A Salute to the Golden Age of American Popular Music

We salute the music from Broadway, Hollywood, New Orleans, Tin Pan Alley and the "melody makers;" i.e. the bands and singers that brought the music to us via the radio, recordings and live events in the period from the 1920's to the 1960's. This is the golden period of Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Larry Hart, Oscar Hammerstein, Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael, Jimmy Van Heusen, Harold Arlen, Harry Warren, etc.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Who are top 20 male jazz vocalists?


Who are top 20 male jazz vocalists?
As jazz singing increased in popularity in the swing era, many jazz bands were built around singers as star soloists, just as was done for famous instrumental players. Songsters gave their personal interpretation to songs and stamped each tune with their special voice. The following articles list the top 20 male jazz vocalists as selected by the members, listeners and staff of National Public Radio station WAER in Syracuse, NY, USA. What do you think of the selection? The list includes the greats of the 1940's as well as current performers.

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