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Jack Jones, the Grammy-winning crooner who sang the theme song for the classic series The Love Boat, has died.He was 86 years old. The musician died on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at Eisenhower Medical in ...
Legendary crooner Steve Lawrence -- best known as one half of the music duo Steve and Eydie -- has died. He was 88.The GRAMMY and Emmy Award-winning entertainer died at his home in Los Angeles on ...
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.
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. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He recorded upwards of 1,000 songs that were listened to by millions.
Kristofferson was a singer himself, but many of his songs were best known as performed by others, whether Ray Price crooning “For the Good Times” or Janis Joplin belting out “Me and Bobby ...
Howard Andrew Williams (December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012) was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold certified [1] and three platinum certified. [2]
Bruce Williamson, an accomplished R&B and soul vocalist who sang with the Temptations for years, has died at age 49, reportedly following a battle with coronavirus. The Temptations rose to fame in ...