torch singers
Heartbreak vocal stylists
Torch singers perform sentimental songs about unrequited or lost love.
The torch is the one still burning for someone who has moved on.
The style flourished in jazz clubs and cabarets from the 1920s through the 1950s, typically featuring women with smoky voices delivering emotionally intense ballads: She spent her career as a torch singer in downtown piano bars.
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- divaCelebrated female vocalist
- vocalistOne who sings professionally
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