Examples of crooner

• The crooners' sentimental repertory was cast, not as a healthy escape, but rather as a demoralising scourge, especially with the distressing war news of early 1942.

• In addition to instrumental numbers, they featured several vocalists, both of the 'straight' and the crooner varieties, as well as close-harmony ensembles.

• If we are to have crooners, let them be real crooners.

• It would be doubly good if crooners were put along with them.

• Critics dubbed his musical style countrypolitan, due to its fusion of country music and a more sophisticated crooner vocal style.

• Although well sung by the novice crooner, the album did not sell well.

• The album follows the concept of a tribute to the great crooners of the 1950s and their most famous hits.

• It's the rhythm that gets to the kids they're starved of music they can dance to, after all those years of crooners.