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Recent Examples of crooner
This was a new guitar-wielding D’Angelo, in a bandana or a top hat, more Sly and George Clinton than seductive soul crooner.
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Marcus J. Moore, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2025
Irving Azoff‘s Iconic Artists Group has acquired a stake in the estate of legendary crooner Frank Sinatra.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
The soulful crooner never married.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
The jazz crooner died of a heart attack six years later in 1973 at age 37, while recovering from open-heart surgery.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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Marcus J. Moore, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2025
Irving Azoff‘s Iconic Artists Group has acquired a stake in the estate of legendary crooner Frank Sinatra.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
The soulful crooner never married.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
The jazz crooner died of a heart attack six years later in 1973 at age 37, while recovering from open-heart surgery.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crooner
Noun
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Elsewhere, Paramore singer Hayley Williams has four nominations, spanning rock and alternative music categories.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
7 Nov. 2025
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To embody the Like a Rolling Stone singer, the actor trained extensively, including five years of preparation, to learn to sing as well as play guitar and harmonica, and to work with dialect and movement coaches to make his performance feel authentic.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Finally, someone catches a good look at the tiny bird and IDs it as a Cape May warbler.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
22 Sep. 2025
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And seabirds that migrate between these countries and North America face intense environmental challenges, and many of these birds – including the royal tern, snow goose and blackburnian warbler are featured among these images.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Sep. 2025
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Witty Nashville upstart Megan Moroney and neo-neo-soul belter Olivia Dean also released their first albums in 2023 but had large leaps into the public consciousness during the September-to-August nomination period.—
Maura Johnston,
Rolling Stone,
6 Oct. 2025
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Among the pairings were Imago Records’ Terry Ellis with Black Flag belter and actor Henry Rollins and movie critic Gene Shalit with stunt performer Linda Fetters-Howard.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
11 June 2025
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The tour will feature founder and guitarist Neal Schon, keyboardist and backing vocalist Jonathan Cain, lead vocalist Arnel Pineda, keyboardist and vocalist Jason Derlatka, drummer and vocalist Deen Castronovo and bassist Todd Jensen.—
Jack Irvin,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Ballerini is also nominated for female vocalist of the year at the upcoming CMA Awards, slated to take place in Nashville later this month.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
6 Nov. 2025
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Musicians including psych rocker Damon Krukowski and power pop songster Ted Leo have taken to X to blast out their support.—
Caitlin Harrington,
WIRED,
6 Oct. 2023
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Nevertheless, the songster’s rise to stardom is mystifying.—
Quartz,
Quartz,
25 Nov. 2022
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“Crooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crooner. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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