Crooners from the past favourites

My personal favourite is Frank Sinatra but I have a very soft spot for Bing Crosby who was my Dad's favourite. I also love Andy Williams (especially singing Moon River) but not sure if he qualifies as a crooner.

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I love Perry Como ‘and I love her so’ dedicated to my grandaughter after much heartbreak following an estrangement where I was banned from seeing my first grandchild. She was like a gift

He is my favourite too. For our first Christmas together, DH bought me Perry Como's Greatest Hits.

My Dad had a lovely singing voice and sang Matt Monroe and Perry Como songs around the house.

Oh yes the incomparable Bing Crosby. Just wonderful. 'I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places' ♥️
Perry Como was a lovely singer too.

I'm a bit young for the crooners but I did love Catch a falling Star when I was little. Matt Monroe I think

I tend to think of them as a little before my time, if you mean the likes of Bing Crosby etc but I used to melt at The Bachelors- do they count?

I loved Frank Sinatra. Also Matt Munro - Softly as I Leave You There, Portrait of My Love etc. I also loved Tony Bennett, who we were lucky enough to see live twice at Birmingham Symphony Hall.

I never took any notice of these singers in my teens. It's only as I got older that I began to appreciate them.

Sinatra , saw him at Festival Hall in the 60’s, still Sinatra

Matt Monroe definitely- what a voice, what a loss, died too young.

Lucky you Annie.

The crooners are before my time but I still love them. I suppose I first heard them when my parents played their records.
My MiL had a canary called Bing because he was such a good singer!

Michael Holliday - my dad liked him. Interesting life, sad ending.

Matt Monro was wonderful, but my all-time favourite is Johnny Mathis - voice like velvet. I saw him at The Talk Of The Town when I was 20, he had the audience in the palm of his hand. To hear him sing "Misty" ... gorgeous!

Pat Boon, smoke gets in your eyes. loved that. Not sure if classed as a crooner though.

Andy Williams ‘touch me in the morning’

Oh Johnny Mathis - wonderful. I love him singing A Certain Smile.

Got to be Sammy Davis Jr for me!

I loved his voice and his handsome face and he loved his fans!

He was in an episode of Charlie's Angels that was especially written for him!

Harry Belafonte - Scarlet Ribbons.

Nat King Cole....The very thought of you......does it for me every time.

Can't see past Nat king Cole, myself. I love all his work but "Nature Boy" is all about DH:
"The greatest thing
You'll ever learn
Is just to love
And be loved in return".....
Dread to think where I'd be now if I'd not met DH in 1967!

Oh yes Sammy Davis Junior. He was so talented

Richard Chamberlain - yes Dr Kildare himself. The first LP I ever saved up and bought was him singing. I've still got it too which surprises me as I played it so many times I thought the needle would be playing both sides!!!!

Whilst my Dad was a Bing devotee, my Mum loved Al Bowlly who was very popular in the 1930's (her teenage years). She loved his rendition of "The Very Thought of You".

My parents had me rather late in life and even though my own teenage years were in the 1970's, I am familiar with music from decades earlier. I grew up listening to wonderful collection of 78's.