Male Crooners

[no_place_like_motown]

Nat King Cole - Unforgettable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1UEzL9poPM

Johnny Mathis - Wonderful Wonderful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YNt0uIaWF8

Andy Williams - A Summer Place
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SeDGvfR0HU

Dean Martin - My One And Only Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFZSU4kraVo

Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart In San Francisco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9ZkMUv3_5U

Jack Jones - Wives And Lovers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tBU8yD_nGs

Lenny Welch - Since I Fell For You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7xrQY_FLM4

Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlSbSKNk9f0

Vic Damone - Meditation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyk0GW3y4T0

Andy Williams - The More I See You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCAmAhDQ1gU

Engelbert Humperdinck - Let Me Into Your Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvIPCXs7SRI

Jerry Vale - Yellow Days
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F_-5aXfQyo

Frank Sinatra - My Way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m0dJXtwwiY

Johnny Mathis - Live For Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_NYezlPblg

Perry Como - I Think Of You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8qml60CJTg

Johnny Mathis - A Man And A Woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-yXq0vEAJA

Andy Williams - Day By Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUH-8M4r3x8

Frank Sinatra - Drinking Water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW6pZhw3Woc

Sammy Davis, Jr. - Tomorrow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZuKCMywQRc

Perry Como - And I Love You So
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyc6QyDaOBg

[Kamasu_Jr]

I like Johnny Hartman's version of My One and Only Love.

[Soul Sister]

Let's see 'on this particular list', Jimmy Scott influence Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra [[who snuck in Jimmy's shows & out before the lights went up), & Lenny Welch.
Just a few of the singer's he influenced from many genres & generations as a "singer's singer".

Jimmy was influenced by Perry Cuomo's cool laid-back style 'on this list'.

Whom Jimmy loved 'on this list' besides Perry, Nat King Cole & Johnny Hartman.
He liked Tony Bennett.

S.S.
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[Soul Sister]

I agree Kam. Johnny is one of my top 3 favs along with Arthur Prysock after Jimmy. :)

Absolutely love Johnny's versions of "I'll Follow You" & "Stella By Starlight"!! Soo good!!!

S.S.
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[imnokid]

It doesn't get any better than Johnny Hartman.

[marv2]

Roy Hamilton - Ebb Tide


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk0D-HWrQPQ

[marv2]

My Foolish Heart - Billy Eckstine:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA11S6XCXeQ

[smark21]

Earl Grant Imitation of LIfe


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sMkK8m7Boo

[marv2]

It's All In The Game - Tommy Edwards


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtizr2G_7Bk

[marv2]

"Since I Fell for You" Lenny Welch


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7xrQY_FLM4

[imnokid]

Rare live video of Johnny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUSZ4wwjRVU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILDqWHutba0

[manny]

What about the UK Frank Sinatra response, the untimely and sadly deceased Matt Monro?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_SxTJiMQU4

Here's his cover of "I Can't Quite My Eyes Of You" in spanish [["No puedo quitar mis ojos de ti")

About soul male crooners, my absolute favorites have been ever Lou Rawls, Johnny Mathis, Brook Benton and Al Wilson

[stephanie]

Al Wilson is a great singer who never got his due. Show and Tell will always be remembered as a great song but his voice in the Snake and other records he has done are so underrated he is one of the great crooners of the 70s.

[Kamasu_Jr]

Personally, I don't think singers like Al Wilson or Tyrone Davis are on the level of Crooners like Johnny Mathis, Sinatra, Johnny Hartman, Jimmy Scott or Nat Cole. Wilson and Davis were pop/soul/blues singers who often relied on contemporary sounds, songwriters. They were not true crooners. They were good, but made music that was trendy. The true male crooners sang standards and classic popular songs written by songwriters like Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer, etc. Singers like Cole and Hartman were stylists.

[marv2]

One of the best of the current crooners...........Michael Buble:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d4OVHvWZEQ