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]

Contemporary crooners

Legendary crooners:

References

  1. ^ a b C. W. E. Bigsby (2006), The Cambridge companion to modern American culture, p. 347, ISBN 9780521841320, http://books.google.com/?id=3xN925VIrsgC&pg=PA347 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Richard Grudens (2005-02-04), The Italian Crooners Bedside Companion, ISBN 9780976387701, http://books.google.com/?id=2nryuOQJP_MC 
  3. ^ Joseph Lanza, Dennis Penna (2002-11-01), Russ Columbo and the Crooner Mystique, ISBN 9780922915804, http://books.google.com/?id=26QGAAAACAAJ 
  4. ^ Richard Grudens (2003), Bing Crosby Crooner of the Century, ISBN 9781575792484, http://books.google.com/?id=Mkz_w-WYiMAC 
  5. ^ Pamela Robertson Wojcik, Arthur Knight (2001), Soundtrack available, p. 105, ISBN 9780822328001, http://books.google.com/?id=ElAh52dCq1MC&pg=PA105 
  6. ^ a b 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 
  7. ^ Gérard Herzhaft, Paul Harris, Brigitte Debord, Jerry Haussler, Gé Anton J. Mikofsky (1997), Encyclopedia of the blues, p. 35, ISBN 9781557284525, http://books.google.com/?id=sOKZKESWys0C&pg=PA35 
  8. ^ , http://www.avclub.com/articles/tony-clifton,37280/ 
  9. ^ , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NUfjBbyFPg&feature=related