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Crooner Culture

Archive for the ‘Crooner Culture’ Category

December 21st, 2007

Frankie Bones Restaurant & Lounge - Hilton Head Island, SC - Review

The following snippet is from a restaurant review on IslandPacket.com for Frankie Bones Restaurant and Lounge. Anyone near the area wanna go try it out and let me know what you think?
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December 17th, 2007

10 crooners not enough? Check out 120 more musicians to invite to your holiday office party!

Okay, so more than half of my list of crooners to invite to a holiday office party are partying on in the afterlife somewhere. But if you’re really into throwing a huge musicians’ holiday bash, then you might enjoy these other lists from members of the b5media Music Channel!Top 120 OTHER Musicians to Bring to […]

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November 27th, 2007

A crooner for all time: France’s Salvador back on stage at 90

This is a pretty cool story - goes to show you that good crooners just never give up!
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November 26th, 2007

Pastor by day, jazz crooner by night…

Rev. Bob Glenn in Minnesota preaches the gospel by day, and croons his way through classics like “Meglio Stasera” with his jazz band at night.
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October 19th, 2007

Crazy Rat Pack News - Joey Bishop dies, so does the Sands.

Two items this morning, one that floored me…
First, the last surviving member of the Rat Pack, Joey Bishop, has passed away at 89.
An adept ad-libber with a dry, underplayed sense of humor, Bishop achieved his greatest fame in the ’60s. He was master of ceremonies for President Kennedy’s inaugural gala and joined Sinatra, Dean […]

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August 15th, 2007

Blog Project - Family Album Time - No Submissions Yet!

C’mon bloggers… I know you have old family photos hiding somewhere in your homes! Dig them out and submit to the Friday Family Album Blog Project! I need at least ONE for this Friday’s post!
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July 9th, 2007

It’s Official - b5media’s Music Channel Launched Today! WIN PRIZES!

I’m so thoroughly excited to actually be a part of b5media now - to have this blog, and be writing about the genre of music I adore so much! It’s been a crazy couple of weeks with everyone getting set up and on board - but it’s been so much fun - the anticipation alone […]

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July 9th, 2007

What defines a “crooner”?

According to some, crooners are only male. Others believe in female crooners. Here’s how Wikipedia defines crooner:
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 thus a “balladeer”. The singer is normally backed by a full orchestra […]

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June 19th, 2007

Calling All Cool Cats and Dangerous Dames!

Welcome to the latest addition to the b5media network’s Music Channel – Crooner Culture!
This blog is for lovers of crooners as well as the culture surrounding crooners over the years. This is more than just “The Rat Pack” – it’s Bobby Darin to Michael Buble, Paul Anka to Harry Connick, Jr. and Vic Damone to […]

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