List of crooners
This is a list of crooners—singers in a soft, intimate style made possible by the introduction of microphones and amplification.[1] "Crooner" is an American epithet given to male singers of pop standards, mostly from the Great American Songbook, either backed by a full orchestra, a big band or by a piano. Originally it was an ironic term denoting an emphatically sentimental, often emotional singing style made possible by the use of microphones.
Living crooners
- Danny Aiello (actor/singer)
- Ed Ames
- Paul Anka
- Val Anthony
- Ken Ard
- Rick Astley
- Louie Austen
- Frankie Avalon
- Charles Aznavour
- Paul Banks
- John Barrowman (singer/dancer/actor/musician)
- Tony Bennett[2]
- Mario Biondi
- Fred Bongusto
- Pat Boone
- Matteo Brancaleoni
- Patrizio Buanne
- Michael Bublé[2]
- Richard Butler (singer, Psycadelic Furs)
- Bobby Caldwell
- Cristian Castro
- Don Cherry
- Peter Cincotti
- Harry Connick Jr.
- Elvis Costello
- Christopher Cross
- Jamie Cullum
- Vic Damone[2]
- James Darren[2]
- Matt Dusk
- Fabian
- Jonny Fair
- Michael Feinstein
- Alejandro Fernández
- Bryan Ferry
- Mario Frangoulis
- Tom Gaebel
- Lucho Gatica[2]
- Anthony Green
- Josh Groban
- Neil Hannon[3]
- Richard Hawley
- Darren Hayes
- Engelbert Humperdinck
- Julio Iglesias
- Chris Isaak
- Jack Jones
- Tom Jones
- José José
- Joseph Kobzon
- Johnny Dorelli
- Steve Lawrence
- Hamilton Leithauser
- Sondre Lerche
- Lars Lönndahl
- Barry Manilow
- Johnny Mathis
- Nicola Arigliano
- Luis Miguel
- Eddy Mitchell
- Morrissey
- Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.
- Des O'Connor
- Bertín Osborne
- Gregory Page
- George Perris
- John Pizzarelli
- Louis Prima, Jr.
- Ray Quinn
- Massimo Ranieri
- Raphael
- Tony Renis
- Jimmie F. Rodgers
- José Luis Rodríguez (nicknamed "El Puma")
- Gianni Russo
- Bobby Rydell
- David Serero
- Camilo Sesto
- Frank Stallone
- John Stevens
- Anthony Strong
- Jinx Titanic
- James Tormé
- Lee Towers
- Alex Turner
- Steve Tyrell
- Dave Vanian
- Kyle Vincent
- Il Volo
- Scott Walker
- Andreas Weise
- Robbie Williams
- Roger Whittaker
- Jimmy Young
- Charlie Zaa
Deceased crooners
- Louis Armstrong
- Leonard Cohen
- Desi Arnaz
- Eddy Arnold (country crooner)
- Fred Astaire (dancer/singer)
- Gene Austin
- David Bowie (tin machine)
- Al Bowlly[4]
- Nino Bravo
- Sam Browne
- Sergio Bruni
- Carlo Buti
- Cab Calloway
- Eddie Cantor
- Renato Carosone
- Ray Charles
- Buddy Clark
- Tony Clifton[5]
- Nat King Cole
- Russ Columbo[6]
- Perry Como[2]
- Don Cornell[2]
- Bing Crosby,[7] regarded as "America's Crooner'" from 1929 to 1931[8]
- Alan Dale
- Bobby Darin[2]
- Sammy Davis, Jr.[9]
- Sacha Distel
- Val Doonican
- Jimmy Durante
- Billy Eckstine
- Cheo Feliciano
- Aurelio Fierro
- Eddie Fisher
- Bogomil Font
- Frank Fontaine
- Jimmy Fontana
- Sergio Franchi[2]
- Carlos Gardel
- John Gary
- Chris Gehrke (member of Strictly Crooning)
- Robert Goulet
- Buddy Greco[2]
- Abdel Halim Hafez
- Noel Harrison
- Johnny Hartman
- Dick Haymes
- Bob Hope
- Eddy Howard
- Pedro Infante
- Louis Jordan
- Dick Jurgens
- Gene Kelly (dancer/singer)
- Julius La Rosa[2]
- Frankie Laine[2]
- Mario Lanza (pop recordings like "Because" or "Danny Boy")
- Little Tony
- Dean Martin
- Tony Martin
- Al Martino[2]
- Guy Mitchell
- Domenico Modugno
- Matt Monro
- Lou Monte
- Benny Moré
- Russ Morgan (trombonist/singer)
- Jim Morrison
- Marco Antonio Muñiz
- Roy Orbison
- Los Panchos
- Emilio Pericoli
- Felipe Pirela
- Dick Powell
- Elvis Presley (his love songs)
- Ray Price (country crooner)
- Louis Prima
- Arthur Prysock
- Frankie Randall
- Johnnie Ray
- Jim Reeves (country crooner)
- Tito Rodríguez
- Jimmy Roselli[2]
- Tino Rossi
- Andy Russell
- Kyu Sakamoto
- Bobby Short
- Frank Sinatra
- Frank Sinatra Jr.
- Whispering Jack Smith[1]
- Carl Switzer
- Dick Todd
- Mel Tormé
- Jerry Vale[2]
- Rudy Vallée[4]
- Pedro Vargas
- Luther Vandross
- Claudio Villa
- Andy Williams
- Danny Williams
- Joe Williams
References
- 1 2 C. W. E. Bigsby (2006), The Cambridge companion to modern American culture, p. 347, ISBN 978-0-521-84132-0
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Richard Grudens (2005-02-04), The Italian Crooners Bedside Companion, ISBN 978-0-9763877-0-1
- ↑ The Divine Comedy - Tonight we fly (Live) (A/V stream). YouTube. May 12, 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
- 1 2 Allison McCracken (1999), ""God's Gift to Us Girls": Crooning, Gender, and the Re-Creation of American Popular Song, 1928–1933", American Music, University of Illinois Press, 17 (4): 365–395, doi:10.2307/3052656, JSTOR 3052656
- ↑ Clifton, Tony (January 20, 2010). (Interview). Interview with Nathan Rabin http://www.avclub.com/articles/tony-clifton,37280/. Retrieved June 15, 2013. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ Joseph Lanza; Dennis Penna (2002-11-01), Russ Columbo and the Crooner Mystique, ISBN 978-0-922915-80-4
- ↑ Richard Grudens (2003), Bing Crosby Crooner of the Century, ISBN 978-1-57579-248-4
- ↑ Pamela Robertson Wojcik; Arthur Knight (2001), Soundtrack available, p. 105, ISBN 978-0-8223-2800-1
- ↑ Gérard Herzhaft; Paul Harris; Brigitte Debord; Jerry Haussler; Gé Anton J. Mikofsky (1997), Encyclopedia of the blues, p. 35, ISBN 978-1-55728-452-5
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