Louis Armstrong is often credited for creating scat singing, but the form existed before him. His immense international popularity catapulted scat singing to the widespread attention of both other artists and fans. Scat singers range from vocalists who use it a bit here and there, to performers like Mel Tormé who could take scat to the level of band instrumentation, or Bobby McFerrin who is a whole scat band rolled into one singer. To find out more about it, see the full page on Scat Singing. Here are some of the most famous scat singers: