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 Carol MacKay (Bunny Berigan) Gladys Madden (Coleman Hawkins) Frances Maddux (Leo Reisman) Mary Mahoney (w/Ted Fio Rito, -as the 'Mahoney Sisters') Madeline Mahoney (w/Ted Fio Rito, -as the 'Mahoney Sisters') Beverly Mahr (Gordon Jenkins) Gia Maione (Louis Prima) Gilda Maiken (Anderson) (Woody Herman) June Malo (Jack Hylton) Mary Ann McCall (Woody Herman, Charlie Barnet, Tommy Dorsey, Tommy Reynolds, Teddy Powell-briefly) Margaret McCrae (Benny Goodman) Ruth McCullough (Sonny Dunham, Mitchell Ayers, Tony Pastor) Margaret McCrae (Benny Goodman) Betty Mackay (Henry Jerome) Carol McKay ( Ben Pollock) Kitty McLane (Charlie Spivak) Jean McManus (Ralph Flanagan) Carmen McRae (Benny Carter, Mercer Ellington, Charlie Barnet, Earl Hines, Count Basie.( She used the name Carmen Clarke from her brief marriage to Kenny Clarke for a short time) Ginny Mancini (Tex Beneke) Alice Mann (Billy Bishop, Jack Hylton) Belle Mann (Ben Pollack, Bernie Cummins, Ben Pollock) Marion Mann (Bob Crosby) Peggy Mann (Ben Pollock, Enoch Light, Teddy Powell, Larry Clinton, Tex Beneke's Glenn Miller Orch.) Margaret Manning (Charlie Spivak) Barbara Manners (Percy Faith) Marianne (no last name was used) (Will Osborne, Sonny Dunham) Mary Marlowe (Sammy Kaye) Rosalind Marquis (Clyde McCoy) Scottee Marsh (Orrin Tucker, Bobby Byrne, Tommy Dorsey, Shep Fields, Ralph Flanagan) Mary Marshall (Bill Clifford) Delores Martel (Tony Pastor) Dianne Marth (Russ Morgan/Jack Morgan Orch) Claire Martin (Hal Kemp, Bob Zurke) Helen Martin (Paul Kain) Mary Martin (Eddie Duchin, Woody Herman, Wingy Manone) Betty Martin (Bob Strong) Mary Martin (Richard Himber) Paula Martin (Claude Thornhill, Claude Thornhill) Sara Martin (Fats Waller, Sidney Bechet) Sundi Martino (Harry James) Dolores Marvin (Tony Pastor) Eugenie Marvin (Henry King) Donna Mason (Mal Hallet and Sam Donahue) Lucille Matthews (Jack Jenney) Virginia Maxey (Tony Pastor, Ziggy Elman, Charlie Barnet and Bob Crosby, Bobby Byrne) Marilyn Maxwell [née: Marvell Maxwell] (Ted Weems, Anson Weeks, Buddy Rogers) Beverly Mayhi (Gordon Jenkins) Mary Mayo (Tex Beneke) Peggy McCall (Charlie Spivak, Alvino Rey,) Jeannie McKeon (Al Sack, Benny Goodman) Vi Mele (Jimmy Dorsey) Marcie Mercer (Ray Anthony) Mary Ann Mercer (Mitchell Ayres) Dawn Meredith (Carl Ravazza, Billy McDonald) Helen Merrill (Reggie Childs) Elaine Merritt (née: June Hutton) (June, half sister of Ina, used name 'Elaine Merritt' when with Ina's band) Mickie (Sonny Dunham) Velma Middleton (Louis Armstrong) Lizzy Miles (Clarence Williams Phyllis Miles (Frankie Masters) Perri Mitchee (Buddy Morrow) Note: Mrs. Buddy Morrow Dorothy Miller (Xavier Cugat Marcie Miller (Ray Anthony) Elsa Miranda (Desi Arnaz) Dolly Mitchell (Paul Whiteman, Stan Kenton) Dotty Mitchell (Kay Kyser) Perri Mitchell (Buddy Moreno) Shirley Mitchell (Gordon Jenkins) Sue Mitchell (Woody Herman, Duke Ellington) Adelaide Moffet (Enric Madriguera, Jack Jenney) "Moon Maids" (Vaughn Monroe) (The original Moon Maids were June Bratone,Mary Jo Grogan, Tinker Rautenberg, and Carol Piper) Ann Moore ("Count" Basie) Sandee Moore (Johnny Long) Jacquelyn Moore (Russ Morgan) Jane Morgan (Dick Stabile) Marian Morgan (Harry James, Caesar Petrillo) Audrey Morris (Charlie Spivak) Cheryl Morris (Johnney Catron, Orrin Tucker, Harry James, Clyde Reasinger, Pat Longo, Tex Beneke, Bill Tole, Ray McKinley, Manny Harmon) Barbara Morrison (Vaughn Monroe, Doc Severinson) Liza Morrow (George Paxton, Freddie Slack, Benny Goodman) Ella Mae Morse (Freddy Slack, Jimmy Dorsey) Lee Morse (Benny Goodman, Manny Klein, Eddie Lang, Tommy Dorsey, Adrian Rollini, and Rube Bloom) Sue Mouro (Tommy Reed) Joan Mowery (Lawrence Welk) Mullin Sisters (Enric Madriguera) Murphy Sisters (Carl Hoff, Vaughn Monroe) (The sisters were: Muriel, Dottie, and Marjorie....started singing with Vaughn Monroe on Jan 21, 1943) Phyllis Myles ( Will Bradley) Note: May not be the same Phyllis Miles who married Frankie Masters. Jean Napier (Jean Goldkette) Jo Napolean (Bob Astor) Elsa Nilsson and Eileen Nilsson (Spike Jones) Nancy Norman (Sammy Kaye) Patricia Norman (Eddie Duchin) Carla Normand (Don Neely) Mary Lou Norris (Glenn Miller w/McKinley leader) Betty Norton (Carl Hoff) Norton Sisters (Vaughn Monroe) Clare Nunn (Shep Fields) Evelyn Oaks (Jimmy Dorsey, Dick Stabile) Dottie O'Brien (Red Nichols) Joan O'Brien (Harry James) Helen O'Brien (Tommy Dorsey) Helen O'Connell (Jimmy Dorsey, Larry Funk, Austin Wylie, Frank DeVol-her husband) Maureen O'Connor (Ted Fio Rito) Pat O'Connor (Billy Butterfield, Jimmy Dorsey) Anita O'Day (Gene Krupa, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Bob Crosby, Benny Goodman) Bunny O'Hare (Enoch Light) Lillian Clark Oliver (Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong, and Ray Coniff) Zelma O'Neal (Al Goodman) Dolores "Dodie" O'Neill (J. Teagarden, Bob Chester, Artie Shaw, Gene Krupa) Primrose Orrock (Jack Hylton) Mary Osborne (Russ Morgan) Shirley Ost (Sammy Kaye) Marion Page (Tommy Reynolds) Patti Page (Benny Goodman, Jimmy Joy, Freddy Nagel) Kay Palmer (Jean Goldkette) Patti Palmer (Ted Fio Rito) Dee Parker (Jimmy Dorsey) Delores Parker (Duke Ellington) Patsy Parker (Tommy Reynolds) Penny Parker (Hal McIntyre, Vincent Lopez) Sandy Parker (Jimmy Dorsey) Bernice Parks ( Nat Brandwynne, Russ Morgan) Roz Patton (Elliot Lawrence) Marilyn Paul (Chuck Foster) Rae Pearl (Fats Navarro) Beverly Peer ("Chick" Webb) Diane Pendleton (Kay Kyser) Kay Penton (Fats Navarro, Benny Goodman, Guy Lombardo) Kay Perry ("Fats" Waller) Laurie Peters [aka: Lorrie] (Glenn Miller- w/Ray McKinley leading) Cecile Petrie (Carroll Gibbons) Member: "The Carlyle Cousins" English group. including Cecile Petrie, Pauline Lister & Lillian Taylor Dana Phelps (Al Donahue) Anita Pina (Xavier Cugat) Penny Piper (Gene Krupa and Al Donahue) Dillagene Plumb (Woody Herman) Evelyn Poe (Bob Zurke) Lucy Ann Polk (Kay Kyser, Les Brown, Tommy Dorsey) Dorothy Porter (Xavier Cugat) Penny Porter (Tommy Reynolds) Belle Powell (Claude Hopkins) Ginnie Powell (Boyd Raeburn, Gene Krupa, Harry James, Jerry Wald, Charlie Barnet) Patti Powers (Georgie Auld) Ruth Price (Harry James) Virginia Craig Pruett ( Bob Crosby, Billy May, Wilbur Hatch) Currently no entries June Rae (Red Nichols) Lorraine Raeburn (Boyd Raeburn) Ma Rainey (Coleman Hawkins) Ramona (Myers) (Lawrence Welk) Judy Randall (Jan Garber) Sue Raney (Stan Kenton) Leah Ray (Phil Harris, Xavier Cugat) Rita Ray (Gray Gordon) Martha Raye (Paul Ash) (Martha is best recalled as an actress and entertainer) Helen Raymond (Richard Himber, BillyThornburn) Marian Redding (Red Nichols, Don Redman, and Don Byas) Delores Reed (Joe Venuti) Nancy Reed (Hal McIntyre, Skitch Henderson, Benny Goodman) Della Reese (Duke Ellington, Erskine Hawkins) Gail Reese (Glenn Miller, Bunny Berigan) Dorothy Reid (Buddy Rich, Benny Goodman, Randy Brooks, Vido Musso, Artie Paulson, Bob Allen Jack Teagarden) Jane Reid (Vaughn Monroe) Marcia Rice (Sam Donahue, Bob Astor) Cathy Rich (Buddy Rich) Karen Rich (Bobby Byrne) Ann Richards (Stan Kenton, Charlie Barnet) Trudy Richards (Charlie Barnet) Judy Richards (Russ Morgan) Lynn Richards (Harry James) Sally Richards (Tommy Reynolds) Lee Richardson (Lucky Millinder) June Richmond (Andy Kirk, Jimmy Dorsey, Cab Calloway) Joan Ritter (Paul Kain) Mavis Rivers (Benny Goodman) Ruth Robin (Phil Harris, Jan Savitt, Joe Venuti). Note: Later a famous movie star. Doris Robbins (Bob Crosby, Ben Pollack) Gale Robbins (Art Jarrett, Ben Bernie, Harry James ) Jessie Robbins (Richard Himber and Harry Leader) June Robbins (Eddie Duchin) "Roberta" (Lynn) (Henry Busse) Lynn Roberts (Tommy Dorsey, Dorsey Brothers, Jerry Jerome, Harry James, Sammy Kaye, Glenn Miller Orch under Buddy DeFranco) Betty Roche (Duke Ellington) Billie Rogers (Woody Herman) Dorothy Rogers (Will Osborne) Eileen Rodgers (Charlie Spivak) Elizabeth Rogers (Russ Morgan) Jo-Jean Rogers (Johnny Long) Phyillis Rogers (Johnny Long) Lena Romay (Xavier Cugat) Nita Rosa (Xavier Cugat) Blue Rose (Duke Ellington) Annie Ross (Lionel Hampton) Candy Ross (Benny Carter) Shirley Ross (Gus Arnheim, Hal Grayson) Helen Rothwell (Harlan Leonard) Helen Rowland (Ben Selvin, Frankie Trumbauer, Freddy Martin, Freddie Rich) Eleanor Russell (Tommy Reynold) Jane Russell (Kay Kyser). Later, She was a Hollywood actress. Madelyn Russell (Art Mooney) Ruth Russell (Ronnie Kemper) Vivian Ruth (Freddy Martin) Cathy Ryan (Lucky Millinder, Art Mooney) JoAnne Ryan (Alvino Rey) Dorothy Saulters (Cab Calloway) Coralee Scott (Griff Williams) Ann Seton (Frank Dailey) Nita Sharon (Bunny Berigan) Marion Shaw (Richard Himber, Joe Reichman, Dorsey Brothers) Miriam Shaw - aka Gloria Gale (Reggie Childs, Les Brown) Lee Shearin (Chuck Foster) Anne Shelton (Ambrose, Robert Farnon) Joan Shepard (Ray McKinley, Glenn Miller, Buddy DeFranco Orch) Lynn Sherman (Sonny Burke) Joya Sherrill (Duke Ellington) Sherry Sisters (Dean Hudson) Mildred Shirley (Jack Teagarden) Dinah Shore (Ben Bernie, Leo Reisman, Peter Dean, Beasley Smith, Xavier Cugat) Ethel Shutta (George Olsen-his wife) Ginny Simms (Jerry Gray, Tom Gerun, Kay Kyser) Sylvia Sims (Jimmy Carroll, Frank DeVol, Joe Sherman, Percy Faith) Lil Singer (Ina Ray Hutton) Sally Singer (Leo Reisman) Doris Singleton (Art Jarrett) Bessie Smith (Clarence Williams, Fletcher Henderson, Coleman Hawkins, Chu Berry, Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, and Eddie Lang) Carrie Smith (Benny Goodman) Dottie Smith (Billy Butterfield (She was Mrs. Butterfield) Kate Smith (Ben Selvin) (called: 'The Songbird Of The South') Keely Smith (Louis Prima, Count Basie, Billy May) Mamie Smith (Sidney Bechet) Manon Smith (Russ Morgan) Rita Smith (Isham Jones) Ann Somers (Glenn Miller w/Ray McKinley leading) Helen Southern (Larry Clinton) Jeri Southern (Jerry Gray) Dubby Spivak (Charlie Spivak -Mrs. Spivak) Deanna St. Clair (Jan Garber) Kay St. Germaine (Anson Weeks) Jo Stafford (Tommy Dorsey) Kay Stalker (Big Bands: Lawrence Welk, Norman Lee, Jan Garber, Buddy Morrow, and Ralph Marterie, and with C&W bands "PeeWee King", Little Jimmy Dickens, "Tex" Ritter, "Smiley" Burnette, "Red" Foley, and Marty Robbins) Aileen Stanley, Jr. (Randy Brooks) Mildred Stanley (Lawrence Welk) Judy Starr (Hal Kemp) Kay Starr (Glenn Miller, Charlie Barnet, Joe Venuti, Wingy Manone, Benny Carter and Ben Pollack, Bob Crosby) Frances Stevens (Jack Denny, Red Nichols) Lynne Stevens (Al Donahue, Woody Herman, Bobby Sherwood, Ted Fio Rito, Bobby Byrne, Georgie Auld) Roseanne Stevens (Ozzie Nelson) Sally Stewart (see: Sally Stuart - below) Sandy Stewart (Benny Goodman) Lois Still (Irving Aaronson, Ben Pollock) Gail Storm (Garwood Vann) Note: Later a famous movie actress. Margie Stuart (Joe Reichman) Sally Stuart (Sammy Kaye, Blue Barron, Vaughn Monroe and Elliot Lawrence) Jeri Sullivan (Art Jarrett) Lee Sullivan (Leo Reisman) Maxine Sullivan (John Kirby, Claude Thornhill, Benny Carter, Teddy Wilson, Ellis Larkins and Benny Goodman) Kathy Summers (Eddie Miller) Sandi Summers (Sammy Kaye) Sally Sweetland (Sauter-Finegan) Kay Swingle (Ted Fio Rito) Tamara (no last name) (Del Casino) Jan Tober (Stan Kenton) Jo Ann Tally (Bob Strong) Maxine Tappan (Vincent Lopez) Betty Taylor (Henry Busse) Eva Taylor (Clarence Williams, Ben Selvin, Clarence Williams, Sidney Bechet) Irene Taylor (Seger Ellis, Charlie Agnew, Paul Whiteman) Jean Taylor (Jimmie Grier) Lillian Taylor (Carroll Gibbons) Member: "The Carlyle Cousins" English group. including Cecile Petrie, Pauline Lister & Lillian Taylor Myra Taylor (Harlan Leonard) Gladys Tell (Johnny Messner) Amy Terris (Russ Morgan) Jean Terry (Dean Hudson, Ralph Flanagan, Lawrence Welk, Joe Sanders and Buddy Morrow) Sister Rosetta Tharpe ("Lucky" Millinder) Hociel Thomas (Louis Armstrong) Blanch Thompson (Fred Waring) Kay Thompson (Hal Kemp, Tom Coakley) Marian Thompson (Fred Waring) Marion Thorne (Isham Jones) Janet Thurlow (Lionel Hampton) Liz Tilton (Ken Baker, Jan Garber, Bob Crosby, Buddy Rogers, Ozzie Nelson, Tommy Dorsey) Martha Tilton (Les Brown, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Hal Grayson) Jan Tober (Stan Kenton) Louise Tobin (Benny Goodman, Bobby Hackett, Will Bradley, Jack Jenney) Janice Todd (Will Osborne) Mabel Todd (Lawrence Welk); The Town Criers (Tommy Dorsey) Billie Trask (Dick Stabile) Carol Tucker (Erskine Hawkins) Sophie Tucker (Ted Lewis) Josephine Tumminia (Jimmy Dorsey) Jean Turner (Stan Kenton) Currently No Entries. Ruthie Vale (Dean Hudson, Richard Himber, Cleve Williams) Caterina Valente (Chet Baker) June Valli (Joe Reisman, Henri Rene, Neil Hefti, Ralph Flanagan, Art Mooney) Adele Van (Paul Kain) Betty Van (Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Ken Baker) Gloria Van (Hal McIntyre, Gene Krupa, Johnny "Scat" Davis, Ted Fio Rito) Jacki Van (Al Trace) Jesse Vance (Russ Morgan) Nadine Vaughn (Johnny "Scat" Davis, Ted Weems) Sarah Vaughan (Georgie Auld, Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie) Elena Verdugo (Xavier Cugat) Madeline Vergari (Ray Anthony) Julie Vernon (Frank Bettencourt) Olga Vernon (Bob Sylvester) Virginia Verrill (Orville Knapp) She also dubbed her voice for many actresses- usually uncredited. Louise Vienna (Bill Clifford) Dorey Vincent (Randy Brooks) Bea Wain (Larry Clinton, Gene Kardos, Artie Shaw, Bill Challis, Fred Waring) Yvonne Walker (Richard Himber, Ray Herbeck) Louise Wallace (Frank Dailey) Sippie Wallace (Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, and Clarence Williams) Ethel Walters (Ben Selvin) Jayne Walton (Lawrence Welk) Fran Warren (Claude Thornhill, Art Mooney, Charlie Barnet) Mary Ann Warren (Ray Noble) Helen Ward (Benny Goodman, Enric Madriguera, Hal McIntyre, Freddy Martin, Gene Krupa, Harry James, Bob Crosby, Teddy Wilson, Eddie Duchin, Will Osborne, and Larry Clinton) Jane Ward (Jan Savitt) Fran Warren (Art Mooney, Claude Thornill, Charlie Barnet, Henry Jerome) Lynn Warren (Ray McKinley, Buddy Rich, Ray McKinley) Helen Warren (Jan Savitt) Dinah Washington (Lionel Hampton) Laura Washington (Erskine Hawkins) Ethel Waters (Clarence Williams, Duke Ellington, Benny Carter,and Teddy Wilson) Francis Wayne (Woody Herman, Charlie Barnet, Sam Donahue, and (her husband) Neal Hefti) Martha Wayne (Claude Thornhill) (Singer Buddy Stewart married Martha Wayne, who later sang as Martha Stewart.They later sang as a group called 'A Pair of Pairs', and later as 'The Snowflakes'.) Jilla Webb (Harry James) Kay Weber (Jimmy Dorsey, Dorsey Brothers, Bob Crosby, Smith Ballew) Jean Weeks (Buddy Rich) Elizabeth Welch (Benny Carter) Emma Lou Welch (Benny Goodman) Armide Whipple (Jimmie Grier, Bob Crosby) PLEASE ALSO SEE KIM KIMBERLY ABOVE. Margaret Whiting (Billy Butterfield, Freddie Slack) Loyce Whiteman (Gus Arnhein, Jimmie Grier) Gloria Whitney (Russ Morgan) Jayne Whitney (Johnny Hamp) Joan Whitney (Will Osborne, Leo Reisman) Lee Wiley (Leo Reisman, Victor Young, Jess Stacy, Glen Gray, Fats Waller, Bunny Berigan, Eddie Condon, Billy Butterfield, Freddie Rich, Paul Whiteman, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Joe Venuti, Buddy Morrow, Billy Butterfield. Joe Bushkin, Paul Weston) Bonnie Lou Williams (Tommy Dorsey, Gordon Jenkins) Mary Lou Williams (Andy Kirk, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie), NOT really a singer, she was the band's pianist/arranger. Dorothy Williams (Ben Pollock) Hannah Williams (Ben Pollock) Midge Williams (Teddy Wilson) Eileen Wilson (Will Osborne, Les Brown) Irene Wilson (Ray Herbeck) Judy Williams (Harry James and Bob Crosby) Julie Wilson (Johnny Long) Shirley Wilson (Tex Beneke) Jerri Winters (Stan Kenton) Penny Wise (Eddie Duchin) Ruth Witwer (Vaughn Monroe and Phil Spitalny) Donna (Wood) and her Don Juans (Horace Heidt); Note: The "Juans" were comprised of George Jackson, Eddie James and Jimmy O'Brien. It is quite possible that both Art Carney and Gordon McCrae may have sung with them at times (with the Horace Heidt orchestra) but no discographic proof is available. She is the sister of singer Gloria Wood. Gloria Wood (Kay Kyser, Horace Heidt, Wingy Manone, Hal McIntyre ) She is the sister of singer Donna Wood. Marjorie Wood (Randy Brooks, Boyd Raeburn) Trudy Wood (Jimmie Grier) Bobbie Woodlen (Benny Carter) Edythe Wright (Tommy Dorsey) Ruby Wright -Mrs. Barney Rapp (Barney Rapp) Roberta Wyatt (Henry Busse) Nan Wynn (Hal Kemp, Hudson-DeLange, Raymond Scott, Teddy Wilson, Freddie Rich) Lois Wynne (Nat Brandwynne) Currently no entry Dianne Ymonne (Russ Morgan) Audrey Young (Tommy Dorsey) Eve Young [née: Karen Chandler] (Benny Goodman) Helen Young (Johnny Long -"The Left Handed Fiddler", Raymond Scott) Young Sisters (Ralph Flanagan) Norma Zimmer (Lawrence Welk) Welk's "Champagne Lady"
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