Old Time Crooners ....

jimmi5bellies · 25-11-2006, 22:23

Come on admit / own up / fezz up who's your favourite one.

Grew up with Shirley Bassey belting them out, still like her to this day. Was taken to see Val Doonical when i was younger when we was staying in the Isle Of Man.

Come on admit ...own up

Mines Shirley Bassey .... so ner !

Ianto.W. · 25-11-2006, 22:27

Donald Peers, "By A Babbling In A Shady Nook" my uncle Bob used to sing that one.

jimmi5bellies · 25-11-2006, 22:28

I can remember my dad having an 8 track in the car, driving up the motorway and we all belting out "Gold Finger" ... hehehe

shillelagh · 25-11-2006, 22:30

I grew up with Bing Crosby belting them out and listening to Daniel O'Donnell belting them out for the last 10 years! lol Havent been listening to any this year though having a break from them. If I had to pick which one i'd prefer Bing. I still like the film White Christmas.

jimmi5bellies · 25-11-2006, 22:33

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

I grew up with Bing Crosby belting them out and listening to Daniel O'Donnell belting them out for the last 10 years! lol Havent been listening to any this year though having a break from them. If I had to pick which one i'd prefer Bing. I still like the film White Christmas.

When ever i see Bing Crosbys name i somehow always misread it now and say to myself BLING CROSBY

garinda · 25-11-2006, 22:53

Big Shirl is alright, but looks a bit rough in the Christmas M & S advert.

Sinatra and the rest of the crooners you can keep. They didn't sing, just talked. Snappy dressers though.

jimmi5bellies · 25-11-2006, 23:03

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Originally Posted by garinda

Big Shirl is alright, but looks a bit rough in the Christmas M & S advert.

Sinatra and the rest of the crooners you can keep. They didn't sing, just talked. Snappy dressers though.

She sings that song better than Pink though, lol.

garinda · 25-11-2006, 23:07

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Originally Posted by jimmi5bellies

She sings that song better than Pink though, lol.

She does. Though I think she looks a bit too pink. She needs some sun on her old bones.

West Ender · 25-11-2006, 23:11

Can't agree with that. Frank Sinatra could SING and Nat King Cole was a bit of all right too. I can't class Shirley Bassey as "old time" but there were plenty of crooners around in their hayday, before the War. I like Bing but I have recordings of a lot of lesser-known ones too, as I'm very into Big Band music, and at least you could understand what they were singing about.

garinda · 25-11-2006, 23:19

I do love Nat, still need convincing about Frankie though.

Love Big Bands by the way.

cashman · 26-11-2006, 00:03

Dean Martin for me, though sinatras summer wind is an absolute classic.

Ianto.W. · 26-11-2006, 01:55

Who sang Mack The Knife, he died young of peritonitis on the operating table, this guy was a great crooner.

WillowTheWhisp · 26-11-2006, 08:58

Was that Bobby Darrin?

I'm not really keen on crooners, never liked Sinatra at all but he did actually sing in his younger days he seemed to do more of the talking stuff as he got older.

Now if you really want talkers there's always Telly Savalas and his immortal recording of "If"

grannyclaret · 26-11-2006, 12:18

I love Shirley Bassey.my favourite 3 of her songs songs are ,
Oh god how much i love you
How do you keep the music playing
Sorry seems to be the hardest word..
then i love her old ones too..banana boat song .kiss me honey..etc
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If you like balads and nice songs ,have you heard Ollie Austin and Charlie Landsborough .
but my all time favourite singer is Nana Mouskouri .i have followed her songs since 1960. when she sang The White rose of Athens..

shakermaker · 26-11-2006, 12:22

Andy Williams!
Two words - Impossible Dream.

Makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up any day of the week.