Crooner Culture

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 20th, 2008

My theme song…

Okay, I’m doing a lot of soul-searching and hard work on myself these days. This song has always gotten me through a lot, and I really love it.
I’m feeeeeeelinnnnnnn…….. gooood.

Okay okay… here’s Nina Simone’s version too:

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July 13th, 2008

Bobby Vinton and Akon - Mr. Lonely

Okay, I went to do some research on the Bobby Vinton song “Mr. Lonely” because I had remembered that Carlton on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air once slow danced with Tyra Banks to it. Yes, I have that amazing talent, to recall various music and television or movies that play clips of these awesome […]

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July 10th, 2008

Weekend Song and Drink - A few days early…

Yes, I know it’s a few days early, but today is National Piña Colada Day, and who can resist gettin’ your weekend on a little early in celebration of this great cocktail?
In trying to find a song with the drink in the lyrics, the only thing I could come up with is the Rupert Holmes […]

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July 6th, 2008

I love you for sentimental reasons - Julia Nunes on Ukulele.

Okay, I discovered Julia Nunes over the weekend, cause someone told me to look her up in YouTube and I’m just seriously having a major girl crush on this chick! LOL
Seriously, I know, she’s a ukulele player and you might think that’s kinda strange, but OH MY GOD she’s really good at it, her […]

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June 30th, 2008

Michael Buble on Aussie Talk Show “Rove”

Okay, this is really cool - I haven’t seen him being so silly like this on any talk show (day or night) before, and maybe it’s because I’m in the US and the FCC is a bunch of haughty high and mighties. I love how he talks about the nachos and underwear, but even more […]

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June 21st, 2008

Top 10 Favorite Crooner Culture Videos

Hey gang, I’m well into one year writing here at Crooner Culture, and I wanted to do a little roundup of my favorite videos that have been posted on the site in that time. Hope you enjoy!

Michael Buble on Rachel Ray
Lena Horne and Kermit the Frog
Drunk Airline Pilot - Dean Martin & Foster Brooks
Celine Dion […]

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June 13th, 2008

Helen O’Connell and the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra

Yesterday, a reader commented on my post about Johnny Carson singing with The Rat Pack, and mentioned Helen O’Connell had done the same thing with Johnny at one point, with the song “Tangerine”.
I’ve hunted high, low, and sideways, and simply CANNOT find a clip of this anywhere! Sorry, Jerry!
What I did happen to find […]

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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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