Crooner Culture

Okay – We all know that some of the world’s most legendary crooners have performed, much less set up shop, in Las Vegas.
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Blog World Expo is coming up in Las Vegas, and b5media’s gonna be there!
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If you’re going to BWE, or happen to live in Vegas and are even slightly interested in b5media or what we’re doing around here, AND are interested in winning some cool stuff, then keep reading. Otherwise, just make sure you go see The Rat Pack Tribute show!
Okay, here’s the details:
Blog World Expo is in Vegas over November 7th, 8th and …read more

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Mr. Tony Bennett is going to be on ABC’s The View this morning – last week or the week before they had Paul Anka!

Is there some Crooner Clan out there working hard to promote these people again? I WANT IN!!! ;P

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This one’s for the Relic… I love this song SO much, and I had to get some Tony Bennett up here on the site for once (in my life)! Can’t hate on Stevie either… I love it!

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Yes, I know I’m Buble’ obsessed, thankyouverymuch.
It’s the Spiderman Theme Song – I love the way he plays with the mic and dances around and stuff in this… makes me wanna go rent the movies!

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I really don’t know what it is about Norah Jones’ voice but I just simply love it. That, combined with the piano and actual lyrics… it’s just beautiful.

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Okay, so I’m not 100% Italian (though I do look it). I’m not even really 50% and maybe not even 25%.
But I’ve been to Italy, and I can speak a little, and I love anything and everything Italian, from food and family to mafia flicks to the obsession with Sinatra (Ever meet an old Italian woman who had a picture of Sinatra on the wall, right next to the Virgin Mary? I have!). I have a large extended family that’s more Italian in blood than I am, but still not 100% or anything. But we all refer to ourselves as …read more

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This cracked me up from the very beginning… “Schenectady” is about 15 minutes down the road from me, and when people use that city in a joke, it just is too hilarious to me. I didn’t know much about Foster Brooks until getting into Dean Martin and the “clean comedy” of the era – simply because I was born about 40 years too late to know it, but this is just hilarious. Especially given that Foster Brooks never drank, but he sure as hell knew how to play drunk! And the fact that Dean’s sitting there with a hankie and …read more

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Renowned sculptor, Tina Allen is currently in the process of creating a 15ft statue of Sammy Davis, Jr. in bronze. I’ve taken a look at her other work, and frankly, I’m not all that impressed. I mean yes, it’s impressive to be creating a 15 foot statue of anything, especially using the process of bronze (creating it in clay, making a mold, then the bronze casting) but even though the statue of Sammy is unfinished, looking at some of her other pieces, like that of Tupac Shakur looking gaunt and not at all like himself, leaves me feeling like I …read more

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Just wanted to post a few interesting Frank Sinatra related websites for your perusal. We all know that Ol’ Blue Eyes “never touched the stuff” (meaning the internet) but his family and fans sure have.

The Frank Sinatra Foundation – “Helping those in need was at his spiritual core.”
SINATRA: A Voice In Time (1939-1952) – This collection was released only weeks ago, on September 27, 2007.
Sinatra Family Forums – A place for family and fans to get together and chat.
TIME Magazine’s TIME 100 – Frank Sinatra – Very nice 3 page writeup, featuring covers from TIME of Frank Sinatra
Amazon At A …read more

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This video is Bobby Darin at his ultimate best. This was the last performance, 9 months before his death on December 20, 1973. Again, given his torturous life, this is simply amazing to me. This clip’s from “Mack Is Back” – Unedited Concert – Bobby Darin and it’s highly recommended as a “must own” DVD.

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