the.com/crooner
the velvet voice that turned the microphone into a weapon of mass seduction
tech babyCrooning only existed once microphones could amplify whispers
moral panicCritics called crooning effeminate and banned it from radio
originThe term comes from a Scots word meaning to bellow
sinatra empireFrank Sinatra weaponized intimacy into a billion-dollar persona
swoon factoryBing Crosby's relaxed style sold over a billion records