OUTSTANDING WOMEN, MEN AND
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES

Photo: Mark Murphy, best
torch singer.
MUSIC. The giants:
1-Dr. Anthony Brown (USA).
2-Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (UK). 3-Sir George
Martin (UK).4-Quincy Jones (USA).5-Andrew Lloyd Weber (UK).
JAZZ. Best International Jazz Singer:
Ms. Claire Martin (UK).Best International Smooth Jazz
Singer: Ms. Carol Welsman (Canada).Best
American Female Jazz Singer: Ms. Donna Byrne (USA).
Life Achievement Award and Best Radio Jazz Program
Creator/Host/Producer: Marian McPartland (USA).
Best Publisher of a Jazz
Publication:
Michael Ricci. Best Jazz Publication:
AllAboutJazz.com. World Best Music and Music Resources
Publication: Billboard. Best
monthly free jazz guide in New
York: HotHouseJazz.com.
Distinguished Jazz Guide
Publisher: Gwen
Calvier. Best Editor
of a Monthly Jazz Guide:
Paul Blair.
Pioneering Jazz Writer and Visionary Founder:
Gene Kalbacher.
American Classics and Standards: Best Male
Singers: 1-Tony Bennett. 2-Mark Murphy.
Best Female Singers:1-Marlene
VerPlanck. 2-Barbara Cook. 3-Maureen McGovern. 4-Blossom Dearie.

Photo:
Ms. Patrice Ferris,
best trio vocalist.
CABARET: Best International Cabaret Singers:
1-Ute Lemper (Germany). 2-Barb Jungr (UK). Best
International Cabaret Concert-Recital: Raquel Bitton
(USA). Best American Cabaret Singer:
Andrea Marcovicci. Best American Cabaret
Singers-Songwriters-Entertainers: 1-Amanda McBroom.
2-Ann Hampton Callaway. Best Cabaret Publications:
Cabaret Scenes (USA). Cabaret
Hotline Online (USA). Best Publishers of a
Cabaret Publication: 1-Stu Hamstra (USA). 2-Keith
Meritz (USA). Best Editors-in-Chief of a Cabaret
Publication: 1-Frank Dain (USA). 2-Stu Hamstra (USA)
Best Cabaret Writer:
Elizabeth Ahlfors (USA).
Best cabaret organizations in the United
States: 1-Manhattan Association of Cabaret and Clubs
(MAC). 2-Boston Association of Cabaret Artists. 3-International Cabaret
Association (Cabaret Hotline Online) 4-Chicago Cabaret Professionals. 5-Cabaret
West. 6-Mabel Mercer Foundation. 7-Cabaret Artists Association. 8-DC Cabaret
Network. Pioneers of cabaret
in the United States: 1-Donald Smith. 2-James
Keating. 3-Kevin Luey. 4-Suzanne Petri. 5-Amanda McBroom. 6-Andrea Marcovicci.
7-Stu Hamstra. 8-Daryl Nitz. 9-Cameron Silver. 10-Tom Grounds. 11-Linda K.
Leonard. 12-Ricky Pope. 13-Judy Simmons. 14-George Fulginiti-Shakar. 15-Sally
Martin. 16-Wendy Lane Bailey. 17-Erv Raible. The
ultimate divas of cabaret, jazz and American standards.
1-Maureen McGovern. 2-Barbara Cook. 3-Donna Byrne. 4-Toni
Morrell. 5-Rebecca Spencer. 6-Amanda McBroom. 7-Marlene Verplanck. 8-Carol
Welsman. 9-Wesla Whitfield. 10-Eartha Kitt.
Best
writer/editor of a global music guide:
Dave Nathan.
PEOPLE
WITH MAJOR INFLUENCE ON THE WORLD OF MUSIC




Ms. Marian
McPartland Ms. Andrea Marcovicci Ms. Ann Hampton Callaway
Sir George Martin
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