (Shaw)
Bonnie Lake (Jenney, Shaw)
Dave Lambert (Barnet, Krupa)
Abbe Lane (Cugat)
Kitty Lane (Berigan, Miller)
Lillian Lane (Thornhill, Miller - Beneke)
Muriel Lane (Herman)
Jerry Lang (Cummins)
Harlan Lattimore (Redman)
Le Brun Sisters, The (G. Gray)
Ford Leary (Clinton)
Helen Lee (O. Tucker, Beneke)
Mary Lee (Weems)
Peggy Lee (Goodman)
Jack Leonard (T. Dorsey)
Bob Lido (Welk)
Kay Little (Pastor)
Shirley Lloyd (Nelson)
Carmen Lombardo (Lombardo)
Rose Marie Lombardo (Lombardo)
Alice Lon (Welk)
"Art Lund" [ r.n. Art London ] (Goodman)
Imogene Lynne (McKinley, Shaw)
Phyllis Lynne (Carle)
sources:
Yulsman, Jerry, ed. The Complete History of the Big Bands: Collector's Edition (New York City:
Dee & Zee Enterpises, 1976)
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