A recitation song or "recitation" as it is more commonly called, is a spoken narrative of a song, generally with a sentimental (or at times, religious) theme.
 Such numbers were quite popular in country music from the 1930s into the 1960s, although there were only few in number.
 While they almost disappeared in the 1970s, that decade saw several of the biggest recitation songs of all time: Red Sovine's sentimental ode to an ill child "Teddy Bear" and C. W. McCall's truck-driving saga "Convoy", both songs hitting number one on the country charts and even crossing over into the pop market.
 McCall, who did not sing, became a popular country star in the 1970s with a string of recitations, most of them comic, although his last hit, 1977's "Roses for Mama" was a sentimental tale in the best Sovine tradition.
 A number of Elvis Presley's and Johnny Cash's songs, as well as a number of songs from other genres of popular music and a number of gospel songs, also featured recitations.
Folksy Nina is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone.
 It includes live tracks recorded on Friday, May 12, 1963, at Carnegie Hall.
 The previous album, "Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall" (1963) uses songs from the same concert.
 It was released on Colpix Records.
Sentimental Journey is the second album by singer-actress Emmy Rossum and her first album in six years.
 Unlike her first album, in which she co-wrote every song but one, "Sentimental Journey" is a cover album and includes song from the 1920s through the 1960s.
 "Sentimental Journey" features many of the same people who worked on her first album, including producer Stuart Brawley and musician Joe Corcoran.
 "Pretty Paper" was the first single from the album and was released as a digital single on November 27, 2012.
 Rather than traditional music videos, "vignettes" were filmed and released to promote the album and feature Rossum in early 1900s clothing and setting with songs from the album playing in the background.
"Educação Sentimental (Parts I & II)" (English: "Sentimental education") are two Brazilian pop songs performed by Kid Abelha, which serve as the title tracks for their second studio album "Educação Sentimental" (1985).
 "Educação Sentimental (Part I)" was composed by Leoni, while "Educação Sentimental (Part II)" was composed by him alongside band member Paula Toller and Herbert Vianna (Toller's then boyfriend and member from the equally successful band Os Paralamas do Sucesso).
 There is also a well known version of "Educação Setimental (Part II)" performed by the band Biquíni Cavadão.
Save The Last Dance For Me is a jukebox musical written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.
 It primarily uses songs from the 1960s written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman such as "A Teenager in Love", "Sweets For My Sweet", "Little Sister", "Viva Las Vegas", "Can't Get Used to Losing You" and the title song "Save The Last Dance For Me".
 It opened at the Churchill Theatre Bromley on 9 January 2012 before embarking on a nationwide tour.
 A spin-off production from "Dreamboats and Petticoats", it reunited the writing team with producer Bill Kenwright and director Keith Strachan.
 The choreography was by Olivier Award winner, Bill Deamer.
 As was the case in Dreamboats and Petticoats, all of the music was played live by the actors on stage.
 A new production has been announced, due to open April 2016 at Windsor Theatre Royal, before touring the UK again.
The King and I is a 1999 American animated musical film directed by Richard Rich and written by Peter Bakalian, Jacqueline Feather, and David Seidler, loosely adapted from the Anna Leonowens story, and uses songs and some of the character names from Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's stage musical of the same name.
Malabika Kanan (December 27, 1930 - February 17, 2009) was a noted Hindustani classical vocalist.
 Her musical rendering of khyals was exceptional among the singers of that genre and her exposition of Bairagi and Desh in a rich voice was of special tonal quality.
Charles Tanguy (circa 1845 – 19??)
 was a French composer, french horn player, and music educator.
 His compositional output consists of several works for solo piano, numerous sentimental ballads, and a number of patriotic songs for the nation of Canada which were published in "Le Passe-Temps".
 It is his patriotic music for which he is most well known, with his songs "Canadien toujours!"
 (1907, lyrics by Gaston Leury) and "Patrie" (1909, poem by Albert Ferland) being his most popular works.
Festival of the Lion King is a live stage musical performed at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World and in Adventureland at Hong Kong Disneyland.
 The show, an original interpretation of the Disney animated film "The Lion King", uses songs, dance, puppetry and visual effects to portray a tribal celebration in an African savanna setting filled with lions, elephants, giraffes, birds, zebras and gazelles.
 In this theater environment, "Festival of the Lion King" is a traveling celebration presented by Simba and his friends (including a band of four human singers).
 The show is in the form of a revue, and not a condensed version of either the film or Broadway show.
 The show features Elton John and Tim Rice's award-winning music from the movie.
Raga Desh or Raga Des is a Hindustani classical music raga.
 It is commonly used in songs with a sentimental patriotic feel.

Question: What style of vocalist uses songs with a sentimental patriotic feel?
Answer: Hindustani classical vocalist