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crooners

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Crooners are smooth-voiced male vocalists who rose to prominence from the 1930s-1960s, singing romantic ballads and jazz standards with intimate, conversational delivery. The style emphasized rich tone, precise phrasing, and emotional nuance over vocal power, made possible by microphone technology. Crooners became cultural icons of sophistication and romance, defining an era of American popular music.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
2		1937-07	Al Bowlly	Forever Gold - All I Do Is Dream Of You	crooners
34		1946	Perry Como	The Definitive Collection	crooners
79		1952	Tony Bennett	Love Is Here to Stay	crooners oldies
58		1953	Bing Crosby	True Love	crooners easy listening
21		1955	Mel Tormé	It's a Blue World	crooners easy listening male vocalists oldies
71		1956	Johnny Hartman	Songs from the Heart	baritone crooners jazz male vocalists	baritone # 96
1		1956	Tony Bennett	Beautiful Madness	crooners oldies
33		1957	Louis Prima	Prima di Tutto	crooners
63		1957	Al Jolson	Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder	crooners
49		1958	Billy Eckstine	Billy Eckstine	crooners
70		1958	Tony Bennett	Fifty Years - The Artistry Of Tony Bennett	crooners jazz oldies
13		1959	Al Jolson	Thanks For The Memory	crooners
43		1959	Tony Bennett	In Person!	crooners
36		1959	Andy Williams	To You Sweetheart, Aloha
98		1960	Mel Tormé	Swingin' On The Moon	crooners easy listening jazz	easy listening # 36
81		1960-01	Bobby Darin	This Is Darin	crooners
23		1961	Vic Damone	Tender Is The Night	crooners
64		1961	Neil Sedaka	Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen	crooners easy listening male vocalists oldies pop rock
7		1962	Frankie Laine	Hell Bent For Leather	country crooners male vocalists oldies pop
78		1962	Dean Martin	Some Enchanted Evening	crooners easy listening jazz
91		1962-10	Andy Williams	Born Free	crooners easy listening male vocalists oldies pop
77		1963	Dean Martin	The Essential Dean Martin	jazz oldies swing male vocalists	swing # 36
4		1963	Nat King Cole	100 (100 Original Tracks Digitally Remastered)	crooners
100		1963-10-14	Andy Williams	The Andy Williams Christmas Album	crooners
22		1964-06	Tony Bennett	TONY BENNETT ON HOLIDAY: A TRIBUTE TO BILLIE HOLIDAY	crooners jazz oldies
35		1965	Billy Eckstine	Everything I Have Is Yours / The Best Of The MGM Years	crooners
42		1965	P.J. Proby	Best Of The EMI Years (1961-1972)	crooners easy listening male vocalists oldies pop
53		1966	Nat King Cole	Nat King Cole At The Sands	crooners jazz jazz piano piano
90		1966	Nat King Cole	At The Sands	crooners jazz
39		1967	John Gary	The Essential John Gary	crooners easy listening male vocalists oldies pop
59		1967	Andy Williams	In the Arms of Love	crooners easy listening male vocalists oldies pop
73		1968	Dean Martin	My Woman, My Woman, My Wife
5		1969	Tony Bennett	Tony Bennett At Carnegie Hall - The Complete Concert	crooners jazz mastersinger oldies
51		1969	Edith Piaf	Very Best of Edith Piaf	chanson crooners easy listening female vocalists french oldies
60		1969	Frank Sinatra	More of The Best of Frank Sinatra	crooners
28		1970-03	Matt Monro	Matt Monro - The Singer's Singer	crooners male vocalists oldies
17		1972	Johnny Hartman	Priceless Jazz	crooners jazz mastersinger
44		1972	Tony Bennett	All-Time Greatest Hits	crooners jazz oldies
97		1972	Andy Williams	Starportrait Andy Williams	crooners male vocalists
18		1973	Tony Bennett	The Complete Fantasy Recordings	crooners
88		1975	Sammy Davis, Jr.	The Greatest Sammy Davis Jr
3		1976	Anders Westerlund	Songs (A Collection Of Covers)	acoustic crooners indie pop pop singer-songwriter swedish
69		1977-07	Engelbert Humperdinck	Engelbert Humperdink - The Greatest Hits And More	rock oldies pop
84		1981	Dean Martin	Dino The Essential Dean Martin	jazz oldies swing male vocalists	oldies # 8 swing # 61
57		1981	Al Jolson	Golden Years of	crooners oldies
67		1981	Al Bowlly	Dance Band Years	crooners
11		1985	Ben Cramer	Hollands Glorie Levensliedjes & Smartlappen Top 100	crooners dutch easy listening male vocalists organ pop
29		1985	Al Bowlly	25 Classic Songs	crooners
87		1987	Bryan Ferry	Bete Noire	crooners
41		1988	Al Jolson	20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection: Best of Al Jolson	crooners
14		1989	Al Bowlly	Wanderer	crooners
37		1990	Al Jolson	Let Me Sing And I'm Happy - Al Jolson At Warner Bros. 1926 - 1936	crooners
93		1992	Vic Damone	16 Most Requested Songs	crooners traditional pop	traditional pop # 82
24		1992	Perry Como	My Greatest Songs	crooners male vocalists oldies pop rock
25		1992	Al Jolson	The Very Best of Al Jolson	crooners jazz
46		1992	Jack Jones	The Great Jack Jones	crooners easy listening
65		1992	Al Martino	Al Martino Capitol Collector's Series	crooners easy listening
82		1992	Nat King Cole	The Best of the Nat King Cole Trio	crooners jazz oldies
6		1993	Johnny Hartman	All of Me	crooners
62		1993	Harry Connick, Jr.	Star Box
19		1994	Al Jolson	You Ain'T Heard Nothin' Yet: Jolie's Finest Columbia Recordings	crooners
40		1994	Al Bowlly	Love Is The Sweetest Thing	crooners
55		1995-01-01	Elvis Presley	100 Hits Of The '70s	crooners easy listening male vocalists oldies pop rock
8		1995-12-01	Tony Bennett	The Very Thought of You	crooners
80		1996	Vic Damone	The Best of Vic Damone	crooners
45		1997	Tony Bennett	On Holiday	crooners jazz mastersinger oldies swing	mastersinger # 24
16		1997	Al Jolson	At the Movies	crooners
72		1997	Al Jolson	The Jazz Singer	crooners
26		1998-09-17	Dean Martin	The Very Best of Dean Martin
27		1999	Al Jolson	April Showers	crooners
76		1999	Bing Crosby	The Very Best Of Bing Crosby Christmas	crooners easy listening jazz male vocalists oldies pop swing
92		1999	Steve Tyrell	A New Standard	crooners
96		1999	Vic Damone	The Lively Ones/Strange Enchantment	crooners jazz oldies
10		2000	Al Bowlly	Diamond Master Series - Al Bowlly	crooners
66		2000	Ella Fitzgerald	Intimate Ella	crooners easy listening female vocalists jazz oldies piano
83		2000	Andy Williams	16 Biggest Hits	crooners easy listening male vocalists oldies pop
9		2000-03-27	Engelbert Humperdinck	At His Very Best
68		2000-07-10	Bryan Ferry	Slave to Love: The Best of the Ballads	british crooners glam rock oldies pop rock
52		2001	Bing Crosby	Christmas Crooners	crooners english
74		2001	Mel Tormé	Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley	crooners jazz
75		2001	Al Jolson	The Best Of Al Jolson	crooners
99		2001	Dean Martin	Italian Love Songs	crooners
15		2002	Al Jolson	The Essential Recordings	crooners
54		2002	Billy Eckstine	Mr. B's Legendary Orchestra Volume 2	crooners jazz oldies
61		2002	Tony Bennett	The Essential Tony Bennett	crooners jazz oldies
47		2002-02-26	Frank Sinatra	Romance	crooners easy listening jazz male vocalists oldies
32		2002-11-11	Nat King Cole	For Sentimental Reasons	crooners
50		2003	Bobby Darin	Very Best Of	crooners easy listening jazz male vocalists oldies swing
95		2003-06-10	Bing Crosby	The Essential Bing Crosby - The Columbia Years	crooners male vocalists oldies swing vocal jazz	vocal jazz # 34
31		2004	Perry Como	The Very Best of Perry Como	oldies
89		2004	Dean Martin	DINO - The Essential Dean Martin	oldies
86		2004-01-06	Dean Martin	Dino: The Essential Dean Martin	jazz oldies swing male vocalists	oldies # 14 swing # 63
56		2005-04-26	Dean Martin	Live From Las Vegas	crooners easy listening jazz male vocalists swing
20		2006	Helmut Lotti	The Crooners	crooners
38		2008-02-18	Frankie Laine	Greatest Hits	crooners male vocalists oldies pop rock
85		2009-09-22	Harry Connick, Jr.	Your Songs		big band # 37
94		2014-05-19	Dean Martin	Dean Martin	crooners easy listening swing
48		2015	Tony Bennett	The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings	crooners
12			Nat King Cole Trio	Nat King Cole Trio	crooners
30			Tony Bennett; Arranged and conducted by Percy Faith	The Essential Tony Bennett	crooners

Related genres

• oldies
• easy listening
• male vocalists
• jazz
• pop
• swing
• female vocalists
• mastersinger
• rock
• piano