Of the old-time crooners, whose VOICE do you prefer?

[tblue]

Frank Sinatra
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Tony Bennett
Bing Crosby
Nat King Cole
Dean Martin
Mel Torme
Bobby Darrin
Perry Como
Vic Damone
Andy Williams
Pat Boone

Anybody else?



Not which guy do you like, but which voice? I've been listening to old music and I really appreciate their beautiful voices.

[CherokeeDem]

1. My Three Faves....

Sinatra, Como, and Darrin...

Darrin's Dream Lover and Beyond the Sea are two of my most favorite songs.

I also love listening to Dean Martin...

No Pat Boone or Andy Williams for me...liked Moon River...but wish someone else had made the song famous...don't like Williams at all...

[whistler162]

2. My three favorites in order are....

Mel Torme, Mel Torme, and Mel Torme.

[tblue]

3. I just happened upon him using Spotify (know it?)

I forgot how beautiful his voice is!

[Shoe Horn]

15. The Velvet Fog...yaaaazzzz....

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[tblue]

35. Yeah, I am falling in love with that voice.

I didn't' realize until I saw the posts here that he was so amazing.

[Tikki]

4. Another...Jesse Belvin...who passed away too young...

"Goodnight My Love"



Tikki

[stuntcat]

5. Nat King Cole

To me he has the dreeeamiest voice I've ever heard

I'm crazy about Sammy Davis Jr. too! More for his style though, and the super-coolness of his songs.

[PassingFair]

6. Dino all the way.

Loved him!

[femmocrat]

7. They were all wonderful.... well, except Pat Boone.

My faves: Tony Bennett, Perry Como, and Nat King Cole.

Bobby Darin was a teen idol in the early 1960s. He was younger than the others, I believe.

[Duppers]

17. my thoughts too but I'd include Bing Crosby along with Boone

Boone & Bing Crosby were both hard-core republicans.

"You think God gave me 'Ain't That a Shame' to sing and 'Tutti Frutti?' Yes, I do."
- the arrogant, narcissist, Bush-supporting Pat Boone

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2212826

[rurallib]

8. Crosby bar none.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

9. Dino, Sinatra, and Darrin.

Of this list these are the guys the sound and delivery just seemed so natural.
Crosby always irritated me with his 'jazzy' stuff-- it never felt sincere, more like he was slumming.

[saras]

10. does Harry Belafonte count?

[iris27]

13. +1

[tblue]

31. Yeah! Sure.

I forgot Harry. I love that guy though I don't really know his songs except the Banana one.

[Graybeard]

11. Bing Crosby, later in his career.

His voice deepened and became more mellow with age.

And I would add Johnny Mathis to your list (at any age!)

[MrScorpio]

12. Tom Jones

[geardaddy]

26. +1

The Voice

[Xipe Totec]

14. I have a latin bias....

[Shoe Horn]

16. Tony Randall?

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[DearHeart]

18. Dean Martin and Nat King Cole

What female singers voices do you like? I love Dinah Washington and Ella Fitzgerald and Patsy Cline.

[grasswire]

19. Mel Torme had the most facile voice and perfect tone.

Frank would be my second choice.

And hey.....those of you who enjoy crooners should be familiar with Michael Buble, the Canadian who has a damned fine voice, a helluva band, and great sound man. Check him out if you haven't already. He just released his Christmas album.

[tblue]

32. I am listening to Mel Torme now on Spotify. WOWEE!!!

He is AMAZING! That is the smoothest voice I ever heard. Really, it's one of those that sounds good no matter what he's singing. I am loving this. I'm so glad I asked you all. Thank you, grasswire!

Happy holidays, too!

[grasswire]

39. Torme wasn't just smooth.

He had an incredible sense of timing and an imagination in his delivery that had no equal.

[a kennedy]

20. Lou Rawls....is he to young??

If he is, I'll choose, Frank and Nat King Cole. The best.

[Sky Masterson]

21. Frankie!

[HappyMe]

22. Sinatra, Bennett, Williams

[GoCubsGo]

23. Dino Vino.

But, I am biased. My grandma played Dean Martin all the time, so I kinda grew up on him. I do love Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra, too, and Nat and Sammy.

[hifiguy]

24. #1 is Tony Bennett

I love everything about the way the man sings - his tone, phrasing and musicality.

#2 Nat Cole - ditto
#3 Sinatra. He has the best phrasing, but I prefer the tone of Bennett and Cole
#4 Mel Torme

[Iggo]

25. Sinatra, Darrin, and I hate to say it, but...

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...Andy Williams.

[LNM]

27. Frankie

Hands down.

[StarlightGold]

28. Vaughn Monroe

"Racing with the Moon"...he sang that sooo well.

[tblue]

33. Okay. Gotta look him up.

Never heard that name.

[eShirl]

29. not too into that genre, but Nat King Cole, Bobby Darrin, James Darren's alter ego "Vic Fontaine"

(James Darren/"Vic Fontaine" http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000JZ0Z/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thestartrekmidip&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=B00000JZ0Z )

[tblue]

38. I'm really not either but

I was looking for a Christmas song and came upon some of these guys and their voices are so smooth and mellow. I am eating up Mel Torme songs, and I never ever paid him the least amount of attention before.

[Wait Wut]

30. Sinatra, Martin and Davis.

You can probably guess that the husband and I have a few Rat Pack CDs.

[graywarrior]

34. Dean Martin and Bobby Darin

[Broderick]

36. Sang some Perry Como on stage

I kind of grew to like his music.

[lunatica]

37. I always loved listening to Dean Martin

Nat King Cole too.

[Cant trust em]

40. I'm going to go with Bing.

Gotta be one of the smoothest, coolest sounding voices ever. It just sounds like old-style glamour.

[benld74]

41. Ol Dino! HANDS DOWN!

[Arkansas Granny]

42. Is Johnny Mathis considered old-time? I always loved listening to him.

Of those on your list, Nat King Cole, Andy Williams and Dean Martin are my favorites.

[watercolors]

43. My fav also, I think he could be an old timer.

[WinkyDink]

48. No. He is still performing in concert, and still absolutely fabulous. And he is of a later era.

[InkAddict]

44. I have always liked

1 - Old Blue Eyes (Sinatra)
2 - Mel Torme
3 - Nat King Cole

So much for that poll of double retro favorites

[Gato Moteado]

45. Sinatra, before he became a satire of himself

[Gato Moteado]

46. and what about sam cooke?

[WinkyDink]

47. The smoothest voice belonged to Dino.

[WinkyDink]

49. FYI: Not every person on the list belongs as "old-time crooner." Pat Boone, e.g.,

sang for the Boomers, whereas the RatPack sang for our PARENTS.

[JitterbugPerfume]

50. Mel Torme is hard to beat

but my all time favorite isn't on the list



Ray Charles

[tblue]

51. Ray Charles is in a class by himself.

He really is an icon, imho.