Who are swing music artists?

Answer 1

There were thousands and thousands, far too many to list all of them. To name just a few of the most famous:

Bandleaders:

Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, Harry James, Count Basie, Claude Thornhill, Chick Webb, Artie Shaw, Charlie Barnet, Glen Gray, Lionel Hampton, Stan Kenton, Bunny Berigan, Jimmie Lunceford, Will Bradley, Ray McKinley, Bob Crosby

Sidemen (many also became bandleaders as well):

Miff Mole, Ziggy Elman, Paul Tanner, Buddy Rich, Roy Eldridge, Abe Most, George Wettling, Barney Bigard, Johnny Best, Michael "Peanuts" Hucko, Mel Powell, Charlie Shavers, Buddy DeFranco, Jess Stacy, Tex Beneke, Coleman Hawkins, Nelson Riddle, Jack Teagarden, Cootie Williams, Trigger Alpert, Ray Nance, Billy Butterfield, Ray Nance, Bobby Byrne, Sid Weiss, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Louis Bellson, George Auld, Bernie Privin, Tony Pastor, Sweets Edison

Arrangers (again, some were sidemen and/or leaders):

Billy Strayhorn, Fletcher Henderson, Jerry Gray, Eddie Sauter, Bill Finegan, Norman Leyden, Mary Lou Williams, Eddie Durham, Frank Foster, Ray Conniff, Larry Wagner, Charlie Christian

Male Vocalists:

Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Rushing, Dick Haymes, Ray Eberle, Bob Eberly, Art Lund, Johnny Desmond, Mel Tormé, Jack Leonard, Billy Eckstine, Tony Martin

Female Vocalists:

Helen Forrest, Jo Stafford, Connie Haines, Edythe Wright, Marion Hutton, Kay Starr, Ivie Anderson, Helen Ward, Billie Holliday, Helen O'Connell, Martha Tilton, Betty Hutton, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Doris Day, Mildred Bailey, Paula Kelly, Kitty Kallen, Dinah Shore