·˚✦ genre guide ✦˚·
standards
✦ meet the girls making standards →
women, non-binary artists, and bands with women, level by level
✦ start here: albums
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald
open this album: apple music · spotify
✦ who's making it, level by level
level 3 · one step out
cult favorites and indie darlings
level 4 · further
art pop, hyperpop, and the underground
level 5 · all the way
deep experimental
Cleo Laine
24k listeners
Beverly Kenney
25k listeners
Tony Bennett & k.d. lang
38k listeners
Fred Lowery
1k listeners
Count Basie & Joe Williams
9k listeners
Dolores Gray
8k listeners
Silva & Steini
5k listeners
Simon Lowy
5k listeners
Janet Seidel Trio & Friends
1k listeners
Jazz Do It
13k listeners
Mary Chapman
866 listeners
Burton Lane
3k listeners
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each artist's most played song, easing from level 1 out to 5
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questions
What are good standards albums to start with?
Try High Priestess Of Soul by Nina Simone, September of My Years by Frank Sinatra, Standards by Sonny Clark, and Flamingo Serenade by The Flamingos.
Who are some women making standards?
musicisforgirls.com/genres/standards/girls lists women, non-binary artists, and bands with women making standards, from mainstream to underground.
artists and albums from last.fm, updated 2026-10-19