Thousands of Jazz24 listeners voted for the songs they felt were the 50 greatest jazz vocal songs of all time.
You can listen to them below and you can hear more of the world’s greatest jazz anytime at Jazz24.org.
- “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday
- “Lush Life” by Johnny Hartman
- “God Bless the Child” by Billie Holiday
- “How High The Moon” by Ella Fitzgerald
- “Mack 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 Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto
- “Fever” by Peggy Lee
- “Lullaby 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 and his 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 Susannah 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
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