1. The Crooner!

2. Pop Music Post Big Band Era
After the success of Big Band, and orchestra leaders like Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller, many up and coming jazz singers and composers used the formula of big band and jazz and began composing and singing a new kind of song called “The Standard”
The songs were softer, romantic, but still had the elements of jazz and big band.
This also opened up to their success in movies, the beginning of the film musical
Let’s now go over the heavy hitters in the “Standard” era of music…
These gentlemen are known as “The Crooners”

3. The Crooner Cartoons (Looney Tunes)
This is how big these crooners were that they made it all the way to cartoons. Looney Tunes Crooner Cartoon

4. The Crooners
Gene Austin
Bing Crosby
"My Blue Heaven"
"Only Forever"

5. The Crooners Nat King Cole Frank Sinatra "Unforgettable"
“Ive Got You Under My Skin”

6. The Crooners Dean Martin Tony Bennett "That's Amore"
"Left My Heart in San Francisco"

7. The Crooners Bobby Darin The Rat Pack
"Mack the Knife"
From Left to right… Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Joey Bishop, & Dean Martin The Rat Pack Live in Las Vegas

8. Influence on Pop Music Bono & Frank Sinatra Tony Bennett Duets With…
"Ive Got You Under My Skin"
Lady Gaga & Amy Winehouse
"The Lady is a Tramp“
"Body and Soul"

9. Reunited by Technology…
Nat King Cole and Daughter Natalie Cole on stage together… "Unforgettable"