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Description of Pop Standards

 
This style refers to the high point of western vocal pop music, the era of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, and Rosemary Clooney. Popular artists sang with known bands and orchestras led by such luminaries as Guy Lombardo or Nelson Riddle, and performed classic pop songs penned by George Gershwin, Cole Porter and the like. In its heyday, roughly the 1930s through the late '50s, this was the most popular form of music. Singers packed houses across the country, and the advent and subsequent widespread popularity of radio and movies enabled their music, personalities and distinctive vocal styles to catapult them to superstar status. Today, many popular artists, such as Harry Connick Jr. and Natalie Cole, have covered the work of classic pop songwriters. Standards also persist in nightclub and lounge acts around the world.
 

Top Pop Standards 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. What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong
$1.29
5. The Way You Look Tonight (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection] Frank Sinatra
$1.29
6. Lost Michael Buble
$1.29
7. Come Fly With Me Frank Sinatra
$1.29
8. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection] Frank Sinatra
$1.29
9. Save The Last Dance For Me Michael Buble
$1.29
10. The Best Is Yet To Come Michael Buble
$1.29
11. Me And Mrs. Jones Michael Buble
$1.29
12. Come Fly With Me (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection] Frank Sinatra
$1.29
13. That's Amore Dean Martin
$1.29
14. I've Got The World On A String Frank Sinatra
$1.29
15. Call Me Irresponsible Michael Buble
$1.29
16. Wonderful Tonight Michael Buble
$1.29
17. Summer Wind (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection] Frank Sinatra
$1.29
18. Always On My Mind Michael Buble
$1.29
19. I've Got The World On A String Michael Buble
$1.29
20. Georgia On My Mind Ray Charles
$1.29
21. Quando, Quando, Quando Michael Buble
$1.29
22. You Don't Know Me Michael Buble
$1.29
23. I'm Your Man Michael Buble
$1.29
24. Home Michael Buble
$1.29
25. Mambo Italiano Dean Martin
$1.29
26. Beyond The Sea Bobby Darin
$0.99
27. The Best Is Yet To Come (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection] Frank Sinatra
$1.29
28. I Get A Kick Out Of You Frank Sinatra
$1.29
29. I've Got You Under My Skin Frank Sinatra
$1.29
30. My Way (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection] Frank Sinatra
$1.29
31. Theme From New York, New York (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection] Frank Sinatra
$1.29
32. Luck Be A Lady (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection] Frank Sinatra
$1.29
33. You And I Michael Buble
$1.29
34. It Had Better Be Tonight [Meglio Stasera] Michael Buble
$1.29
35. Come Fly With Me Frank Sinatra
$1.29
36. Comin' Home Baby Michael Buble
$1.29
37. The More I See You Michael Buble
$1.29
38. I've Got You Under My Skin Michael Buble
$1.29
39. That's Life Michael Buble
$1.29
40. Unforgettable - (with Natalie Cole) Nat King Cole
$1.29
41. A Foggy Day (In London Town) Michael Buble
$1.29
42. The Girl From Ipanema (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection] Frank Sinatra
$1.29
43. Strangers In The Night (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection] Frank Sinatra
$1.29
44. Song For You Michael Buble
$1.29
45. Sway Dean Martin
$1.29
46. Dream Michael Buble
$1.29
47. You Make Me Feel So Young Frank Sinatra
$1.29
48. That's Life (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection] Frank Sinatra
$1.29
49. Try A Little Tenderness Michael Buble
$1.29
50. A Wink And A Smile Harry Connick, Jr.
$0.99
 

Pop Standards Key Albums

 
Miss Peggy Lee
(Box Set) $41.99
Sarah Vaughan Sings Broadway: Great Songs From Hit Shows
$18.99
Songs For Distingue Lovers
$9.99
Swings Shubert Alley
$9.99

 

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Pop Standards Key Artists

 
Billie Holiday

There's no mistaking a Lady
Day vocal: swinging,
emotionally searing and
tasty as all get out. Perhaps
the most influential jazz si...

Dinah Shore

Shore became so famous for
her peppy demeanor that
people forgot what a good
jazz and swing fueled pop
singer she was. Shore's b...

Ella Fitzgerald

Scatting or swinging,
Fitzgerald was as popular
with the general public as
she was with fellow artists.
Though she lived a clean,...

Frank Sinatra

The voice of the twentieth
century, Sinatra's star
shone for decades and
trailblazed the art of cutting
cohesive albums. Sinatra's...

Jo Stafford

Stafford's perfect, pure
vocals were loved by
jazz-cats, but it was the
fighting men of WWII who
dubbed her "G.I. Jo." Lest...

Joe Williams

Williams became a star with
Count Basie's band in the
1950s and just kept getting
bigger and better through
out the decades.

Julie London

While boomers remember
her as "Emergency"'s Nurse
Dixie, they're just
discovering London's
sublimely sexy torch singi...

Kay Starr

When Starr's blues-soaked
swing and country vocals
dropped off the pop charts
this Native American
returned to jazz fulltime.

Keely Smith

Keely became a star as the
romantic vocal foil to Louis
Prima but her pure pipes
carried over to a stellar solo
career.

Lena Horne

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

Michael Feinstein

This singing pianist helps
keep standards and Cabaret
material alive in the age of
rock and rap.

Nat King Cole

King Cole struck gold with
his much-copied jazz trio
and his smoky, ethereal pop
vocals. Cole's
piano/guitar/bass trio for...

Peggy Lee

From Benny Goodman band
to solo stardom at Capitol,
Peggy Lee gave everyone
"Fever" and remains a vocal
cult goddess. Peggy Lee...

Rosemary Clooney

Clooney wanted to sing
jazz, but her 1950s pop hits
were often substandard; by
the '70s she was able to sing
Swing 24/7. Rosemary Clo...

Sarah Vaughan

Called the Divine One for
her amazing vocal abilities,
Vaughan excelled at bop,
standards, and jazzy pop.

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,...

Vic Damone

Damone's gorgeous croon
made prom dates weep
throughout the 1950s and
his ballad style got jazzier as
the years rolled on. Vic w...

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