List of scat singers

This article lists notable scat singers by year of birth. It is also sortable alphabetically.

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Artist Lifespan
Gene Greene 1881–1930
Jelly Roll Morton 1890–1941
Cliff Edwards 1895–1971
Leo Watson 1898–1950
Louis Armstrong 1901–1971
Adelaide Hall 1901–1993
Bing Crosby 1903–1977
Cab Calloway 1907–1995
Nat Gonella 1908–1998
Louis Prima 1910–1978
Scatman Crothers 1910–1986
Slim Gaillard 1916–1991
Dizzy Gillespie 1917–1993
Ella Fitzgerald 1917–1996
Eddie Jefferson 1918–1979
Anita O'Day 1919–2006
Clark Terry 1920–2015
Carmen McRae 1920–1994
Jon Hendricks 1921–
Sarah Vaughan 1924–1990
Alice Babs 1924–2014
Sammy Davis, Jr. 1925–1990
Mel Tormé 1925–1999
Tony Bennett 1926–
Cleo Laine 1927–
Chet Baker 1929–1988
Betty Carter 1929–1998
Shooby Taylor 1929–2003
Richard B. Boone 1930–1999
Mark Murphy 1932–
Eduard Khil 1934–2012
Johnny "Guitar" Watson 1935–1996
Roger Miller 1936–1992
Billy Stewart 1937–1970
Jeanne Lee 1939–2000
Al Jarreau 1940–
John Paul Larkin ("Scatman John") 1942–1999
Aretha Franklin 1942–
George Benson 1943–
Urszula Dudziak 1943–
Micky Dolenz 1945–
Van Morrison 1945–
Robert Wyatt 1945–
Ruth Pointer (Pointer Sisters) 1946–
David Gilmour 1946–
Edgar Winter 1946–
Anita Pointer (Pointer Sisters) 1948–
Ray Brown, Jr. 1949–
Leon Redbone 1949–
Bobby McFerrin 1950–
Bonnie Pointer (Pointer Sisters) 1950–
Dee Dee Bridgewater 1950–
Carla White 1951–2007
June Pointer (Pointer Sisters) 1953–2006
Chaka Khan 1953–
Jackie Chan 1954–
David Lee Roth 1954–
Pedro Aznar 1959–
Ken Ard 1960–
John Pizzarelli 1960–
Anthony Kiedis 1962–
Karrin Allyson 1963–
Holly Cole 1963–
Kurt Elling 1967–
Dave Matthews 1967–
Mike Patton 1968–
Janusz Szrom 1968–
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh 1969–
Jonathan Davis 1971–
Loire (Lori Cotler) 1972–
Jón Þór Birgisson 1975–
Jane Monheit 1977–
Jason Mraz 1977–
Marc Roberge 1978–
Sara Leib 1981–
Harry James Angus 1982–
Amy Winehouse 1983–2011
Theo Katzman 1986–
Reggie Watts 1972–
Nikki Yanofsky 1994–

Groups

Group Years active
The Boswell Sisters 1925–1936
The Andrews Sisters 1925–1967
The Nutty Squirrels 1959–1964, 1977–1981
The Swingle Singers since 1962
The Manhattan Transfer 1969–1971; since 1972

See also

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