crooner
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Mexican singer Fernández, who is the son of veteran crooner Vicente Fernández, sang the Mexican national anthem head of the match.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Say, for instance, a fluffy Sasquatch, or a crooner of a moon in pajamas singing an old-timey lullaby to all the little ones seated cross-legged on the floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Grammy-winning crooner Iglesias, 82, has made no public comments about the allegations.
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
Carey, meanwhile, has generated 692 million streams — not too shabby, of course, but still not measuring up to the Canadian crooner.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 24, 2025
While he attended the races at Tanforan with Bing Crosby, the crooner found himself abandoned as fans and autograph-seekers smothered Howard.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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Ms. Willetts devotes nearly an entire chapter—ostensibly on postwar nightlife in Las Vegas and Havana—to Frank Sinatra, head of America’s Rat Pack of lounge crooners and the “kingpin of ‘gentlemanly’ debauchery.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Springer added that he prefers classic crooners, such as Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett, to Bublé.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 24, 2025
It took the Grammys until after the Summer of Love to fully acknowledge that pop music had moved beyond the crooners and show tunes of the show’s early days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
It's certainly hard to imagine them really catching on in the early 50s, an age dominated by schmaltzy crooners, folk purists and show tunes.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2024
The early years of crooners and ballads gave way to perky pop – epitomized by perhaps the greatest Eurovision song of all time, ABBA’s “Waterloo,” which won the contest 50 years ago.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024
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