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Crooner Culture

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 […]

By Lara -- 4 comments

August 16th, 2007

Elvis Presley - He did it his way.

I couldn’t let today go by without an Elvis post. It’s 30 years ago today that Priscilla found him collapsed, Lisa Marie was only 9 years old.
This is FAR from my favorite version of the song, and this was filmed just two months before he died, but there’s no denying that Elvis took ownership of […]

By Lara -- 8 comments

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!
Tags: 1940s, 1950s, crooner_culture, family_photos, music_channel, popular_songs, vintage_clothingShare This

By Lara -- 0 comments

August 3rd, 2007

Swing Dancing from the Movie Swing Fever (1944)

Since I’m having so much fun trolling around YouTube today, I thought I’d throw this post up as well!
Wednesday night, my friend Todd and I are going to take some dance lessons with my friend Tina and her husband Matt. Todd’s already taken a good two months’ worth of swing lessons, and has tried to […]

By Lara -- 7 comments

July 18th, 2007

For Dexie - “Someone To Watch Over Me”

Fellow b5media blogger Dexie Wharton put in a song request yesterday - She said this song is for her mom, and that it’s quite special to her. Personally, I get a little mushy and sentimental whenever I hear this song myself.
I present the music and lyrics to Gershwin’s “Someone To Watch Over Me”… this version […]

By Lara -- 1 comment

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 […]

By Lara -- 1 comment