Crooner Culture

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I stand by the fact that I was just born in the wrong era.
It makes me think about things like reincarnation and stuff sometimes, when I think about how drawn I am to the music and the lifestyle of the 40s, 50s, and 60s… I know, it’s weird, but it really makes me wonder.
Here’s the “drunken dreamboat”… Dino:

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These aren’t in order, but they’re the top 10 best Sinatra (only Sinatra) posts here on Crooner Culture…

Blog Project – Family Album Time! (Repost)
Alicia Keys and Frank Sinatra at the Grammys
Frank Sinatra- The House I Live In – video short (1945)
Lyrical References – Bon Jovi and Frank Sinatra
Today’s all about Ol’ Blue Eyes!
Vintage Art – Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra 1940
Kings Of Swing – Sinatra and Buble – “That’s How It Goes” Lyrics
That’s Life (LOVE this song)

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Okay, so here’s proof that I’m a weirdo in having been a fan of this stuff since I was a kid. It also goes to show you how music can unite people in the most wonderful of ways. Grab an espresso and relax, this one’s cute.
When I was 15, I was a foreign exchange student to Italy for the summer. It was without a doubt the best ever summer of my entire life, even up until now. I lived with a fabulous family in Ancona and Marcelli Beach (yep, they owned a beach house) that took me all over the …read more

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(Originally posted August 2007, I want to try to get this idea rolling again!)
Okay everyone – it’s time for the first ever Crooner Culture blog project!
Here’s the skinny…
Everyone has old family photos from the 40’s and 50’s laying around somewhere. Maybe your cousin’s got them all, or your sister, or your 80 year old Uncle Joe. But they’re somewhere.
Your job is to find the photo that reminds you of the classic “crooner era” and post it on your blog, writing whatever you know about when and where it was taken, and put a link in the post to this blog …read more

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I never knew this happened, even!
And the fall that Dean Martin takes in this one is kind of scary… really no telling if it was on purpose or later ad-libbed, but it was beautiful!
Who knew that Johnny Carson could sing?
The bottom line, folks, is that we really don’t have entertainers like this anymore. I mean, when can you imagine seeing John Mayer or 50 Cent doing stuff like this with Jay Leno or David Letterman or whoever? It just doesn’t happen.

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A recent post showed Jim Carrey doing his impression of Sammy Davis, Jr. and gave my sort of moderately-offended-for-Sammy review.
Well here I have a video of Sammy doing impressions of his friends. He sings, “One for my Baby (One More for the Road)” while doing impressions of Fred Astaire, Nat ‘King’ Cole, Billy Eckstine, Vaughn Monroe, Tony Bennett, Mel Tormé, Louis Armstrong, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Kinda cool. As I’m writing the post, the video’s playing in another window. I can’t see it, but I can hear it. And he’s doing a pretty good job of singing a …read more

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I’ve got a bittersweet feeling about this one. I do like Jim Carrey, and I do like impersonation comedy, but I think he might’ve gone a little overboard with it all. To the point where it’s kind of a little bit offensive to Sammy Davis, Jr. in a way… I don’t know, what do you think?
It’s Jim from way back in his standup days… before he was a huge movie star for certain.

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Dance Me to the End of LoveVettriano, JackBuy at AllPosters.com
My friends Chris and Nicole are getting married this afternoon.
One of the things I love about weddings is finding out what the bride and groom have chosen for their “first dance” wedding song. I know, most people like the romance of it all, the flowers, the dresses, the food even… I just can’t wait to hear what that song is.
Yep, I’m weird. It’s okay, I’ve come to terms with it.
One of my all time favorite songs for a “first dance” song is one I wrote about earlier when …read more

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From The Dean Martin Show, Oct. 7, 1965. They sing “I Hate the Beatles” (to the tune of “Pop Goes the Weasel”) and other parodies by Sherman. This is really great, and what I call PURE ENTERTAINMENT. It’s awesome… simply awesome.

“Bella… Bela Lugosi” BWAHAHAHA!!!

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