Crooner Culture

July 27th, 2008

Leaving you with this… Just like Frankie did.

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July 25th, 2008

Dean Martin c. 1964

I stand by the fact that I was just born in the wrong era.
It makes me think about things like reincarnation and stuff sometimes, when I think about how drawn I am to the music and the lifestyle of the 40s, 50s, and 60s… I know, it’s weird, but it really makes me wonder.
Here’s […]

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July 24th, 2008

Crooner Culture Top 8 - Sinatra

These aren’t in order, but they’re the top 10 best Sinatra (only Sinatra) posts here on Crooner Culture…

Blog Project - Family Album Time! (Repost)
Alicia Keys and Frank Sinatra at the Grammys
Frank Sinatra- The House I Live In - video short (1945)
Lyrical References - Bon Jovi and Frank Sinatra
Today’s all about Ol’ Blue Eyes!
Vintage Art - […]

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July 23rd, 2008

Repost: Dean Martin, Queen, and My Trip To Italy

Okay, so here’s proof that I’m a weirdo in having been a fan of this stuff since I was a kid. It also goes to show you how music can unite people in the most wonderful of ways. Grab an espresso and relax, this one’s cute.
When I was 15, I was a foreign exchange student […]

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June 20th, 2008

Blog Project - Family Album Time! (Repost)

(Originally posted August 2007, I want to try to get this idea rolling again!)
Okay everyone - it’s time for the first ever Crooner Culture blog project!
Here’s the skinny…
Everyone has old family photos from the 40’s and 50’s laying around somewhere. Maybe your cousin’s got them all, or your sister, or your 80 year old Uncle […]

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June 9th, 2008

Johnny Carson sings with The Rat Pack

I never knew this happened, even!
And the fall that Dean Martin takes in this one is kind of scary… really no telling if it was on purpose or later ad-libbed, but it was beautiful!
Who knew that Johnny Carson could sing?
The bottom line, folks, is that we really don’t have entertainers like this anymore. I mean, […]

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June 8th, 2008

Speaking of impressions: Sammy Davis Jr. did them too.

A recent post showed Jim Carrey doing his impression of Sammy Davis, Jr. and gave my sort of moderately-offended-for-Sammy review.
Well here I have a video of Sammy doing impressions of his friends. He sings, “One for my Baby (One More for the Road)” while doing impressions of Fred Astaire, Nat ‘King’ Cole, Billy Eckstine, […]

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June 7th, 2008

Jim Carrey Does Sammy Davis, Jr.

I’ve got a bittersweet feeling about this one. I do like Jim Carrey, and I do like impersonation comedy, but I think he might’ve gone a little overboard with it all. To the point where it’s kind of a little bit offensive to Sammy Davis, Jr. in a way… I don’t know, what do you […]

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June 7th, 2008

Wedding Songs on a Special Day

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My friends Chris and Nicole are getting married this afternoon. :)
One of the things I love about weddings is finding out what the bride and groom have chosen for their “first dance” wedding song. I know, most people like the romance of it all, the […]

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June 6th, 2008

Allan Sherman, Dean Martin & Vic Damone - I Hate The Beatles

From The Dean Martin Show, Oct. 7, 1965. They sing “I Hate the Beatles” (to the tune of “Pop Goes the Weasel”) and other parodies by Sherman. This is really great, and what I call PURE ENTERTAINMENT. It’s awesome… simply awesome.

“Bella… Bela Lugosi” BWAHAHAHA!!!
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