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1. Billie Holiday -- Benny Goodman
   Billie Holiday was the pre-eminent jazz singer of her day and among the most revered vocalists of the century. Though her brief life was fraught with tragedy, Holiday left a transcendent legacy of recorded work. Her pearly voice, exquisite phrasing and tough-tender persona influenced the likes of Janis Joplin and Diana Ross, among others. She performed and recorded in a jazzy “swing-sing” style from 1933 to 1958 with pianist-bandleaders Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, and others. She was closely associated with tenor saxophonist Lester “Prez” Young, who dubbed her “Lady Day.”
2. Steve Allen -- Benny Goodman Story
   His list of talents is legendary, Steve Allen is a jazz musician who has written thousands of popular songs, among them his signature piece, "This Could Be the Start of Something Big." He's written film scores, and he starred in The Benny Goodman Story (1955).
3. Johnny Goodman
   In 1933 Johnny Goodman won the US Open - since then no amateur has lifted any of golf's "majors". The first Augusta National Invitation was issued in 1934 on the splendid course that was brainchild of the great Bobby Jones. Horton Smith won the tournament that was immediately dubbed The Masters. Gene Sarazen was to win at Augusta the following year which included the now legendary final round holing of his four wood second shot at the par five 15th.
4. Jack Benny -- Los Angeles
   Frontman "Jumpin' Jack" Benny is a South Central, Los Angeles native. He infuses each song with a high - powered blend of blistering rhythm and soulful blues, drawing upon vocal legends like Sonny Boy Williamson and the passion of Koko Taylor, with a touch of Stevie Ray Vaughan. Benny's antics amaze and excite crowds. His stage presence is powerful and he knows how to capture a crowd.
5. Peggy Lee -- Miss Peggy Lee
   "It was at the Doll House in Palm Springs, California that Peggy Lee first developed the soft and "cool" style that has become her trademark. Unable to shout above the clamor of the Doll House audience, Miss Lee tried to snare its attention by lowering her voice. The softer she sang the quieter the audience became. She has never forgotten the secret, and it has given her style its distinctive combination of the delicate and the driving, the husky and the purringly seductive"
6. Jazz Music -- African American
   The African American culture and musical traditions are largely attributed to the origin of jazz music and have many milestones in the history of jazz music. The people had already accepted black music as popular mainstream music. The white public had gradually accepted the melodies of black music and dance moves, such as shimmy, turkey trot, monkey glide. Cake-walks and blues-ragtime style of music had inspired a lot of composers like Irving Berlin and Buddy Bolden.
7. Henry Mancini -- Henry Mancini Institute
   Henry Mancini (Enrico Nicola Mancini) was born on 16 April 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio, but he grew up in Pennsylvania. His father, an Italian immigrant, taught him to play the flute and piccolo. As a young boy, he played the flute in a youth band for several years. After graduating from high school he received musical training from Max Adkins, the musical director of the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, who encouraged Henry to pursue further musical studies. Mancini decided to attend the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh (now Carnegie Mellon University). Adkins introduced Henry to Benny Goodman, who encouraged Henry to move to New York.
8. Peggy Lee -- North Dakota
   Peggy Lee was Born Norma Dolores Egstrom in Jamestown, North Dakota, on May 26, 1920. At age four her mother died. Peggy's father, a railroad station agent, remarried but later left home, leaving Peggy's care entrusted to a stepmother who physically abused her. Peggy later memorialized this in the calypso number "One Beating a Day", one of 22 songs she co-wrote for the autobiographical musical "Peg", in which she made her Broadway debut in 1983 at the age of 62. As a youngster Peggy worked as a milkmaid, later turning to singing for money in her teens. While singing on a local radio station in Fargo, the program director there suggested she change her name to Peggy Lee.
9. Peggy Lee -- Songs
   Peggy Lee's alluring voice is a balance between sultry swing and jazz. Also known for her distinctive vocal power and delivery, her ability to write many of her own songs has made her one of the most captivating artists of the vocal era.
10. Jazz Music -- Ragtime
    In the 1920s the music of jazz began to migrate to a big band format combining elements of ragtime, black spirituals, blues, and European music. Duke Ellington, Ben Pollack, Don Redman, and Fletcher Henderson sported some of the more popular early big bands playing hot music. These bands contained burgeoning jazz stars and future big bandleaders like Coleman Hawkins, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Red Allen, Roy Eldridge, Benny Carter, and John Kirby.

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