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The list is very long, but some of them are:

Frank Sinatra

Judy Garland

Doris Day

Bing Crosby

Dinah Shore

Nat King Cole

Ella Fitzgerald

Perry Como

Sarah Vaughn

Billie Holiday

Gordon MacRae

Kate Smith

Cab Callaway

The Maguire Sisters

Rosemary Clooney

The Big Bands were also very popular and many of the above singers worked with them:

Glen Miller

Tommy Dorsey

Jimmy Dorsey

Duke Ellington

Benny Goodman

Count Basie

Dizzie Gillespie

Woody Herman

Artie Shaw

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Rock and Roll as a musical genre didn't exist until the 50's. In the 40's Big Band Swing Music was the standard. Jimmy Dorsey was big at the time.

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Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys Ink Spots Ella Fitzgerald Jo Stafford

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Billie Holiday is probably the most popular 40's singer, but there are others. The Inkspots are very popular, as is Roy Brown.

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