I love Frank but my favorite is Nat King Cole, mostly the early stuff.
The King Cole Trio is awesome too!
The King Cole Trio is awesome too!
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Favorite Crooner ?
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DiabolusInMusic
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This is the record that re-launched his career...1994. Perhaps, without it, he'd be a full time painter today. It solidly lands inside the top dozen albums we own.
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I don't think he ever has been a full frontal Jazz singer...Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Torme, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Diana Krall...but, Man! he could make a song his own. Lots of people think "They Can't Take That Away From Me" is a Frank Sinatra song...not me
I'm really glad to see Dean Martin getting some love out here...cool to see Vic Fontaine mentioned, too!
I'm definitely not into crooners... I knew Tony but I have never heard his real name, I shouldn't be that surprised the guy has a stage name especially coming out of that era.
And yeah, that record he did with Gaga was great. It is a real shame Amy passed as she was supposed to do that record, that gal had a voice for the ages. That is not a slight on Gaga, she is fantastic, but Winehouse was something else in my opinion.
Wow...and by that, I do mean: Jesus on a bicycle!!!
I had no idea!
Now THAT was a musical half hour well spent!
Thank YOU, Michedelic!
(C'mon, y'all...Get on BOARD!)
I had no idea!
Now THAT was a musical half hour well spent!
Thank YOU, Michedelic!
(C'mon, y'all...Get on BOARD!)
We own at least a dozen records by Harry Conick, Jr. ...I tell my Bride that 400 years from now...when the musicologists stumble across this house... they're gonna think that Harry Conick, Jr., and Dr. John, and Hal Ketchum, and k.d. Lang, and The Good Rats, and NRBQ must have been REALLY IMPORTANT cultural touchstones.
The Beatles and Sir Elton John will be the obvious icons. Our collection will cause waves...
...perhaps even consternation!
...I tell my Bride that 400 years from now...when the musicologists stumble across this house... they're gonna think that Harry Conick, Jr., and Dr. John, and Hal Ketchum, and k.d. Lang, and The Good Rats, and NRBQ must have been REALLY IMPORTANT cultural touchstones.The Beatles and Sir Elton John will be the obvious icons. Our collection will cause waves...
...perhaps even consternation!
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He might not be classified as a crooner, but how many babies were conceived to Barry White?
Well then, you're gonna need this....Wow...and by that, I do mean: Jesus on a bicycle!!!
I had no idea!
Now THAT was a musical half hour well spent!
Thank YOU, Michedelic!
(C'mon, y'all...Get on BOARD!)
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I agree with those who mentioned Nat Cole and Dean Martin. They are both in my crooners top 10 list. Frank Sinatra was good but doesn't make it into my top 10. And I have about eight of his albums that I inherited from my 'bachelor pad' uncle. Give Sinatra props for learning circular breathing like some of the top horn and woodwind players did. So you want to get schooled on singing? Check out Johnny Hartman. Specifically 'John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman' on Impulse records. Now that's some crooning. I haven't listened to my Sinatra albums in over 10 years but Nat Cole and Johnny Hartman get played about once every other month. And I have a 'bachelor pad' compilation that gets played often in large part because there is one Dean Martin song on it. 
M. M.
M. M.
Wow, this thread just got more challenging for me because I just realized I group pretty much all the singers previously mentioned here into a "Vocalist" category, not "crooners", (not that there's anything wrong with that) as all the great songs mentioned here aren't all exactly croon-tunes per se, although many of the artists mentioned have performed such tunes on occasion!
My vocalist p/l has well over 125 hours worth of tracks, many if not all the artists and tracks mentioned above are on it.
The vocalist category for me are songs possessing a melodic challenge, performed by someone producing a vocal delivery emitting more (if not all) from the chest area than the throat.
My vocalist p/l has well over 125 hours worth of tracks, many if not all the artists and tracks mentioned above are on it.
The vocalist category for me are songs possessing a melodic challenge, performed by someone producing a vocal delivery emitting more (if not all) from the chest area than the throat.
