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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. [1
Johnny Cash, one of the single most Influential and popular country singers of all time. Best known for hits like "Ring of Fire", "Folsom Prison Blues" and "Cocaine Blues". He died in 2003; Connie Cato, Capitol Records country artist recorded three albums in the 70s. Her hits included "Super Skirt," and the top 20 hit "Hurt." She stopped ...
All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues. San Francisco, California: Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-736-6. Harrison, Daphne Duval (1990). Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s. New Brunswick and London: Rutgers. ISBN 0-8135-1280-8. Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray.
1920 1990 Texas Texas blues [332] Sonny Boy Williamson II: 1909* 1965 Mississippi Chicago blues [333] Alan Wilson: 1943 1970 Massachusetts Electric blues [334] U.P. Wilson: 1934 2004 Louisiana Texas blues [237] Johnny Winter: 1944 2014 Texas Electric blues [335] Jimmy Witherspoon: 1920 1997 Arkansas Jump blues [336] Big John Wrencher: 1924* ...
Excluding the Opry Square Dancers, who have sui generis membership status, there are currently 75 Grand Ole Opry members. Solo music artists make up 60 of the members, seven of whom have mostly retired from performing (Stu Phillips, Barbara Mandrell, Jeanne Pruett, Randy Travis, Ricky Van Shelton, Patty Loveless and Ronnie Milsap), but may make occasional appearances.
Blues and gospel singer, guitarist, and songwriter, one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s, who has been called the "Father of the Texas Blues". [65] Herman E. Johnson (August 18, 1909 – February 2, 1975). Blues singer and guitarist. [66] Lonnie Johnson (February 8, 1899 [disputed, possibly 1889 or 1894] – June 16, 1970).
While the Big Band Era suggests that big bands flourished for a short period, they have been a part of jazz music since their emergence in the 1920s when white concert bands adopted the rhythms and musical forms of small African-American jazz combos.
In the 1920s and early 1930s, however, the majority of people listened to what we would call today "sweet music" and hardcore jazz was categorized as "hot music" or "race music." [ citation needed ] Lena Horne , with her captivating beauty and distinctive voice, became a popular singer and actress during the Swing era.