Last month more than 4,600 votes were cast by our listeners for the songs they felt were the greatest jazz vocal of all time.
The votes have been counted and the top 50 songs are now available below in our 24/7 stream!
Kirsten Kendrick sat down with Jazz on the Grooveyard and Weekend Edition host, Kevin Kniestedt to talk about some of the more interesting aspects of the survey:
What do you think of the list? We encourage your comments below!
- Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday
- Lush Life by Johnny Hartman/John Coltrane
- God Bless the Child by Billie Holiday
- How High The Moon by Ella Fitzgerald
- Mac the Knife (in Berlin) by Ella Fitzgerald
- At Last by Etta James
- What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
- My Funny Valentine by Chet Baker
- Girl From Ipanema by Getz & Gilberto
- Fever by Peggy Lee
- Lullby of Birdland by Sarah Vaughan
- Summertime by Ella Fitzgerald
- Birdland by Manhattan Transfer
- My One and Only Love by Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane
- I Loves You Porgy by Nina Simone
- A Tisket - A Tasket by Ella Fitzgerald
- Every day I Have the Blues by Joe Williams w/ Count Basie Orchestra
- Autumn in New York by Billie Holiday
- Misty by Sarah Vaughan
- Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered by Ella Fitzgerald
- Feelin' Good by Nina Simone
- Fine and Mellow by Billie Holiday
- My Baby Just Cares For Me by Nina Simone
- Route 66 by Nat King Cole
- One for My Baby by Frank Sinatra
- Blue Skies by Ella Fitzgerald
- Something Cool by June Christy
- Georgia on my Mind by Ray Charles
- I've Got You under My Skin by Frank Sinatra
- Sweet Georgia Brown by Anita O'Day
- All of Me by Billie Holiday
- Black and Blue by Louis Armstrong
- The Waters of March by Susanna McCorkle
- Fly Me To the Moon by Frank Sinatra
- Good Morning Heartache by Billie Holiday
- You Go to My Head by Louis Armstrong
- Mumbles by Clark Terry
- My Man by Billie Holiday
- Peel me a Grape by Diana Krall
- Unforgettable by Nat King Cole
- Stardust by Nat King Cole
- Let's Get Lost by Chet Baker
- Lover Man by Billie Holiday
- Someone to Watch Over Me by Ella Fitzgerald
- Autumn Leaves by Eva Cassidy
- They Say It's Wonderful by Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane
- Compared To What by Les McCann and Eddie Harris
- Cry Me a River by Julie London
- Minnie the Moocher by Cab Calloway
- Nature Boy by Nat King Cole