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The following is a list of crooners and includes artists who have been described as a
crooner at some point in their career. Crooners are singers who sing in a soft, intimate style made possible by the introduction of
microphones and
amplification .
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1920–1969
1970–present
See also
References
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"Alan Dale, 73, a Crooner Popular in the 40's and 50's" . The New York Times .
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"Andy Russell, 72; Bilingual '40s Singer, Latin Film Star" . Los Angeles Times . 1992-04-20. Retrieved 2020-05-06 . Andy Russell, a bilingual 1940s crooner whose hits included "Besame Mucho," "Magic Is the Moonlight," and "What a Difference a Day Makes," has died. He was 72.
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"Arthur Prysock – A Crooner With Style" . Geezer Music Club . 2014-12-27. Retrieved 2020-05-06 .
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"Arthur Prysock" . Concord . Retrieved 2020-05-06 .
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"Billy Eckstine: A Crooner Who Crossed Barriers" . NPR.org . Retrieved 2020-05-10 .
^ Richard Grudens (2003),
Bing Crosby Crooner of the Century , Celebrity profiles publilshing,
ISBN
978-1-57579-248-4
^ Pamela Robertson Wojcik; Arthur Knight (2001),
Soundtrack available , Duke University Press, p. 105,
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978-0-8223-2800-1
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"Bobby Rydell: Still a 'Wild One' " . Metro Philadelphia . Retrieved 2020-05-10 .
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"Bobby Short" . New York Magazine . Sep 9, 1996. p. 94. Retrieved May 10, 2020 .
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"RHYTHM AND BLUES CROONER BENTON DIES OFFICIALS WON'T RELEASE CAUSE OF 56-YEAR-OLD'S DEATH" . OrlandoSentinel.com . United Press International. Retrieved 2020-05-10 .
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b Friedwald, Will (2010-11-02).
A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers . Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
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"Charles Aznavour, beloved French crooner, dies at 94" . Reuters . 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2020-05-11 .
^ Pareles, Jon (2008-06-23).
"Vintage Salsa From a Suave Crooner and Percussive Rhymer" . The New York Times .
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^ Kent, April Elliot (2013). Star Guide to Weddings: Your Horoscope for Living Happily Ever After . Llewellyn Worldwide. pp. 148–149.
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"Dick Farney Discography - Slipcue.com Brazilian Music Guide" . Slipcue.com . Retrieved 2020-06-10 .
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"The Crooning Side Of Dick Powell" . Geezer Music Club . 2014-07-30. Retrieved 2020-06-10 .
^ Macfarlane, Malcolm; Crossland, Ken (2015-05-07).
Perry Como: A Biography and Complete Career Record . McFarland. p. 21.
ISBN
978-1-4766-0024-6 .
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"MODUGNO'S 'VOLARE' WAS FIRST TOP RECORD IN 1958" . Los Angeles Times . 1987-02-25. Retrieved 2020-06-10 .
^ Dean, Maury (2003).
Rock N Roll Gold Rush: A Singles Un-Cyclopedia . Algora Publishing. p. 475.
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978-0-87586-227-9 .
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"Country crooner Eddy Arnold dies" . Variety . Associated Press. 2008-05-08. Retrieved 2020-06-27 .
^ Heckman, Don (12 March 1972).
"Presley—Has the Rocker Become a Crooner?" .
The New York Times . Retrieved 2021-04-10 .
^ Moser, John J.
"Interviewing Engelbert Humperdinck: Classic crooner, coming to Sands, says another hit like 'Release Me' may be coming soon" . mcall.com . Retrieved 2020-06-27 .
^ Gross, Dan.
"Hillary and Fabian sittin' in a tree...Clinton admits crush on South Philly born crooner" . Retrieved 2020-05-06 .
^ Chilla, Mark.
"Italian-American Crooners" . News - Indiana Public Media . Retrieved 2020-05-06 .
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"Frank Sinatra's first wife Nancy Sinatra Sr dies aged 101" . The Independent . 2018-07-14. Retrieved 2021-06-15 .
^ McAlpine, Fraser.
"Frank Sinatra at 100: Was Ol' Blue Eyes really dangerous?" . Bbc.com . Retrieved 2021-06-15 .
^ Browne, David (2015-02-03).
"Sinatra Rocks! Hear Ol' Blue Eyes' Best and Worst Pop Covers" . Rolling Stone . Retrieved 2021-06-15 .
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"The 14 Best Ella Fitzgerald Songs" . pastemagazine.com . 2017-04-03. Retrieved 2021-06-15 .
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"Frank Sinatra Jr., son of Ol' Blue Eyes, dies" . Reno Gazette Journal . Retrieved 2020-05-06 . Frank Sinatra Jr., a legendary crooner like his father, died at the age of 72. He not only supported his father's music career but also followed his own singing and acting ambitions.
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The Rise of the Crooners: Gene Austin, Russ Columbo, Bing Crosby, Nick Lucas, Johnny Marvin, and Rudy Vallee , Scarecrow Press,
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"TV Key Previews" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . November 22, 1966. p. 35. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
^ Emerson, Ken (2006).
Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era . London: Fourth Estate.
ISBN
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^ Brooks, Victor (2012).
Last Season of Innocence: The Teen Experience in the 1960s . Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 166.
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978-1-4422-0917-6 .
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"Johnny Hartman – Crooning With Coltrane" . geezermusicclub.com . 11 December 2010. Retrieved 2021-04-11 .
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"Matt Monro Junior sings swansong in Swindon" . swindonadvertiser.co.uk . Retrieved 2021-04-10 .
^ Fischler, Alan (December 25, 1948).
"Billy Gray's Bandbox, Hollywood (Monday, December 6)" . The Billboard . p. 40. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
^ Mank, Gregory William (2010).
Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff: The Expanded Story of a Haunting Collaboration . Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 411.
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^ Wallen, Doug (2015-10-28).
"Neil Diamond review: Sweet Caroline's charismatic crooner still shines at 74" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 2020-05-10 .
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"Neil Diamond: A Pop Crooner Tells the Royal Mom to Shake Her Fanny and She Does, Before 11,500 People" . PEOPLE.com . Retrieved 2020-05-10 .
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"Pat Boone to croon at Silver Springs" . tampabay.com . Retrieved 2021-04-11 .
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"It looks like Drake has collaborated with Canadian crooner Paul Anka | NME" . NME . 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2020-05-06 .
^ Dean, Maury (2003).
Rock N Roll Gold Rush: A Singles Un-Cyclopedia . Algora Publishing.
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978-0-87586-227-9 .
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"Over 1,200 Fans Turn Ronnie James Dio's Funeral into Celebration | Exclaim!" . exclaim.ca . Retrieved 2021-06-15 .
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Greatest Love Songs - Rick Nelson | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic , retrieved 2021-06-15
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"Glorious Crooners" .
AllMusic . Retrieved 29 June 2023 .
^ Nolasco, Stephanie (2018-09-13).
"Roy Orbison's son says he cried when he first saw late father's hologram onstage: 'It's overwhelming' " . Fox News . Retrieved 2020-05-06 . Roy Orbison, the iconic rock 'n' roll crooner...
^ Joseph Lanza; Dennis Penna (2002-11-01),
Russ Columbo and the Crooner Mystique , Feral House,
ISBN
978-0-922915-80-4
^ McCracken, Allison (2015). Real Men Don't Sing: Crooning in American Culture . Duke University Press.
ISBN
978-0822375326 .
^ Gérard Herzhaft; Paul Harris; Brigitte Debord; Jerry Haussler; Gé Anton J. Mikofsky (1997),
Encyclopedia of the blues , University of Arkansas Press, p. 35,
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978-1-55728-452-5
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"Silvio Berlusconi in pictures" .
The Daily Telegraph . 9 November 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2018 . A young Silvio Berlusconi is pictured singing on a cruise ship in the 1960s. Berlusconi was born in Milan in 1936, and studied law in Milan, graduating in 1961. He occasionally performed as a cruise ship crooner, and later recorded two albums.
^ Clifton, Tony (January 20, 2010).
"Tony Clifton" (Interview). Interviewed by Nathan Rabin. Retrieved June 15, 2013 .
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"Val Doonican, Easygoing Irish Crooner, Dies at 88" . Billboard . 2015-07-02. Retrieved 2020-06-10 .
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"Teddy Bear's Picnic - Val Rosing with Henry Hall & his Orchestra" . Retrieved 14 January 2024 – via
YouTube .
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"Vaughn De Leath" .
Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2020-06-10 .
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"Vaughn Monroe Twirls Fast Lariat" . Billboard . 1951-10-20. p. 9.
^ Pagones, Stephanie (2020-03-06).
"Who is Wayne Newton?" . FOXBusiness . Retrieved 2020-05-06 . The longtime crooner signed a multimillion-dollar agreement with the Stardust casino-hotel in 1999 and is considered to have had one of the first headliner residencies.
^ Rozemberg, Hernán.
"Mexican Crooner Alejandro Fernandez OK After His Truck Rolls Over" . San Antonio Current . Retrieved 2020-05-06 .
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"Listen to Alex Turner's menacing isolated vocals for Arctic Monkeys' 'Do I Wanna Know" . Far Out . Retrieved 22 October 2022 .
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"NEW CROONER ON THE BLOCK…Anthony Strong: On A Clear Day" . Jazzweekly.com . Retrieved 2020-05-06 .
^ Steinberg, Jessica.
"Beloved crooner Barry Manilow announces Israel gig" . Timesofisrael.com . Retrieved 2020-05-06 .
^ DiPasquale, Cara; Sottardi, Drew.
"Oh, Barry. Crooner Barry Manilow's first charted..." chicagotribune.com . Retrieved 2020-05-06 .
^ Breznican, Anthony (2003-07-05).
"Barry White, Soulful Singer, Dies at 58" . Washington Post .
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0190-8286 . Retrieved 2020-05-06 .
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"Bryan Ferry: A Classic Crooner Informed By The Art-Rock Movement" . NPR.org . Retrieved 2020-05-10 .
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"Multi-platinum crooner Chris Isaak to play Zeiterion" . southcoasttoday.com . Retrieved 2020-05-06 .
^ Deusner, Stephen.
"Mark Eitzel: Don't Be a Stranger" . Paste Magazine . Retrieved 2023-05-13 .
^ Stevenson, Seth.
"Mark Eitzel Is Making Great Music, Not Much Money" . Slate . Retrieved 2023-05-13 .
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"Michael Bolton Appears to Fall Asleep During a Live Interview — But Crooner Says He Can Explain" . PEOPLE.com . Retrieved 2020-05-06 .
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"Surprise! Morrissey Announces Show at Castro Theatre" . SFist . Archived from
the original on 2023-10-02. Retrieved 2023-09-06 .
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The Divine Comedy - Tonight we fly (Live) (A/V stream). YouTube. May 12, 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2013 .
^ Streader, Kate (6 April 2018).
"The Evolution of Nick Cave Told Through Eight Songs" . Beat.com .
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"Despite TV stage fright, crooner Sam Smith feels 'at ease' on TODAY" .
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"Seth MacFarlane: The Toony Crooner" . Howard Stern . 19 June 2015. Retrieved 2020-05-06 .
^ Murph, John.
"Seth MacFarlane: From Cartooning to Crooning" . JazzTimes . Retrieved 2020-05-06 .