Crooners & Songbirds
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CROONERS & SONGBIRDS
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croon
( P ) Pronunciation Key (krn) v. crooned, croon-ing, croons v. intr.
1. To hum or sing softly.
2. To sing popular songs in a soft, sentimental manner.
3. Scots. To roar or bellow.
v. tr. To sing softly or in a humming way: crooning a lullaby.
n. A soft singing or humming.
song-bird
( P ) Pronunciation Key (songbird, sng-)
n. A bird, especially one of the suborder Oscines of passerine birds, having a melodious song or call.
songbird n : any bird having a musical call [syn: songster]
This is a group about old timey music - especially from the 20's and 30's. Russ Columbo, Annette Hanshaw, Whispering Jack Smith, Lee Morse, Al Bowlly, Elsie Carlisle, Gene Austin, Jane Green, Greta Keller, Sophie Tucker, Seger Ellis, Marlene Dietrich, Nick Lucas, Josephine Baker, Johnny Marvin, Helen Morgan, Rudy Vallee, Mildred Bailey, Bessie Smith, Smith Ballew, Libby Holman, Tiny Tim, Ethel Waters, Hoagy Carmichael, Jane Green, Bing Crosby, The Boswell Sisters, to name just a few...
THE CROONERS
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Further Reading
Spotlight: Rise of the crooner
The Rise of the Crooners: Gene Austin, Russ Columbo, Bing Crosby, Nick Lucas, Johnny Marvin and Rudy Vallee (Studies And Documentation In The History Of Popular Entertainment)
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THE SONGBIRDS
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The Music
The Songbirds
Flappers, Vamps And Sweet Young Things
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The Songbirds
Sophisticated Ladies
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The Big Broadcast
A musical spotlight on the classic sounds of the 1920s and '30s, Sunday nights from 8pm-Midnight.
Sunday is a big night at WFUV. That's when Rich Conaty spins classic jazz and pop tunes of the 1920s and '30s in his long-running program, The Big Broadcast."The Big Broadcast was a pretty unusual show, content-wise, over 35 years ago. It's almost unique today," Conaty observes. "I haven't heard any other program that blends classic jazz with the pop vocals and dance bands of the same period."
"I'm pretty typical of the people who listen to my shows," says Rich. The music is "strictly one piece of the puzzle. It's important to keep some balance."
This may be why fans of The Big Broadcast are so loyal. At least one listener claims never to have missed a show in more than 22 years. And when Conaty left WFUV in December 1992 "to see if The Big Broadcast would succeed on a commercial outlet," his loyal listeners followed. Despite his success elsewhere, however, Conaty found the working environment in commercial radio to be less than ideal, and by July 1997 he was delighted to return to the station where it all began. "I think the experience polished my act, but also gave me a deeper appreciation for FUV," he says.
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The Big Broadcast
Suggested Reading . . .
Ragtime and Early Jazz - 1900-1935 (Jazz Bible Fake Book Series)
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