Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Frank Sinatra in 1947. A crooner is a singer who performs with a smooth, intimate style that originated in the 1920s. The crooning style was made possible by better microphones that picked up quieter sounds and a wider range of frequencies, allowing the singer to access a greater dynamic range and exploit the proximity effect.
This page was last edited on 10 December 2024, at 14:42 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
Bing Crosby was the best selling pop artist of the 1940s.. Ragtime, a genre that first became popular in the 1890s, was popular through about the 1940s.After its best-known exponent, Scott Joplin, died in 1917, the genre faded.
Edison disc record: "Are you lonesome to-night?", performed by Vaughn De Leath, recorded in New York, New York on June 13, 1927. Vaughn De Leath (September 26, 1894 – May 28, 1943) [1] was an American female singer who gained popularity in the 1920s, earning the sobriquets "The Original Radio Girl" and the "First Lady of Radio."
Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry [2] (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), [3] nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball team owner, who largely gained fame by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades, beginning in the early 1930s.
Hubert Prior Vallée (July 28, 1901 [1] – July 3, 1986), [2] known professionally as Rudy Vallée, was an American singer, saxophonist, bandleader, actor, and entertainer.He was the first male singer to rise from local radio broadcasts in New York City to national popularity as a "crooner".
Albert Allick Bowlly (7 January 1899 [1] – 17 April 1941) was a South African-British vocalist, crooner and dance band guitarist who was Britain's most popular singer for most of the 1930s.
"White Christmas" is a song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. Written by Irving Berlin for the 1942 musical film Holiday Inn, the song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 15th Academy Awards.