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Aaliyah (1/16/1979 - 8/25/2001)
Ada Brown (5/1/1890 - 4/31/1950)
Albertina Walker (August 29, 1929 -- October 8, 2010)
Alice Faye (5/5/1915 - 5/9/1998)
Amy Winehouse (9/14/1983 - 6/23/2011)
Anita Carter (1933-1999)
Anita O'Day (1919-2006)
Annette Hanshaw (1901-1985)
Annisteen Allen (1920-1992)
Ari Up (1962-2010)
Barbara McNair (1934-2007)
Belle Baker
Bessie Smith (1894-1937)
Betty Carter (1929-1998)
Bianca Halstead (1965-2001)
Big Mama Thornton (1926-1984)
Big Maybelle (1924-1972)
Billie Holiday (1915-1959)
Blue Lu Barker
Blossom Dearie (1924-2009)
Carmen McRae (1920-1994)
Carmita Jiménez (1944-2003)
Cass Elliot (1941-1974)
Cassia Eller (1962-2007)
Celia Cruz (1925-2003)
Cesaria Evora (1941-2011)
Christina Amphlett (25 October 1959 -- 21 April 2013)
Christy Essien-Igbokwe (1960-2011)
Dinah Shore (1916-1994)
Dinah Washington (1924-1963)
Donna Summer (1948-2012)
Dorothy Dandridge (1922-1965)
Dorothy Lamour (1914-1996)
Dottie Rambo (March 2, 1934 -- May 11, 2008)
Dottie West (1932-1991)
Dusty Springfield (1939-1999)
Eartha Kitt (1927-2008)
Edie Adams (1927-2008)
Edith Piaf (1915-1963)
Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996)
Ella Mae Morse (1924-1999)
Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003)
Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (1915-2006)
Esther Phillips (1935-1984)
Ethel Merman (1908-1984)
Ethel Waters (1896-1977)
Etta James (1938-2012)
Eva Cassidy (1963-1996)
Eve Boswell (1922-1998)
Florence Ballard (1943-1976)
Gale Storm (1922-2009)
Ghazala Javed (1988-2012)
Gladys Bentley (1907-1960)
Gladys Horton (1945-2011)
Giselle MacKenzie (1927-2003)
Gracie Fields (1898-1979)
Hadda Brooks (1916-2002)
Hattie McDaniel (1895-1952)
Hayedeh (1942-1990)
Hazel Scott (1920-1981)
Helen Carter (1927-1998)
Helen Humes (1913-1981)
Helen Kane (1904-1966)
Hibari Misora (1937-1989)
Imperio Argentina (1906-2003)
Inez Andrews (April 14, 1929 - December 19, 2012)
Jane Froman (1907-1980)
Janis Joplin (1943-1970)
Janis Martin (1940-2007)
Jenni Rivera (1969-2012)
Jill Day (1930-1990)
Joan Sutherland (1926-2010)
Jo Stafford (1917-2008)
Judee Sill (1944-1979)
Judy Garland (1922-1969)
Julie London (1926-2000)
June Carter Cash (1929-2003)
June Christy (1925-1990)
June Pointer (1953-2006)
Karen Carpenter (1950-1983)
Karen Dalton (1937-1993)
Kate Smith (1907-1986)
Kathy Kirby (1938-2011)
Kirsty MacColl (1959-2000)
Kitty Wells (1919-2012)
Kristen Pfaff (1967-1994)
Laura Branigan (1957-2004)
Laura Nyro (1947-1997)
LaVern Baker (1929-1997)
LaVerne Andrews (1911-1967)
Lebo Mathosa (1977-2006)
Lena Horne (1917-2010)
Lillian Roth (1910-1980)
Linda Jones (1944-1972)
Linda McCartney (24 September 1941 -- 17 April 1998)
Lisa Lopes (1971-2002)
Lita Roza (1926-2008)
Liz Anderson (1927-2011)
Loleatta Holloway (1946-2011)
Lorraine Ellison (1931-1983)
Lucille Bogan (1897-1948)
Lydia Mendoza (1916-2007)
Ma Rainey (1886-1939)
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)
Margaret Price (1941-2011)
Margaret Whiting (1924-2011)
Maria Callas (1923-1977)
Maria Serrano Serrano (1973-2001)
Marion Worth (1930-1999)
Mariska Veres (1947-2006)
Marva Whitney (May 1, 1944 - December 22, 2012)
Mary Martin (1913-1990)
Mary Travers (1936-2009)
Mary Wells (1943-1992)
Maxene Andrews (1916-1995)
Maybelle Carter (1908-1978)
Melanie Appleby (1966-1990)
Melanie Thornton (1967-2001)
Mercedes Sosa (1935-2009)
Mia Permanto (1988-2008)
Mia Zapata (1965-1993)
Mildred Bailey (1907-1951)
Mindy McCready (November 30, 1975 -- February 17, 2013)
Minnie Riperton (1947-1979)
Miriam Makeba (1932-2008)
Nathaly van het Ende (1975-2001)
Natina Reed (October 28, 1979 - October 26, 2012)
Nazia Hassan (April 3, 1965 - August 13, 2000)
Nell Carter (1948-2003)
Nico (1938-1988)
Nicolette Larson (1952-1997)
Nina Simone (1933-2003)
Noor Jehan (1926-2000)
Odetta (1930-2008)
Patsy Cline (1932-1963)
Patsy Montana (1908-1996)
Patty Donahue (1956-1996)
Paula Pierce (1960-1991)
Pearl Bailey (1918-1990)
Peggy Lee (1920-2002)
Phoebe Snow (1950-2011)
Phyllis Hyman (July 6, 1949 -- June 30, 1995)
Pierrette Alarie (1921-2011)
Poly Styrene (1957-2011)
Raylene Rankin (1960-2012)
Rita Hunter (1933-2001)
Rita MacNeil (May 28, 1944 -- April 16, 2013)
Roccio Durcal (1944-2006)
Rosemary Clooney (1928-2002)
Ruth Brown (1928-2006)
Sammi Smith (1943-2005)
Sandy Denny (1947-1978)
Sara Carter (1898-1979)
Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990)
Selena (1971-1995)
Sheila McKinley (1941-2012)
Shoshana Damari (1923-2006)
Sippie Wallace (1898-1986)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973)
Skeeter Davis (1931-2004)
Sophie Tucker (1886-1966)
Susan Chilcott (1963-2003)
Syretta Wright (1946-2004)
Tammi Terrell (1945-1970)
Tammy Wynette (1942-1998)
Teena Marie (1956-2010)
Teresa Brewer (1931-2007)
Trish Keenan (1968-2011)
Velma Middleton (1917-1961)
Vesta Williams (1957-2011)
Vestal Goodman (1929-2003)
Vickie Sue Robinson (1954-2000)
Viola Wills (December 30, 1939 - May 6, 2009)
Violetta Villas (1938-2011)
Wendy O. Williams (1949-1998)
Whitney Houston (1963-2012)
Wilma Burgess (1939-2003)
Yma Sumac (1922-2008)
Yukiko Okada (August 22, 1967 -- April 8, 1986)
Zola Taylor (1938-2007)