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Description of Vocal

 
Vocal refers to popular music featuring a singer or a group of singers. It includes everyone from Frank Sinatra and Ethel Merman to a cappella group the Nylons; nightclub singers such as Wayne Newton; and full-blown choirs like the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus. Vocal music also encompasses the non-improvisational side of jazz singing. In its heyday, popular singers fronted swing bands and orchestras and performed songs written by others. The songwriters and bandleaders were often more famous than the singer to begin with, but the singers became the true stars. Many vocalists in the 1940s and '50s inspired early rock 'n' roll artist Elvis Presley, who modeled his style in part after Dean Martin. Since then, singers including Harry Connick Jr., Holly Cole, and Natalie Cole continue to revisit the golden age of songs and arrangements.
 

Top Vocal Tracks

 
Play Track Artist Price
1. Everything Michael Buble
$1.29
2. Home Michael Buble
$1.29
3. Feeling Good Michael Buble
$1.29
4. Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley
$1.29
5. What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong
$1.29
6. The Way You Look Tonight (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection] Frank Sinatra
$1.29
7. Lost Michael Buble
$1.29
8. Come Fly With Me Frank Sinatra
$1.29
9. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection] Frank Sinatra
$1.29
10. Save The Last Dance For Me Michael Buble
$1.29
11. The Best Is Yet To Come Michael Buble
$1.29
12. You Raise Me Up Josh Groban
$1.29
13. Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond
$0.99
14. My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From "Titanic") Celine Dion
$0.99
15. A Little Less Conversation (JXL Radio Edit Remix) Elvis Presley
$1.29
16. Me And Mrs. Jones Michael Buble
$1.29
17. Come Fly With Me (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection] Frank Sinatra
$1.29
18. That's Amore Dean Martin
$1.29
19. Can't Help Falling In Love Elvis Presley
$1.29
20. I've Got The World On A String Frank Sinatra
$1.29
21. Call Me Irresponsible Michael Buble
$1.29
22. Wonderful Tonight Michael Buble
$1.29
23. Summer Wind (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection] Frank Sinatra
$1.29
24. Because You Loved Me Celine Dion
$0.99
25. Always On My Mind Michael Buble
$1.29
26. I've Got The World On A String Michael Buble
$1.29
27. Quando, Quando, Quando Michael Buble
$1.29
28. Georgia On My Mind Ray Charles
$1.29
29. December, 1963 (Oh What A Night!) (LP Version) Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
$1.29
30. You Don't Know Me Michael Buble
$1.29
31. I'm Your Man Michael Buble
$1.29
32. Home Michael Buble
$1.29
33. Hound Dog Elvis Presley
$0.99
34. Mambo Italiano Dean Martin
$1.29
35. Beyond The Sea Bobby Darin
$0.99
36. The Best Is Yet To Come (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection] Frank Sinatra
$1.29
37. I Get A Kick Out Of You Frank Sinatra
$1.29
38. I've Got You Under My Skin Frank Sinatra
$1.29
39. My Way (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection] Frank Sinatra
$1.29
40. Theme From New York, New York (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection] Frank Sinatra
$1.29
41. Don't Worry, Be Happy Bobby McFerrin
$1.29
42. Mandy Barry Manilow
$1.29
43. America Neil Diamond
$1.29
44. It's All Coming Back To Me Now Celine Dion
$0.99
45. Luck Be A Lady (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection] Frank Sinatra
$1.29
46. You And I Michael Buble
$1.29
47. Burning Love Elvis Presley
$1.29
48. Sweet Love Anita Baker
$1.29
49. Rainy Days And Mondays The Carpenters
$0.99
50. When You Say You Love Me Josh Groban
$1.29
 

Vocal Key Albums

 
Miss Peggy Lee
(Box Set) $41.99
The Capitol Years
(Box Set) $27.99

 

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Vocal Key Artists

 
Barbra Streisand

The mother of all modern
divas, Streisand's majestic
voice and sterling acting
abilities have kept her on
top for decades. Streisan...

Bobby Darin

Who else but Darin could
excel at rock, big band
jazz, & folk -- and score
major, enduring hits in each
category? A talented voc...

Eartha Kitt

Saucy & sexy, Kitt is the
consummate cabaret
performer and her hit
recording of "Santa Baby"
seduces the innocent eac...

Johnny Mathis

Mathis now alternates pop
albums with the same sets of
standards that got all that
teen blood boiling back in
the '50s. Johnny Mathis is...

Lena Horne

Possessing salty, jazz-hued
vocals and a fierce beauty,
Horne helped integrate
Hollywood and the U.S. An
American hero.

Marianne Faithfull

Faithful successfully made
the transition from 1960s
sex symbol to a highly
respected rock and
cabaret singer.

Shirley Bassey

From "Goldfinger" to the
Propellerheads, this
beautiful Welsh banshee
remains a world superstar
after 5 decades. Bassey's...

Tony Bennett

Bennett's crushed velvet
voice topped the charts in
the 1950s, '60s...and '90s as
rockers caught his joyful
jazz vibe. As a teenager,...

Ute Lemper

Lemper, an icy German
beauty with a perfect,
glacial vocal style is now
the biggest Cabaret star in
the world. Lemper played...

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