Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: crooner

qualche cantante/tipo di canzoni viene chiamato cosě.
l'ho sentito al tg associato a (bleah) Bublé.
quindi anche Sinatra sarebbe un crooner?
lumi?
grazie :)

 lumi?
Guess what? Wikipedia is your friend :)
 
crooner 
A crooner is a singer (usually male) of a certain kind of popular
music, often called Standards or American Standards. The term song
stylings is often used to identify this style. This style of music,
characterized by a relaxed and intimate posture by the performer,
became possible with with the invention of electric amplification in
the early 20th century. Prior to introduction of this technology, in
order for a singer to be heard in a large venue, the singer had to be
able to project his or her voice a substantial distance. This skill
usually required extensive formal voice training. Voice artists of the
pre-electronic amplification era are characterized by powerful,
professionally trained voices. However, with amplification, singers
who did not possess powerful, trained voices could aspire to become
popular performers. Crooning became one of the early styles made
possible by these circumstances. Indeed, this form of music dominated
popular American music from the 1940s to the 1960s. After that time,
popular music became dominated by other styles, such as rock 'n' roll,
disco, and hip hop. However, crooners have not completely disappeared,
with contemporary performers such as Harry Connick Jr. keeping the
form alive. While both male and female singers sang in this style, the
label "crooner" is rarely used to describe a female singer.
List of Famous Crooners
Paul Anka 
Eddy Arnold 
Bobby Bare 
Tony Bennett 
Brook Benton 
Pat Boone 
Michael Bublé 
Nat King Cole 
Buddy Clark 
Russ Columbo 
Perry Como 
Harry Connick Jr. 
Eddie Constantine 
Bing Crosby 
Bobby Curtola 
Vic Damone 
Bobby Darin 
Sammy Davis, Jr. 
Neil Diamond 
Dion 
Dave Dudley 
Billy Eckstine 
Eddie Fisher 
Sergio Franchi 
John Gary 
Buddy Greco 
Dick Haymes 
Engelbert Humperdinck 
Burl Ives 
Sonny James 
Jack Jones 
Tom Jones 
Frankie Laine 
Steve Lawrence 
Barry Manilow 
Dean Martin 
Al Martino 
Johnny Mathis 
Rod McKuen 
Roger Miller 
Matt Monro 
Jim Nabors 
Ricky Nelson 
Les Paul 
Webb Pierce 
Gene Pitney 
Ray Price 
Charley Pride 
Louis Prima 
Jim Reeves 
Charlie Rich 
Marty Robbins 
Jimmy Rodgers 
Roy Rogers 
Jack Scott 
Neil Sedaka 
Jack Sheldon 
Frank Sinatra 
Mel Tillis 
Mel Torme 
Bobby Troup 
Valdy 
Jerry Vale 
Rudy Vallee 
Frankie Valli 
Bobby Vee 
Bobby Vinton 
Jerry Wallace 
Slim Whitman 
Roger Whittaker 
Andy Williams 
Glenn Yarbrough 

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I disagree with about half this list.
If Louis Prima was a crooner, then Renato Carosone is a crooner.
Joe from Massachusetts

 I disagree with about half this list.
I agree with you. Even paul Anka, if I remember "Diana", is something else.
Well, he wrote "My way", a Sinatra's "cavallo di battaglia", but amid a lot
of other songs.
-- 
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
(Janis Joplin)
29/12/2005 9.22.01

List of Famous Crooners
A parte che molti non c'entrano niente l'uno con l'altro...
io pensavo tipo che era qualcosa come "cantante confidenziale".
ma qui mi mette Perry Como (Papa Loves Mambo non lo è, Magic Moments
lo è), Neil Diamond (Girl you'll be a woman soon non lo è, Solitary
man lo è), Tom Jones (It's not unusual e Help yourself lo sono,
Sexbomb non lo è), Dean Martin (Mambo italiano non lo è, ma Sway,
That's amore, Roman guitar, Arrivederci Roma lo sono)...
Boh...non ho ancora capito se è un tipo di musica (melodica,
sentimentale) o un modo di cantare.

If Louis Prima was a crooner, then Renato Carosone is a crooner.
Ah ecco non l'avevo letto.
Effettivamente When you're smiling, C'è la luna, When you're smiling
etc, mi paiono più swing italo-americani...

What about Julius La Rosa?
I mean Domani, not Cumpari.

 sentimentale) o un modo di cantare.
La seconda. Nel post precedente diceva che è una tecnica sviluppata grazie
al progresso dell'amplificazione: prima non sarebbe stato possibile
sussurrare al microfono.
-- 
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
(Janis Joplin)
29/12/2005 14.51.03

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None of the crooners had big voices, and none of them would be able to
sing before an audience without a microphone. In fact, one of the
first crooners was Rudy Vallee, whose trademark initially was the
megaphone which he used when he sang, when microphones and amplifiers
were in their infancy.
The crooners appealed especially to young women. When Frank Sinatra
appeared in New York, he was greeted with cries of "Frankieeeee". Even
when he had a television show in the early days of TV, the audience
would break out in the same cry when he first appeared on stage.
These singers were known for a soothing, relaxed romantic style. Among
the crooners would be Rudy Vallee, Bing Crosby, Perry Como, Vic
Damone, sometimes Dean Martin, maybe Andy Williams. Roger Miller is a
songwriter who wrote and sang novelty songs. Jerry Vale is an
Italian-American lounge singer. Les Paul was an innovator in
electronic guitar music, not known for his voice. Frankie Valli was
famous for his falsetto. Mel Torme was a jazz singer. Bobby Darin was
a night-club singer. Dion was a "doo-wop" singer from the Bronx, most
known for his recording of "The Wanderer" with the Belmonts, and
"Abraham, Martin and John" as a soloist. Many of the singers on
Enrico's list are country-and-western singers, teen pop idols, or rock
or jazz singers. I don't know where he got that list.
Joe from Massachusetts

 or jazz singers. I don't know where he got that list.
www.answers.com

sussurrare al microfono.
Chiunque sussurri o esprima dei suoni che, senza aplificazione, non
sarebbe possibile sentire, in un concerto dal vivo, è un crooner?
maddai :-)

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Wronganswers.com would be a better name.
The "Classic crooners" site lists only Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Dean
Martin.
Some people would classify Bennett as more of a jazz stylist.
http://www.crooners.com/classic_crooners.htm#top
Joe from Massachusetts