* Abbey Lincoln (1930-2010)
* Betty Carter (1929-1998)
* Carmen McRae (1920-1994)
* Cissy Houston (born 1933)
* Dee Dee Bridgewater (born 1950)
* Dianne Reeves (born 1956)
* Diahann Carroll (1935-2019)
* Etta Jones (1928-2001)
* Freda Payne (born 1942)
* Gloria Lynne (1929-2013)
* Helen Humes (1913-1981)
* Irene Reid (1930-2008)
* Joni James (1930-2022)
* Joyce Bryant (born 1928)
* Lena Horne (1917-2010)
* Marlena Shaw (born 1942)
* Nancy Wilson (1937-2018)
* Nina Simone (1933-2003)
* Roberta Flack (born 1937)
* Shirley Bassey (born 1937)
* Stephanie Mills (born 1951)
* Teena Marie (1956-2010)
* Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929)
* Thelma Houston (born 1946)
* Valerie Simpson (born 1946)
* Von Freeman (1923-2012)