Billy Rose, legendary Broadway producer, wrote countless hits for the theater, launched countless careers: he knew when something was good.
His favourite singer was Jane Froman: he was so taken with her bravura that he ran out of superlatives. One day he reportedly quipped that the ten best female singers in the world were “Jane Froman and nine others”.
This is the point in the comment where you are allowed to add nine rock and roll band names.