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Scat Singers[]
Louis Armstrong is often credited for creating scat singing, but the form existed before him. His immense international popularity catapulted scat singing to the widespread attention of both other artists and fans.
Scat singers range from vocalists who use it a bit here and there, to performers like Mel Tormé who could take scat to the level of band instrumentation, or vocalist Bobby McFerrin who is a whole scat band rolled into one singer.
To find out more about it, see the full page on Scat Singing. Here are some of the most famous scat singers:
A[]
- Harry James Angus
- Ken Ard
- Leny Andrade
- Louis Armstrong
- Pedro Aznar
B[]
- Alice Babs
- Andy Bey
- George Benson
- Jón Pór Birgisson
- Ray Brown, Jr.
- Richard B. Boone
- The Boswell Sisters
C[]
- Alexis Cole
- Betty Carter
- Deborah J. Carter
- Bing Crosby
- Cab Calloway
- Carla Cook
- Jackie Chan
- Jay Clayton
- Joe Carroll
- June Christy
- Patti Cathcart
- Scatman Crothers
D[]
- Leila Duclos
- Meredith d'Ambrosio
- Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Jonathan Davis
E[]
- Roger Dean Miller
- Sammy Davis, Jr.
- Urszula Dudziak
- Cliff Edwards
- Dominique Eade
- Kurt Elling
F[]
- Aretha Franklin
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Rachelle Ferrell
G[]
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Gene Greene
- Giacomo Gates
- Roberta Gambarini
H[]
- Slim Gaillard
- Adelaide Hall
- Jon Hendricks
J[]
- Al Jarreau
- Al Jolson
- Eddie Jefferson
- Marguerite Juenemann
- Sheila Jordan
K[]
- Anthony Kiedis
- Chaka Khan
- Nancy King
- Rebecca Kilgore
L[]
- Cleo Laine
- Jeanne Lee
- Jo Lawry
- Peggy Lee
- Sara Leib
M[]
- Bobby McFerrin
- Carmen McRae
- Darmon Meader
- Dave Matthews
- Greta Matassa
- Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
- Mark Murphy
- Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
- Rene Marie
- The Manhattan Transfer
N[]
- Bradley Nowell
- Judy Niemack
- Nanette Natal
- The Nutty Squirrels
O[]
P[]
- Louis Prima
- Mike Patton
R[]
S[]
- Scatman John
- Anne Schaefer
- Diane Schuur
- Frank Sinatra
- Luciana Souza
T[]
- Clark Terry
- Bon Bon
- Mel Tormé
- Shooby Taylor
V[]
W[]
- Edgar Winter
- Joe Williams
- Johnny "Guitar" Watson
- Leo Watson
- Nancy Wilson
- Norma Winstone
- Paula West
- Robert Wyatt
- Tom Waits