This article lists notable scat singers by year of birth. It is also sortable alphabetically.
| Artist | Lifespan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890–1941 | ||
| 1895–1971 | ||
| 1898–1950 | ||
| Louis Armstrong[1] | 1901–1971 | |
| 1901–1993 | ||
| - | Cab Calloway | 1907–1995 |
| 1908–1998 | ||
| 1910–1978 | ||
| 1910–1986 | ||
| 1910–1983 | ||
| 1916–1991 | ||
| 1917–1993 | ||
| Ella Fitzgerald | 1917–1996 | |
| 1918–1979 | ||
| 1919–2006 | ||
| 1920–2015 | ||
| 1920–1994 | ||
| Jon Hendricks[2] | 1921–2017 | |
| Sarah Vaughan | 1924–1990 | |
| 1924–2014 | ||
| 1925–1990 | ||
| 1925–1999 | ||
| 1926–2023 | ||
| Cleo Laine | 1927– | |
| 1929–1988 | ||
| Betty Carter | 1929–1998 | |
| 1929–2003 | ||
| 1930–1999 | ||
| 1932–2015 | ||
| 1934–2012 | ||
| 1935–1996 | ||
| 1936–1992 | ||
| 1937–1970 | ||
| 1939–2000 | ||
| 1939– | ||
| Al Jarreau | 1940–2017 | |
| 1881–1930 | ||
| 1942–2018 | ||
| John Paul Larkin ("Scatman John") | 1942–1999 | |
| 1942– | ||
| 1943– | ||
| 1943– | ||
| 1945– | ||
| 1945– | ||
| 1945– | ||
| 1945–2004 | ||
| Ruth Pointer (Pointer Sisters) | 1946– | |
| 1946– | ||
| 1946–1991 | ||
| 1946– | ||
| 1946– | ||
| Anita Pointer (Pointer Sisters) | 1948–2022 | |
| 1948– | ||
| 1949– | ||
| 1949–2019 | ||
| 1950–1994 | ||
| 1950– | ||
| Bonnie Pointer (Pointer Sisters) | 1950–2020 | |
| 1950– | ||
| 1951–2007 | ||
| June Pointer (Pointer Sisters) | 1953–2006 | |
| 1953– | ||
| 1954– | ||
| 1954– | ||
| Ondina Veloso (Dina) | 1956–2019 | |
| Maria João Monteiro Grancha | 1956– | |
| 1958–2009 | ||
| 1959– | ||
| 1960– | ||
| 1960– | ||
| 1962– | ||
| 1963– | ||
| 1963– | ||
| Kurt Elling | 1967– | |
| 1967– | ||
| 1968– | ||
| 1968– | ||
| 1969– | ||
| 1969– | ||
| 1971– | ||
| 1972– | ||
| 1972– | ||
| 1975– | ||
| 1977– | ||
| 1977– | ||
| 1978– | ||
| 1980– | ||
| 1981– | ||
| 1982– | ||
| 1983–2011 | ||
| 1986– | ||
| 1994– | ||
| 1997– |
| Group | Years active |
|---|---|
| 1925–1936 | |
| 1925–1967 | |
| 1959–1964, 1977–1981 | |
| since 1962 | |
| 1969–1971; since 1972 | |