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Sunday, March 8, 2026

The Top 50 Jazz Musicians of All Time

Jazz:

Top 50 Acts

These are the top 50 jazz artists of all time according to Dave’s Music Database. The term “jazz” is used to incorporate instrumental jazz performed by small ensembles, big band jazz, vocal jazz, and traditional pop. That means this list includes musicians, singers, and band leaders. The list was determined by aggregating 17 best-of lists. Those acts appearing on 3 or more lists were re-ordered based on overall status in Dave’s Music Database.

See other lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre.

1. Frank Sinatra
2. Benny Goodman
3. Louis Armstrong
4. Glenn Miller
5. Nat “King” Cole
6. Duke Ellington
7. Billie Holiday
8. Ella Fitzgerald
9. Miles Davis
10. Fats Waller

11. Bessie Smith
12. Artie Shaw
13. Count Basie
14. John Coltrane
15. Woody Herman
16. Herbie Hancock
17. Nina Simone
18. Thelonious Monk
19. Charles Mingus
20. Sarah Vaughan

21. Charlie Christian
22. Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton
23. Charlie Parker
24. Dizzy Gillespie
25. Teddy Wilson
26. Dave Brubeck
27. Art Tatum
28. Lionel Hampton
29. Erroll Garner
30. Bill Evans

31. Stan Kenton 32. Oscar Peterson
33. Django Reinhardt
34. Max Roach
35. Stan Getz
36. Wes Montgomery
37. Sonny Rollins
38. Coleman Hawkins
39. Bud Powell
40. Scott Joplin

41. Keith Jarrett
42. Lester Young
43. Art Blakey
44. Ornette Coleman
45. Cannonball Adderley
46. Wayne Shorter
47. Benny Carter
48. John McLaughlin
49. McCoy Tyner
50. Jimmy Smith

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: Lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre
Dave’s Music Database: Top 50 Jazz Albums of All Time
Dave’s Music Database: Top 100 Jazz Songs of All Time

First posted 12/23/2011; last updated 3/8/2026.

Saturday, February 28, 2026

Traditional Pop/Vocal Jazz: Top 25 Albums

Traditional Pop/Vocal Jazz:

The Top 25 Albums

While traditional pop and vocal jazz aren’t quite the same thing, they share a lot of commonalities. Traditional pop is considered a genre of music that generally pre-dates rock and roll in the 1950s and generally consists of artists performing standards from the American songbook. Crooners such as Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Perry Como are popular singers of the genre. Musically, the singers were frequently backed by swing bands.

Vocal jazz is a sub-genre of jazz in which a singer’s voice is used as an instrument, which includes techniques such as vocal improvisations and scatting in which the singer imitates the instruments. It emerged out of the New Orleans jazz tradition which was built on the field hollers and work songs of African-American slaves. Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan are some of the genre’s most notable performers. Like traditional pop, it often leans on standards.

18 sources focused on the best traditional pop, vocal jazz, and standards albums were aggregtated to create this exclusive Dave’s Music Database list.

Check out other best-of-genre/category lists here.

1. Norah Jones Come Away with Me (2002)
2. Frank Sinatra Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! (1956)
3. Frank Sinatra In the Wee Small Hours (1955)
4. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956)
5. Natalie Cole Unforgettable…With Love (1991)

6. Billie Holiday Lady in Satin (1958)
7. Judy Garland Judy at Carnegie Hall (live, 1961)
8. Ray Charles The Genius of Ray Charles (1959)
9. Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely (1958)
10. Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (1954)

11. Frank Sinatra Come Dance with Me (1959)
12. Frank Sinatra Come Fly with Me (1957)
13. Frank Sinatra September of My Years (1965)
14. Frank Sinatra A Swingin’ Affair (1957)
15. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Ella & Louis (1957)

16. John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963)
17. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (box set: recorded 1959)
18. Chet Baker Chet Baker Sings (1954)
19. Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)
20. Frank Sinatra Songs for Young Lovers (1953)

21. Billie Holiday Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
22. Nina Simone Pastel Blues (1965)
23. Nina Simone Wild Is the Wind (1966)
24. Billie Holiday Songs for Distingué Lovers (1957)
25. Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1955)

Resources and Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: other best-of-genre lists
Dave’s Music Database: “Top 100 Songs of the American Songbook”

First posted 9/15/2024; last updated 2/28/2026.

Friday, June 6, 2025

Apollo Theater Walk of Fame

Apollo Theater Walk of Fame:

2006-2024

The famed Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York, dates back to the mid-19th century when Civil War General Edward Ferrero founded Apollo Hall as a dance hall and ballroom. In 1872, his lease expired and the building was converted to a theater. It closed shortly before the turn of the century, but the Apollo Theater resurfaced around 1913 in a new building at 253 West 125th Street. It declined again in the 1960s and ‘70s, but was revived in 1983. It gained fame over the years for featuring almost exclusively African-American performers.

Somewhere in the mid-2000s, the Apollo launched its own Walk of Fame (also called the Legends Hall of Fame). The first group looks to have been inducted in 2006 although other sources say the Walk of Fame wasn’t established until 2010. Even the official Apollo Theater website offers no details about the Walk of Fame so the list of inductees below has been compiled from various sources. The most recent inductee appears to be Clive Davis on June 6, 2025.

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First posted 6/13/2016; last updated 6/6/2026.

Saturday, February 22, 2025

Dave's Music Database Hall of Fame: Album Inductees (Feb. 2025)

The Top Traditional Pop/Jazz Albums

Originally posted 2/22/2025.

January 22, 2019 marked the 10-year anniversary of the DMDB blog. To honor that, Dave’s Music Database announced its own Hall of Fame. This month marks the 25th group of album inductees. These are the top 10 traditional pop/vocal jazz albums of all time (see the DMDB’s top 25 list here). Three were inducted in previous classes – Frank Sinatra’s Songs for Swingin’ Lovers, Judy Garland’s Judy at Carnegie Hall, and Norah Jones’ Come Away with Me.

See the full list of album inductees here.

Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (1954)

Inducted February 2025 as “Top Traditional Pop/Jazz Albums.”

AllMusic.com: “This recording was not only Louis Armstrong's finest record of the 1950s but one of the truly classic jazz sets.” He covers 11 songs written by W.C. Handy, including the notable “St. Louis Blues.” This is “essential music for all serious jazz collections.” Read more at Wikipedia.

Ray Charles The Genius of Ray Charles (1959)

Inducted February 2025 as “Top Traditional Pop/Jazz Albums.”

Ray Charles was one of the most influential singers of all time with “a revolutionary fusion of blues, jazz, R&B, and gospel.” ^RD The Genius of Ray Charles showed an artist “still in his twenties and signaled both his eagerness and ability to transcend genres at will.” ^RD It “comes on strong with a ravishing set of six big-band-flavored jazz numbers.” ^RD On the second side, “Charles turned in a more seductive direction and arrived at a roster of ballads backed by massive, swooning string sections.” ^RD Read more.

Natalie Cole Unforgettable…With Love (1991)

Inducted February 2025 as “Top Traditional Pop/Jazz Albums.”

Natalie Cole was born into music royalty as the daughter of Nat “King” Cole, a jazz crooner who charted more than 100 times in the 1940s, ‘50s, and ‘60s. She became a star in her own right, winning the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1976 and charting sixteen top-10 R&B hits in the ‘70s and ‘80s. However, she found her greatest success in 1991 when she recorded an album of songs her father had made famous. It won her the Grammy for Album of the Year and sold seven million copies in the U.S. Read more.

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956)

Inducted February 2025 as “Top Traditional Pop/Jazz Albums.”

“Ella Fitzgerald was already the preeminent voice in the jazz world when she began what became her signature project in 1956; a series of recordings devoted to works by each of the great stage and screen composers of postwar America.” ^TM They “are all wonderful, but her natural wit and intelligence was at its most perfect” ^AZ on Sings the Cole Porter Songbook, the first collection. She “shines as the perfect interpreter of Cole Porter’s bittersweet love songs.” ^AM It “is a dream pairing of singer and song,” ^TM “arguably history’s finest jazz singer singing some of the best-written American pop standards.” ^AM Read more.

Billie Holiday Lady in Satin (1958)

Inducted February 2025 as “Top Traditional Pop/Jazz Albums.”

“Lady Day was in big trouble by 1958.” ^BL “Although not yet 43, she could have passed for 73.” ^AM “Her raspy singing reflected a lifetime riddled with abusive relationships, drug addiction and time spent in prison.” ^PM “The sweet tones of Holiday’s upper register were practically non-existent, but her voice remained an immovable force.” ^PM Lady in Satin is “as heartbreaking and necessary as it is gorgeous,” ^PM a “startling masterpiece rooted in tough times.” ^BL Without it, “there would simply have been no divas like Nina Simone or Janis Joplin crying their hearts out so uncompromisingly in the decades to come.” ^RD Read more.

Frank Sinatra In the Wee Small Hours (1955)

Inducted February 2025 as “Top Traditional Pop/Jazz Albums.”

Sinatra’s “break-up with Ava Gardner provided the perfect catalyst” ^TL for what has been hailed as “the all-time greatest break-up album.” ^RD “The wisecracking, finger-snapping Sinatra of popular legend is absent;” ^RD this is an “authoritative take on masculine loneliness.” ^TL It is also “one of the finest jazz albums of all time.” ^CAD and “considered by many to be the first concept album.” ^CAD Read more.

Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely (1958)

Inducted February 2025 as “Top Traditional Pop/Jazz Albums.”

“The sad songs come one after another on this album, Sinatra’s definitive ballad collection.” ^TM “Only the Lonely follows the same formula as his previous down albums, but the tone is considerably bleaker and more desperate.” ^AM The “world’s greatest saloon singer is in his element” ^TM playing the part of “a wounded Everyman…who lurk[s] in the lounge nursing their disappointment, bending the ear of the barkeep, seeking consolation in the woozy hues of jazz and cocktails.” ^TM “It’s a heartbreaking record, the ideal late-night album.” ^AM Read more.

Friday, October 22, 2021

Dave's Music Database Hall of Fame: Song Inductees (October 2021)

Originally posted 10/22/2021.

In honor of the 10th anniversary of the DMDB blog on January 22, 2019, Dave’s Music Database launched its own Hall of Fame. This is the twelfth set of song inductees. These are the 10 highest-ranked songs that ranked within the top 50 of the DMDB’s list of the “Top Big Band Songs of All Time”. It does not include previously inducted songs such as Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood” and Artie Shaw’s “Stardust” and “Begin the Beguine.”

Fats Waller “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (1929)

Inducted October 2021 as “Top Big Band Songs”

Waller was “a New York City-born pianist and organ accompanist during the ‘20s…[who] broke through as one of the country’s most popular entertainers. ^PM “Ain’t Misbehavin’” was written for the 1929 all-black revue Hot Chocolates and debuted by Louis Armstrong, who credited the revue with launching his career. ^TY It was so popular it moved to Broadway ^RCG where it ran “for a very respectable 219 performances.” ^SS Read more.

Ted Lewis “On the Sunny Side of the Street” (1930)

Inducted October 2021 as “Top Big Band Songs”

This “cabaret and jazz standard” ^JA is a “metaphor for optimism.” ^TY In his book American Popular Song, author Alec Wilder calls it “one of the jazz musicians’ favorites…Singers, as well, love it as much for its extremely fine lyric.” ^SB In The NPR Curious Listener’s Guide to Popular Standards, Max Morath expresses a similar sentiment, saying the song “works both sides of the street, vocal and instrumental, with equal charm.” ^MM Read more.

Duke Ellington “Mood Indigo” (1931)

Inducted October 2021 as “Top Big Band Songs”

The clarinet solo was based on a melody called “Dreamy Blues.” Duke Ellington turned the structure upside down, “composing a song of his own on top of it.” ^DH Typically jazz songs were arranged with the clarinet, trumpet, and trombone from highest to lowest pitch, but Ellington flipped it around the other way. ^DH He recorded it for an October 1930 broadcast. He said “wads of mail came in raving about the new tune.” ^WK Read more.

Benny Goodman “Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)” (1938)

Inducted October 2021 as “Top Big Band Songs”

By the start of the Swing era in 1936, Benny Goodman was its king. “Sing, Sing, Sing” was his most renowned performance with solos by Benny as well as drummer Gene Krupa (on his last hit before leaving the band) and trumpeter Harry James. “Sing, Sing, Sing,” which Goodman called a “killer diller,” ^NPR’99 was the closer at the bandleader’s legendary Carnegie Hall concert on January 16, 1938. It was the first time jazz comprised a full concert instead of being part of a larger show ^SS and marked the birthplace of the legitimacy of the genre. ^NPR’99 Read more.

Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb’s Orchestra “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” (1938)

Inducted October 2021 as “Top Big Band Songs”

“A-Tisket, A-Tasket” began life as an American children’s rhyming game in 1879. In 1938, Ella Fitzgerald and Al Feldman adapted it into a song with very little change to the lyrics. In a 1973 lecture series at Harvard, Leonard Bernstein said that research showed the song’s melodic motif “is the same all over the world, wherever children tease each other. On every continent, in ever culture, it is one of the few musical universals.” ^TY Read more.

Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers “I’ll Never Smile Again” (1940)

Inducted October 2021 as “Top Big Band Songs”

Ruth Lowe was a pianist with Ina Ray Hutton’s all-girl orchestra when she composed this song about the death of her husband, just a few months after their marriage. ^TY She staked out Tommy Dorsey in September 1939 and got Carmen Mastren, the band’s guitarist, to give her demo a listen. ^SS Dorsey wasn’t initially passed but took a stab at it when Frank Sinatra came on board. ^SS It became his first #1 song. Read more.

Duke Ellington “Take the ‘A’ Train” (1941)

Inducted October 2021 as “Top Big Band Songs”

Billy Strayhorn was a hopeful pianist and composer in 1938. ^NPR His rearrangement of the Duke’s song “Sophisticated Lady” sufficiently impressed Ellington to invite Strayhorn to New York. ^TC Ellington gave directions to his house in New York, starting with “take the ‘A’ train.” ^WK Along the way, Strayhorn turned the directions into a song. ^TC It became Ellington’s signature song and one of the all-time best-loved jazz standards. Read more.

Glenn Miller “Chattanooga Choo Choo” (1941)

Inducted October 2021 as “Top Big Band Songs”

The team of Mack Gordon and Harry Warren wrote the song while travelling on the Southern Railway. It didn’t refer to a particular train, but Chattanooga, Tennessee, had been on the route for most trains passing through the American South since 1880. ^WK The song was used in the film Sun Valley Serenade, sung by members of Glenn Miller’s band. Miller’s recording became his biggest hit after “In the Mood” and the first recording formally certified as a million seller. ^PM Read more.

Woody Herman “Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me)” (1941)

Inducted October 2021 as “Top Big Band Songs”

Composer Harold Arlen and lyricist Johnny Mercer were approached to write a song for a movie about a jazz quintet riding the rails in search of its big break. Arlen wrote a melody after analyzing blues songs and Mercer penned four pages of lyrics. When they finished, Mercer called Margaret Whiting, who’d sung the pair’s songs “That Old Black Magic” and “Come Rain or Come Shine.” She told Mercer she had guests for dinner, but he and Arlen could come over later. When Mercer found out the guests included Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, and Mel Tormé, he announced, “My God, we’re coming right over.” After they played the song, Rooney said, “That’s the greatest thing I’ve ever heard.” ^SB Read more.

Les Brown with Doris Day “Sentimental Journey” (1945)

Inducted October 2021 as “Top Big Band Songs”

When she first saw the sheet music, Doris Day commented, “What a lovely title,” to which Les Brown responded “Wait till you hear it.” ^SS “The song’s aching nostalgia struck a chord in a nation welcoming its boys back from the front lines,” ^TM becoming “one of a handful of songs that summed up romantic longing during World War II.” ^SS Will Friedwald called it “the definitive end-of-war song,” ^SS “a song that helped define an era.” ^SS Read more.

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Top 100 Songs from 1930-1939

First posted 4/4/2012; last updated 3/25/2020.

Top 100 Songs of the Decade:

1930-1939

These are the top 100 songs from the 1930s according to Dave’s Music Database. Rankings are figured by combining sales figures, chart data, radio airplay, video airplay, streaming figures, awards, and appearances on best-of lists.

1. Over the Rainbow...Judy Garland (1939)
2. Night and Day...Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman (1932)
3. In the Mood...Glenn Miller (1939)
4. Cheek to Cheek...Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman (1935)
5. Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)...Ethel Waters (1933)
6. Begin the Beguine...Artie Shaw (1938)
7. The Way You Look Tonight...Fred Astaire with Johnny Green (1936)
8. Pennies from Heaven...Bing Crosby with George Stoll (1936)
9. A-Tisket, A-Tasket...Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb (1938)
10. All the Things You Are...Tommy Dorsey with Jack Leonard (1939)

11. Silent Night...Bing Crosby (1935)
12. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes…Paul Whiteman with Bob Lawrence (1933)
13. Mood Indigo...Duke Ellington (1931)
14. I Got Rhythm...Red Nichols (1930)
15. Deep Purple...Larry Clinton with Bea Wain (1939)
16. Happy Days Are Here Again...Ben Selvin (1930)
17. God Bless America...Kate Smith (1939)
18. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?...Rudy Vallee (1932)
19. Blue Moon…Glen Gray with Kenny Sargent (1935)
20. I’m in the Mood for Love...Little Jack Little (1935)

21. Strange Fruit...Billie Holiday (1939)
22. On the Sunny Side of the Street...Ted Lewis & His Band (1930)
23. Minnie the Moocher (The Ho De Ho Song)...Cab Calloway (1931)
24. Puttin’ on the Ritz...Harry Richman with Earl Burtnett & His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra (1930)
25. They Can’t Take That Away from Me...Fred Astaire with Johnny Green (1937)
26. The Last Round-Up...George Olsen with Joe Morrison (1933)
27. If I Didn’t Care...The Ink Spots (1939)
28. I’ve Got You Under My Skin...Ray Noble (1936)
29. Sweet Leilani...Bing Crosby with Lani McIntire & His Hawaiians (1937)
30. All or Nothing at All...Harry James with Frank Sinatra (1939)

31. The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero)...Don Azpiazu with Antonio Machin (1930)
32. Sophisticated Lady...Duke Ellington (1933)
33. In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town...Ted Lewis & His Band (1932)
34. Stein Song (University of Maine)...Rudy Vallee (1930)
35. Bei Mir Bist Du Schon (Means That You’re Grand)...The Andrews Sisters (1938)
36. Dinah…Bing Crosby & the Mills Brothers (1932)
37. All of Me...Louis Armstrong (1932)
38. Summertime…Billie Holiday (1936)
39. Moonlight Serenade...Glenn Miller (1939)
40. Goodnight, Sweetheart…Wayne King with Ernie Birchill (1931)

41. 42nd Street...Don Bestor with Dudley Mecum (1933)
42. Let’s Fall in Love...Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood (1934)
43. Lover…Paul Whiteman with Jack Fulton (1933)
44. I Can’t Get Started...Bunny Berigan (1938)
45. September Song...Walter Huston (1939)
46. Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)...Benny Goodman (1938)
47. The Very Thought of You...Ray Noble with Al Bowlly (1934)
48. That Old Feeling...Shep Fields with Bob Goday (1937)
49. Winter Wonderland...Guy Lombardo (1934)
50. Wabash Cannonball...Roy Acuff & the Smoky Mountain Boys (1938)

51. Honeysuckle Rose...Thomas “Fats” Waller (1935)
52. Stars Fell on Alabama...Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo (1934)
53. It Don’t Mean a Thing if It Ain’t Got That Swing...Duke Ellington (1932)
54. These Foolish Things Remind Me of You...Benny Goodman with Helen Ward (1936)
55. Lullaby of Broadway...The Dorsey Brothers with Bob Crosby (1935)
56. Jeepers Creepers...Al Donahue with Paula Kelly (1938)
57. How Deep Is the Ocean?...Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo (1932)
58. Once in a While...Tommy Dorsey (1937)
59. September in the Rain…Guy & Carmen Lombardo (1937)
60. Lazy Bones…Ted Lewis (1933)

61. A Fine Romance (A Sarcastic Love Song)…Fred Astaire with Johnny Green & His Orchestra (1936)
62. My Reverie…Larry Clinton with Bea Wain (1938)
63. Isle of Capri…Ray Noble with Al Bowlly (1934)
64. South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)...Shep Fields with Hal Derwin (1939)
65. Out of Nowhere...Bing Crosby with Victor Young (1931)
66. Embraceable You...Red Nichols (1930)
67. June in January…Bing Crosby with George Stoll’s Orchestra (1934)
68. Whistle While You Work...The Seven Dwarfs (1938)
69. What Is This Thing Called Love?...Leo Reisman (1930)
70. Paradise…Leo Reisman with Frances Maddux (1932)

71. Red Sails in the Sunset…Guy & Carmen Lombardo (1935)
72. Where or When…Hal Kemp with Bob Allen (1937)
73. You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby…Bing Crosby (1938)
74. The Continental (You Kiss While We’re Dancing)…Leo Reisman (1934)
75. Tumbling Tumbleweeds...Sons of the Pioneers (1934)
76. One O’Clock Jump...Count Basie (1937)
77. Little White Lies…Fred Waring with Clare Hanlon (1930)
78. The Old Spinning Wheel...Ray Noble with Al Bowlly (1933)
79. Sweet and Lovely…Gus Arnheim with Donald Novis (1931)
80. Goody Goody…Benny Goodman with Helen Ward (1936)

81. Beer Barrell Polka...Will Glahe (1939)
82. Dream a Little Dream of Me...Wayne King with Ernie Birchill (1931)
83. Alone…Tommy Dorsey with Cliff Weston (1936)
84. Three Little Words...Duke Ellington (1930)
85. And the Angels Sing …Benny Goodman with Martha Tilton (1939)
86. I’ll String Along with You…Ted Fio Rito with Muzzy Marcellino (1934)
87. Music, Maestro, Please...Tommy Dorsey with Edythe Wright (1938)
88. Thanks for the Memory…Shep Fields with Bob Goday (1937)
89. Love for Sale…Libby Holman with Dick Robertson (1931)
90. I Get a Kick Out of You...Johnny Green with Ethel Merman (1934)

91. When the Saints Go Marching In...Louis Armstrong (1939)
92. I Found a Million Dollar Baby in a Five and Ten Cent Store...Fred Waring with Clare Hanlon (1931)
93. You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me…Bing Crosby with Guy Lombardo’s Orchestra (1933)
94. Cocktails for Two…Duke Ellington (1934)
95. Marie...Tommy Dorsey (1937)
96. Too Marvelous for Words…Bing Crosby with Jimmy Dorsey’s Orchestra (1937)
97. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?...Bing Crosby with Lennie Hayton’s Orchestra (1932)
98. Exactly Like You...Ruth Etting (1930)
99. The Carioca…Enric Madriguera with Patricia Gillmore (1934)
100. Willow Weep for Me…Paul Whiteman with Irene Taylor (1932)

Sunday, September 22, 2019

Dave's Music Database Hall of Fame: Music Maker Inductees (September 2019)

Originally posted 9/22/2019; last updated 5/21/2021.

January 22, 2019 marked the 10-year anniversary of the DMDB blog! To honor that, Dave’s Music Database announced its own Hall of Fame. This month marks the third batch of music maker inductees. These are the top ten female artists according to the DMDB.

Mariah Carey (1970-)