The Andrews Sisters (perfect harmonies)

Janet Blair

Karen Carpenter
Patsy Cline (of course, she SINGS the feeling in her songs, but also watch out for her facial expressions when she sings!)
Rosemary Clooney (sassy, vibrant belter - can be gentle sometimes)
Chris Connor

Doris Day
Gloria DeHaven (soubrette who lightened many an MGM musical in the forties)

Alice Faye (Fox blonde starlet who started out with Rudy Vallee's band and then made it on her own)
Ella Fitzgerald (one of the best jazz vocalists of all time)

Judy Garland (she will give 150% to each song)
Eydie Gorme
Gogi Grant

Adelaide Hall
Billie Holiday (you can really feel the pain in this lady's voice)
Betty Hutton (have you ever heard and seen such energy? - could sing good ballads too!)

Shirley Jones (what an amazing soprano - and she's stunning to look at too!)

Helen Kane (embodies the devil-may-care flapper with her nasal voice)

Peggy Lee (her records of the forties evoke memories of a femme fatale in a film noir lighting a cigarette)
Monica Lewis
Vera Lynn

Ella Mae Morse
The McGuire Sisters
Carmen McRae
Marilyn Monroe (she could do anything!)

Anita O'Day (love that smoky voice)

Jane Powell (blue-eyed juvenile MGM musical star who also happens to sing "opera" pretty well)

Blossom Seeley
Anne Shelton
Dinah Shore (gentle, easy-going voice)
Nina Simone
Keely Smith (one-of-a-kind voice, she teams up well with husband Louis Prima)
Jo Stafford (a popular vocalist from the forties and fifties, with a perfect voice)
Yma Sumac (incredible vocal range!)

Sarah Vaughn

Helen Ward ("Goody Goody" with Benny Goodman)
Fran Warren
Dinah Washington
Ethel Waters (she had her unique style - my favorite is "Taking a Chance on Love")
Lee Wiley (world-weary, husky, older voice)
Nan Wynn (she dubbed Rita Hayworth's singing in her movies)