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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.
Crooners are singers who sing in a soft, intimate style made possible by the introduction of microphones and amplification. [ 1 ] This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
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.
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العربية; Aragonés; Asturianu; বাংলা; Brezhoneg; Català; Čeština; Cymraeg; Ελληνικά; Español; Esperanto; Euskara; فارسی; Français ...
A crooner is a singer of popular ballads and thus a "balladeer". 2. Crooning is a style that has its roots in the Bel Canto of Italian opera, but with the emphasis on subtle vocal nuances and phrasing found in jazz as opposed to elaborate ornamentation or sheer acoustic volume found in opera houses. 3.
Afrikaans; Anarâškielâ; العربية; Aragonés; Arpetan; Asturianu; Avañe'ẽ; Aymar aru; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; Башҡортса; Беларуская
He was clearly a product of the new media rather than traditional Tibetan singing, using a soft crooning voice rather than the loud, projecting voice of traditional Tibetan singing, yet the melodies of the songs he sang inherited a strong Tibetan character, with their wide vocal range and long phrases.