The Most Recommended Artists of 1890-1949 (Songs)
Top Artists of
1890-1949 (Songs)
1890-1949
(Albums)		 1890-1949
(Songs)		 1890-1949 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s All Time
1 Duke Ellington
 1 1 24 79 62
2 Louis Armstrong
 2 2 35 193 111
3 Billie Holiday
 3 3 27 131
4 Robert Johnson
 4 4 252
5 Benny Goodman
 5 5 52 235
6 Charlie Parker
 6 6 28 193
7 Hank Williams
 7 7 25 185
8 Bing Crosby
 8 8 279 339
9 Bessie Smith
 9 9 388
10 Nat King Cole
 10 10 43 273
11 Dizzy Gillespie
 11 11 34 275
12 Louis Jordan
 12 12 464
13 Glenn Miller
 13 13 465
14 The Carter Family
 14 14 493
15 Fred Astaire
 15 15 525
16 Judy Garland
 16 16 219 203 373
17 Count Basie
 17 17 18 234
18 Jelly Roll Morton
 18 18 629
19 Fats Waller
 19 19 631
20 Lead Belly
 20 20 640
21 Al Jolson
 21 21 672
22 Jimmie Rodgers
 22 23 690
23 Thelonious Monk
 23 24 7 159 121
24 Bill Monroe
 24 25 290 688
25 Paul Whiteman
 25 26 723
26 Coleman Hawkins
 26 27 233 670
27 Artie Shaw
 27 28 757
28 Blind Lemon Jefferson
 28 29 782
29 Édith Piaf
 29 30 84 354 482
30 The Andrews Sisters
 30 31 319 801
31 Django Reinhardt
 31 32 885
32 The Ink Spots
 32 33 887
33 Tommy Dorsey
 33 34 902
34 Gene Autry
 34 35 905
35 Woody Herman
 35 36 908
36 Cab Calloway
 36 37 936
37 Charlie Christian
 37 38 941
38 John Lee Hooker
 38 39 212 197 236 396
39 Blind Willie Johnson
 39 40 962
40 Sidney Bechet
 40 41 278 923
41 Ella Fitzgerald
 41 42 8 336 172
42 Charles Trenet
 42 43 229 877
43 Bix Beiderbecke
 43 44 1001
44 Spike Jones
 44 45 1007
45 Mississippi John Hurt
 45 46 1032
46 Original Dixieland Jazz Band
 46 47 1056
47 Mahalia Jackson
 47 48 93 719
48 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
 48 49 1073
49 Roy Acuff
 49 50 1087
50 King Oliver
 50 51 1110
51 Carlos Gardel
 51 52 1111
52 Leo Reisman
 52 53 1122
53 Frankie Trumbauer
 53 54 1129
54 Frank Sinatra
 54 55 4 60 625 67
55 T-Bone Walker
 55 56 1173
56 The Sons of the Pioneers
 56 57 1188
57 Lionel Hampton
 57 58 1215
58 Ma Rainey
 58 59 1217
59 Les Brown
 59 60 1230
60 Charley Patton
 60 61 1242
61 Skip James
 61 62 465 1068
62 Mamie Smith
 62 63 1247
63 Enrico Caruso
 63 64 1278
64 Lena Horne
 64 65 1279
65 Blind Willie McTell
 65 66 1295
66 Leroy Carr
 66 67 1297
67 Ethel Waters
 67 68 1300
68 Lydia Mendoza
 68 69 1313
69 Fletcher Henderson
 69 70 1342
70 The Mills Brothers
 70 71 1349
71 Paul Robeson
 71 72 1368
72 Bunny Berigan
 72 73 1371
73 Wynonie Harris
 73 74 1375
74 Lester Young
 74 75 98 909
75 Harry James
 75 76 1409
76 Sister Rosetta Tharpe
 76 77 1419
77 Hoagy Carmichael
 77 78 1424
78 Clarence "Pine Top" Smith
 78 79 1433
79 Eddie Cantor
 79 80 1438
80 Gene Austin
 80 81 1448
81 James P. Johnson
 81 82 1454
82 Kate Smith
 82 83 1457
83 Cliff Edwards
 83 84 1460
84 Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
 84 85 1461
85 Sophie Tucker
 85 86 1474
86 Bennie Moten
 86 87 1475
87 The Orioles
 87 88 132 975
88 Patsy Montana
 88 89 1482
89 Miles Davis
 89 90 2 24 46 389 16
90 Yves Montand
 90 91 582 1329
91 Jimmie Davis
 91 92 1489
92 Charles Brown
 92 93 230 1235
93 Stan Kenton
 93 94 111 968
94 Fanny Brice
 94 95 1513
95 Sousa's Band
 95 96 1518
96 Chick Webb
 96 97 1531
97 Art Tatum
 97 98 102 964
98 Mississippi Sheiks
 98 99 1567
99 Don Azpiazu
 99 100 1568
100 Big Bill Broonzy
 100 101 1615
101 Fisk Jubilee Singers
 101 102 1620
102 Billy Murray
 102 103 1627
103 Tommy Johnson
 103 104 1632
104 George Gershwin
 104 105 1643
105 Vaughn Monroe
 105 106 1651
106 Fiddlin' John Carson
 106 107 1678
107 Ben Selvin
 107 108 1679
108 Big Joe Williams
 108 109 1681
109 Big Joe Turner
 109 110 40 587
110 Blind Alfred Reed
 110 111 1694
111 Ernest Tubb
 111 112 590 1506
112 Dooley Wilson
 112 113 1714
113 Sonny Boy Williamson (I)
 113 114 1718
114 Eck Robertson
 114 116 1731
115 Jimmie Lunceford
 115 117 1732
116 Earl Hines
 116 118 1747
117 Roy Brown
 117 119 1756
118 Tampa Red
 118 120 1766
119 Meade Lux Lewis
 119 121 1775
120 Sarah Vaughan
 120 122 39 601
121 Joseph Falcon
 121 123 1785
122 Vernon Dalhart
 122 124 1809
123 Solomon Linda
 123 125 1813
124 Ethel Merman
 124 126 1816
125 Eddy Arnold
 125 127 551 1544
126 Muddy Waters
 126 128 16 114 259 170
127 Max Steiner
 127 129 1913
128 Amos Milburn
 128 130 292 1715
129 Big Maceo
 129 131 1931
130 Harry Choates
 130 133 1956
131 Ruth Etting
 131 134 1965
132 Marian Anderson
 132 135 1985
133 Trio Matamoros
 133 136 1995
134 The Haydn Quartet
 134 137 2000
135 Francis Craig
 135 138 2007
136 Bob Hope
 136 139 2011
137 The Peerless Quartet
 137 140 2034
138 Dock Boggs
 138 141 2040
139 Betty Hutton
 139 142 2053
140 Joe Liggins
 140 143 2084
141 Tex Williams & His Western Caravan
 141 144 2099
142 Vess L. Ossman
 142 145 2131
143 Luiz Gonzaga
 143 146 2157
144 Lucienne Boyer
 144 147 2169
145 Clarence "Tom" Ashley
 145 148 2185
146 Walter Huston
 146 149 2203
147 Clarence Williams
 147 150 2224
148 Anton Karas
 148 151 2230
149 Johnny Mercer
 149 152 2235
150 Harry Richman
 150 153 2247
151 The Delmore Brothers
 151 154 2259
152 The Boswell Sisters
 152 155 2280
153 Nora Bayes
 153 156 2292
154 Bertha "Chippie" Hill
 154 157 2317
155 Charlie Poole
 155 158 2333
156 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
 156 159 2340
157 Jim Europe's 369th Infantry "Hellfighters" Band
 157 160 2372
158 Helen Kane
 158 161 2375
159 DeFord Bailey
 159 162 2436
160 Memphis Jug Band
 160 163 2440
161 Sol Hoopii
 161 164 2441
162 Perry Como
 162 165 2443
163 Mistinguett
 163 166 2456
164 Gene Kelly
 164 167 128 1240
165 Emmett Miller
 165 168 2477
166 The Harmonicats
 166 169 2487
167 Kokomo Arnold
 167 170 2505
168 W.H. Stepp
 168 171 2511
169 Ray Ventura
 169 172 2531
170 Isham Jones
 170 173 2547
171 Mary Lou Williams
 171 174 2554
172 Carmen Miranda
 172 175 2570
173 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
 173 176 2574
174 Memphis Minnie
 174 177 2585
175 Kid Ory
 175 178 2591
176 The Golden Gate Quartet
 176 179 2594
177 Ray Noble
 177 180 2602
178 Tino Rossi
 178 181 2615
179 Josephine Baker
 179 182 2630
180 Arthur Smith
 180 183 2639
181 Richard "Rabbit" Brown
 181 184 2647
182 Merle Travis
 182 185 2658
183 Marlene Dietrich
 183 186 2701
184 Chauncey Olcott
 184 187 2720
185 Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman
 185 188 2722
186 Xavier Cugat
 186 189 2751
187 Doris Day
 187 190 104 1227
188 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
 188 191 2788
189 Johnny Otis
 189 192 145 1417
190 The Monroe Brothers
 190 193 2812
191 St. Louis Jimmy Oden
 191 194 2813
192 Robert Petway
 192 195 2821
193 Woody Guthrie
 1 193 22 58 484
194 Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra
 194 196 2831
195 The American Quartet
 195 197 2848
196 Furry Lewis
 196 198 2849
197 Son House
 197 199 431 1886
198 Marion Harris
 198 200 2869
199 Concha Piquer
 199 201 2870
200 Berthe Sylva
 200 202 2888
201 Lee Konitz
 2 201 115 461 1510
202 Lucienne Delyle
 202 203 2922
203 Louisiana Rhythm Kings
 203 204 2927
204 Molly O'Day
 204 205 2932
205 Chuck Wagon Gang
 205 206 2941
206 Ted Daffan's Texans
 206 207 2943
207 Uncle Dave Macon
 207 208 2981
208 Michael Coleman
 208 209 3010
209 Frank Stanley
 209 210 3015
210 Red Norvo
 210 211 3025
211 Al Dexter
 211 212 3038
212 Joe Venuti
 212 213 3040
213 Pawlo Humeniuk
 213 214 3042
214 Reverend Thomas A. Dorsey
 214 215 3062
215 Erskine Hawkins
 215 216 3089
216 Victor Symphony Orchestra
 216 217 3095
217 Arthur Collins
 217 218 3109
218 Russ Morgan
 218 219 3110
219 Harry McClintock
 219 220 3119
220 Glahe Musette Orchestra
 220 221 3136
221 Mildred Bailey
 221 222 3137
222 Will Fyffe
 222 223 3185
223 Dexter Gordon
 223 224 140 807
224 Frank Yankovic
 224 225 3198
225 Vera Lynn
 225 226 3291
226 Abe Elenkrig's Yidishe Orchestra
 226 227 3292
227 Rina Ketty
 227 228 3311
228 Lennie Tristano
 3 228 132 44 712 664
229 Ivory Joe Hunter
 229 229 287 2768
230 Edward Meeker
 230 230 3378
231 Europe's Society Orchestra
 231 231 3390
232 Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds of Joy
 232 232 3407
233 Eddy Duchin
 233 233 3410
234 Kay Kyser
 234 234 3415
235 The Dixie Hummingbirds
 235 235 267 662 2150
236 Floyd Tillman
 236 236 3452
237 Associated Glee Clubs of America
 237 237 3454
238 Damia
 238 238 3459
239 The Pied Pipers
 239 239 3471
240 The Stanley Brothers
 240 240 272 319 1496
241 Teddy Wilson
 241 241 3480
242 Dinah Washington
 242 242 59 918
243 Arthur Gibbs
 243 243 3497
244 Lucky Millinder
 244 244 3499
245 Germaine Sablon
 245 245 3525
246 Peggy Lee
 246 246 133 335 1076
247 Art Mooney
 247 247 3535
248 The Southern Sons
 248 248 3549
249 Trovadores Regionales
 249 249 3556
250 Jack Guthrie
 250 250 3580
251 Iry LeJeune
 251 251 3601
252 Frankie Carle
 252 252 3619
253 Frankie Laine
 253 253 3625
254 Vic Damone
 254 254 3627
255 Rita Montaner
 255 255 3642
256 Gid Tanner
 256 256 3649
257 John McCormack
 257 257 3725
258 Harry MacDonough & Alice Green
 258 258 3734
259 Jean Sablon
 259 259 3736
260 Golden Gate Orchestra
 260 260 3757
261 Bascom Lamar Lunsford
 261 261 3761
262 Sam Mayo
 262 262 3775
263 Ezio Pinza
 263 263 3781
264 Ossman-Dudley Trio
 264 264 3812
265 W.C. Handy
 265 265 3818
266 Ted Weems
 266 266 3825
267 U.S. Marine Band
 267 267 3827
268 Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers
 268 268 3831
269 Cannon's Jug Stompers
 269 269 3850
270 Billy Jones
 270 270 3857
271 Rudy Vallée
 271 271 3875
272 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
 272 272 3879
273 Jo Stafford
 273 273 226 2316
274 David Rose
 274 274 3886
275 Francis Lemarque
 275 275 3896
276 Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy
 276 276 3906