Meaning & use

Crooner

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A male singer of sentimental popular songs, typically performed in a smooth, low voice.

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The old crooner still packed concert halls in his eighties.

His deep, velvety voice made him a natural crooner.

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The term rose with the microphone era of the 1930s-40s, when singers like Bing Crosby could sing intimately without straining their voices.

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