Helen Forrest (born Helen Fogel, April 12, 1917 – July 11, 1999) was an American singer of traditional pop and swing music. She served as the "girl singer" for three of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era (Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James), thereby earning a reputation as "the voice of the name bands."
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Dick Haymes
American actor and singer (1918-1980)
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Artie Shaw
American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader
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Helen Ward
American jazz singer
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Kitty Kallen
American singer (1921-2016)
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Martha Tilton
American singer
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Buddy Clark
American singer in the 1930s and 1940s
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zeke Zarchy
American jazz trumpeter
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Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer
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James Chirillo
Jazz guitar
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Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
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Harry James
American trumpeter, big band leader
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Mel Tormé
American recording artist, singer, songwriter, actor, writer, music arranger (1925-1999)
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Jerry Jerome
saxophonist
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Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
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Mildred Bailey
American jazz singer
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Billy Butterfield
American musician
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Jerry Gray
American violinist, arranger, composer, and bandleader
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Dave Tough
American drummer
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Peggy Lee
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, composer and actress (1920-2002)
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Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
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Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
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John Hammond
American record producer, civil rights activist and music critic
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Enoch Light
American musician
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Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
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Buddy DeFranco
American jazz clarinetist and bandleader
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Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
US big band led by Glenn Miller (1937-1942)
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Claude Thornhill
American pianist, composer and arranger
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Bob Crosby
American dixieland bandleader and vocalist (1913-1993)
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Walt Levinsky
American musician
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Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician
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Anita O'Day
American jazz singer
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Danny Bank
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist
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Georgie Auld
Canadian jazz musician
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Tex Beneke
American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader
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Harry Bluestone
American musician
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Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
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Glenn Miller
American big band musician, arranger, composer and bandleader (1904-1944)
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Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Nick Fatool
American musician
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Bea Wain
American singer
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Helen O'Connell
American actress and singer (1920-1993)
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Irving Mills
American music publisher, singer, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter
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Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
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Don Fagerquist
American musician
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Ziggy Elman
American musician
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Bunny Berigan
American musician
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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)