Crooner Culture

As part of b5media’s music channel list project, our theme this time around is “Top 10 artists/bands to invite to the holiday office party” and of course, I’m going to list crooners! This has to be one of those “alive or dead” things for this category, but here we go:
10. Marilyn Monroe – Yes, she’s a female crooner, and oh man, you can’t help but imagine she’d be a blast at a holiday party, maybe even drinking a Royal Stretch. I have a feeling she’d likely be the one making photocopies of her butt on the xerox machine, but what …read more

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Staying with this mood I’m in here… I’m posting “heartsongs” right now. Songs that make me feel like I could’ve written them myself, you know? Here’s the smoky-voiced Norah Jones’ “What Am I To You?” with lyrics posted below.

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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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Norah Jones, as I’ve said before, has one of the sexiest, sultriest voices of any neo-crooner around – especially a female. Her piano playing is as soulful as her voice, and the lyrics… oh, the lyrics!
Whenever I’m feeling really… er, amorous… this song just HAS to be played. It’s Norah Jones’ “Turn Me On”. Lyrics are below the player. Grab a chocolatini and embrace this one, folks…
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Turn Me On – Norah Jones
Like a flower waiting to bloom
Like a lightbulb in a dark room
I’m just sitting here waiting for you
To come home and turn me on
Like the desert …read more

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I know I haven’t written anything about Ms. Jones yet, but I wanted to post this in the event that anyone’s reading before our official launch on Monday the 9th…
Norah’s going to be on Good Morning America for the Summer Concert Series on Friday morning. I’ll SO be watching this – her voice absolutely soothes me so much. And damn are her lyrics sexy…
Check out “Turn Me On” from the Love Actually soundtrack…

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