Vocalists – Yorktown High School Bands

Bessie Smith (1894-1937); St. Louis Blues ’29; Taint Nobodys Business If I Do
T-Bone Walker (1910-1975); Don’t Throw Your Love on Me So Strong; Goin’ to Chicago ’66
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972); Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho ’57; Summertime/Motherless Child
Muddy Waters (1913-1983); Got My Mojo Workin’ ’66; You Can’t Loose What you Never Had ’66
Billie Holiday “Lady Day” (1915-1959); Strange Fruit; The Blues are Brewin; God Bless the Child
Frank Sinatra (1915-1998); Oh Look at Me Now; Fools Rush In
Ella Fitzgerald “Queen of Jazz” (1917-1996); A-Tisket, A-Tasket; Cheek to Cheek
Nat “King” Cole (1919-1965); Nature Boy; L-O-V-E
Peggy Lee (1920-2002); He’s a Tramp; Why Don’t You Do Right?; Elmer’s Tune
Dinah Washington (1924-1963); Nobody Knows the Way I Feel this Morning; Drinking Again
Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990); Misty ’64; Black Coffee
Nina Simone (1933-2003); Feelings ’76; Ain’t Got No . . . I’ve Got Life
Astrud Gilberto (1940- ); Girl From Ipanema ’64; Corcovado