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Sue Raney
Sue Raney
American singer
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Marcia Ball
Marcia Ball
American blues singer and pianist
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Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
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Nora Jean Bruso
Nora Jean Bruso
musical artist
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Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing
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Esperanza Spalding
Esperanza Spalding
American jazz bassist and singer
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Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
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Patti Austin
Patti Austin
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Gregory Porter
Gregory Porter
American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actor
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Norah Jones
Norah Jones
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Kay Starr
Kay Starr
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Carolyn Wonderland
Carolyn Wonderland
American musician
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Ruthie Foster
Ruthie Foster
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Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae
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The Boswell Sisters
The Boswell Sisters
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Frankie Laine
Frankie Laine
American popular singer (1913-2007)
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Catherine Russell
Catherine Russell
singer
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Marlena Shaw
Marlena Shaw
American singer
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Big Mama Thornton
Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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Panama Francis
Panama Francis
American musician
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Andy Allo
Andy Allo
Cameroonian-American actress, guitarist, singer-songwriter
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Eva Cassidy
Eva Cassidy
American singer (1963-1996)
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Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
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Barbara Dane
Barbara Dane
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Helen Humes
Helen Humes
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Joe Williams
Joe Williams
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Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Bobby Caldwell
Bobby Caldwell
singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson
American gospel singer
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The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
American country blues band
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Lorez Alexandria
Lorez Alexandria
American musician
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Marlene VerPlanck
Marlene VerPlanck
American singer
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Nancy Wilson
Nancy Wilson
American singer (1937-2018)
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Claire Lynch
Claire Lynch
bluegrass singer
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Cécile McLorin Salvant
Cécile McLorin Salvant
American jazz singer of French and Haitian roots
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Anneke van Giersbergen
Anneke van Giersbergen
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Etta James
Etta James
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Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)
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Ernestine Anderson
Ernestine Anderson
American jazz and blues singer
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W. C. Handy
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
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Kathi McDonald
Kathi McDonald
American singer
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Mose Allison
Mose Allison
American jazz blues pianist and singer
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Ivie Anderson
Ivie Anderson
American jazz singer
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George Melly
George Melly
English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer and lecturer
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Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
guitarist
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Robert Plant
Robert Plant
English singer
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Freddy Cole
Freddy Cole
American jazz singer and pianist
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Lonnie Donegan
Lonnie Donegan
Scottish-born skiffle musician
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Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Laura Mvula
Laura Mvula
British recording artist, songwriter and composer
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Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill
American recording artist; jazz vocalist
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Odetta
Odetta
American recording artist, singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and civil and human rights activist (1930-2008)
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Blinky
Blinky
American singer
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Fats Waller
Fats Waller
American jazz pianist and composer
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Nellie Lutcher
Nellie Lutcher
American singer
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Holle Thee Maxwell
Holle Thee Maxwell
American singer
Claire Austin
American blues and jazz singer

Claire Austin

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American blues and jazz singer
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Claire Austin (November 21, 1918 - June 19, 1994) (born Augusta Marie) was an American blues and jazz singer and pianist.

Austin was born to Swedish-American parents in Yakima, Washington. She played in nightclubs throughout the northwest in the 1930s and toured with the Chuck Austin Band in the 1940s. She retired from professional singing by the early 1950s and was working as an accountant in Sacramento for the state of California; after singing with Turk Murphy, she frequently performed in San Francisco for two years. She remained active through the 1970s. Her singing style has been compared to Peggy Lee.