Fifty All-time Greatest Jazz Songs
The songs below were listed as the 50 greatest jazz vocal songs of all time.
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- “Strange Fruit” byBillie Holiday
- “Lush Life” byJohnny Hartman
- “God Bless the Child” byBillie Holiday
- “How High The Moon” byElla Fitzgerald
- “Mack the Knife (in Berlin)” byElla Fitzgerald
- “At Last” byEtta James
- “What a Wonderful World” byLouis Armstrong
- “My Funny Valentine” byChet Baker
- “Girl From Ipanema” byStan Getz &Astrud Gilberto
- “Fever” byPeggy Lee
- “Lullaby of Birdland” bySarah Vaughan
- “Summertime” byElla Fitzgerald
- “Birdland” by Manhattan Transfer
- “My One and Only Love” byJohnny Hartman andJohn Coltrane
- “I Loves You Porgy” byNina Simone
- “A Tisket – A Tasket” byElla Fitzgerald
- “Every day I Have the Blues” by Joe Williams w/Count Basie and his Orchestra
- “Autumn in New York” byBillie Holiday
- “Misty” bySarah Vaughan
- “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” byElla Fitzgerald
- “Feelin’ Good” byNina Simone
- “Fine and Mellow” byBillie Holiday
- “My Baby Just Cares For Me” byNina Simone
- “Route 66” byNat King Cole
- “One for My Baby” byFrank Sinatra
- “Blue Skies” byElla Fitzgerald
- “Something Cool” by June Christy
- “Georgia on my Mind” byRay Charles
- “I’ve Got You under My Skin” byFrank Sinatra
- “Sweet Georgia Brown” byAnita O’Day
- “All of Me” byBillie Holiday
- “Black and Blue” byLouis Armstrong
- “The Waters of March” by Susannah McCorkle
- “Fly Me To the Moon” byFrank Sinatra
- “Good Morning Heartache” byBillie Holiday
- “You Go to My Head” byLouis Armstrong
- “Mumbles” byClark Terry
- “My Man” byBillie Holiday
- “Peel me a Grape” byDiana Krall
- “Unforgettable” byNat King Cole
- “Stardust” byNat King Cole
- “Let’s Get Lost” byChet Baker
- “Lover Man” byBillie Holiday
- “Someone to Watch Over Me” byElla Fitzgerald
- “Autumn Leaves” byEva Cassidy
- “They Say It’s Wonderful” byJohnny Hartman &John Coltrane
- “Compared To What” byLes McCann andEddie Harris
- “Cry Me a River” by Julie London
- “Minnie the Moocher” byCab Calloway
- “Nature Boy” byNat King Cole