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Margaret Whiting
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Dakota Staton
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Betty Carter
273,866 listeners
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Kay Starr
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Etta Jones
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Oscar Peterson
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Stacey Kent
504,642 listeners
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Hoagy Carmichael
144,336 listeners
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Jimmy Durante
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