or even Eartha Kitt?
But surely arch-exponent of scat was Cleo Laine?
Because I am so bloody old I recall hearing the first ever broadcast by Cleo Laine with The Johnny Dankworth orchestra. She was 16, I think, and I guess I was.
I don't remember if she did scat. Bur I do remember seeing Ella Fitzgerald doing it with the Count Basie band.
As to the other scat, I don't think it had crossed my mind let alone landed in my mouth.
But here's a question for anyone reading.
Did you ever have childhood fantasies, dreams or occurrences that foreshadowed your future inclinations?
The first youthful dream I recall was of a girl standing on a mound with her back to a tree. She was pissing in an arc with the stream landing in my mouth.
Strangely enough I experienced that the other day with a woman in Cardiff.