1.abbey lincoln - bird alone 2.billie holiday - one for my baby 3.dinah washington - my old flame 4.helen merrill - born to be blue 5.ella fitzgerald - azure 6.diane shuur - i'm not ashamed to sing the blues 7.sarah vaughan - i cried for you 8.blossom dearie - the party's over 9.laura fygi - good morning heartache 10.cassandra wilson - blue in green 11.silje nergaard - japanese blue 12.patti page - the thrill is gone 13.teri thornton - knee deep (in the blues) 14.natalie cole - ask a woman who knows 15.dinah washington - blue gardenia 16.anita o'day - a woman alone with the blues 17.ella fitzgerald - ella's contribution to the blues 18.nina simone - i loves you porgy 19.claudia acuna - my man's gone now 20.carmen mcrar - my funny valentine 21.sarah vaughan - my man 22.silje nargaard - don't explain 23.billie holiday - billie's blues (i love my man) 24.dee dee bridgewater - doodlin' 25.jeanne lee with mal waldron - goodbye pork pie hat 26.shirley horn - sharing the night with the blues 27.jevetta steele - calling you