Yesterday I came across this story:


https://www.savebirdland.com/?fbclid=IwAR0PTW8U9W21xz-VNZOKV_1wTQl4DYWwHO7xMB13qVChRyQxa8JmrNEjhac


(And still available to see)


and my mind was flooded with singers and songs. In the 1950s and 1960s I grew up going to Birdland, Basin Street East, the Paramount, Village Vanguard, etc. and saw some of the greatest singers--these are just some of them--it is so hard to pick just one of their songs but here goes:


11) Nina Simone https://youtu.be/ghhaREDM3X8




12) Nancy Wilson https://youtu.be/WViPWl4ceZk


13) Sarah Vaughn https://youtu.be/CRyN9wQ1taY


14) Dakota Staton https://youtu.be/eqkKbH3CMmg


15) June Christy https://youtu.be/MIv1zFVPrTE


16) Billie Holiday https://youtu.be/Web007rzSOI


17) Dinah Washington https://youtu.be/p58B8wzMubY


18) Lena Horne https://youtu.be/EMf0Z7EPdLo


19) Peggy Lee https://youtu.be/LCRZZC-DH7M


20) Abbey Lincoln https://youtu.be/7BYs03JQEQY