Pop Crooner
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Pop Crooner revives the crooner stance in a modern pop market, combining big-band or standards references with contemporary adult-pop production and marketing. The singing is knowingly classic but not antique, often using smoother digital polish, crossover arrangements, and repertoire that spans standards, holiday material, and original songs.
History
After scattered revivals in the late 20th century, the style found a substantial market through CD-era standards albums, film tie-ins, holiday programming, and upscale adult pop branding; Harry Connick Jr. opened a modern lane, Michael Bublé made it global, and artists such as Jamie Cullum, Matt Dusk, Seth MacFarlane, and Steve Tyrell proved that crooning could function not just as revival but as a contemporary identity with real chart and touring power.
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Sources
- Great American Songbook Foundation, “What is the Songbook?”
- Wikipedia, “Crooner”
- Encyclopaedia Britannica, “adult contemporary music.”