crooners
Silky-voiced vocalists
Crooners are singers, especially male vocalists, known for a smooth, sentimental style of singing popular songs.
The term evokes the intimate, microphone-dependent vocal technique that emerged in the 1930s and 40s with performers like Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra: the great crooners of the swing era.
Someone might be called a crooner affectionately or dismissively, depending on whether the speaker values that polished, romantic style.
Outdoor romantic performance
- swoonLose consciousness briefly
- heartthrobObject of romantic admiration
- moonlightReflected solar radiance, nocturnal
- valentineFebruary fourteenth greeting
tenderness · yearning · devotion · courtship · embrace · intimate · candlelit · dreamy
Thick-pile textile
- baritoneMid-range male voice
- tenorEssential meaning or import
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- mellowSoft, ripe, relaxed
dulcet · soothing · silky · rich · warm · resonant · vibrato · phrasing
Suspended recreational seat
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
- scatImprovised vocal jazz
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
combo · lounge · nightclub · orchestra · arrangement · ballad · bandleader · songbook
serenade
Outdoor romantic performance
- swoonLose consciousness briefly
- heartthrobObject of romantic admiration
- moonlightReflected solar radiance, nocturnal
valentine · tenderness · yearning · devotion · courtship · embrace · intimate · candlelit · dreamy · enchanting
velvet
Thick-pile textile
mellow · dulcet · soothing · silky · rich · warm · resonant · vibrato · phrasing · legato
swing
Suspended recreational seat
improvisation · combo · lounge · nightclub · orchestra · arrangement · ballad · bandleader · songbook
Sinatra
Iconic American crooner
Crosby · vocalist · entertainer · charmer · showman · bandstand · spotlight · debonair · suave · dapper
oldies
Nostalgic popular songs
- vinylSynthetic resin plastic
- phonographGrooved disc audio player
- yesteryearTime not long past
bygone · classic · timeless · vintage · retro · sepia · memories · elegance · glamour · tuxedo
- entertainerssingers, actor, dancers, actress, musicians
- 1950sEisenhower, poodle skirt, Elvis Presley, Rosa Parks, baby boom
- entertainers in artactors, dancers, musicians, comedians, circus performers
- Roaring Twentiesflappers, Charleston, speakeasies, jazz age, Prohibition
- vocal musicsong, vocals, soprano, tenor, alto
- 1920s Musicjazz, ragtime, Charleston, Dixieland, blues