Im putting together a massive playlist of CROONERS ! List your favs ! Volare' Dean Martin Thats Amore Dean Martin Shes a Lady Tom Jones Release Me Engelbert Humperdink
Most any Billie Holiday songs would rank high on my list. I trust the spirit of your thread tosses any artist after 1970. Yes? No? (i.e.: Artists that hit their hayday PRIOR TO 1970).
No idea what a crooner is. I dont listen to that much oldie music. Frank Sinatra- Fly Me to the Moon and you already have this one; Dean Martin- That's Amore That's the only good two ones I remember.
I don't think a crooner has to be a man. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/crooner I guess Frank would get my vote.
Wiki - Crooner is an epithet given to a male singer of a certain style of popular songs, dubbed pop standards. A crooner is a singer of popular ballads and thus a "balladeer".
"While both male and female singers sang in this style, the term "crooner" is rarely, and improperly, used to describe a female singer" Frank is the man.
Never having heard the word "crooner" before, I hope that my suggestion is not a complete miss: Burt Bacharach - The Look Of Love
I like Dean Martin, Tom Jones and Tony Bennett. I know I'm probably the only guy on earth to feel this way, but I always felt Sinatra was overrated.