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| | American Popular Song |
| | Message board and directories of singers, songwriters, movies, and shows.
http://www.americanpopularsong.com/ - New window - Cached - Archive - |
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| | AMG: Vocal Music |
| | Overview of the genre, essay, key artists and albums, and recent releases.
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=F0VOCAL - New window - Cached - Archive - |
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| | Craig's BigBands and BigNames |
| | Historic reviews and photos from performers of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. Includes old time radio broadcast, quiz, and message board.
http://www.bigbandsandbignames.com/ - New window - Cached - Archive - |
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| | Ian Whitcomb's Literary Corner |
| | Includes articles on Rudy Vallee, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, and the first crooners.
http://www.picklehead.com/ian/literary.htm - New window - Cached - Archive - |
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| | JD Hay's Crooners |
| | Library of songs in WAV format, including those by several pop artists and a 1950s collection.
http://www.angelfire.com/retro2/croonerjd/index.html - New window - Cached - Archive - |
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| | Jukebox: American Popular Music in the 1930s |
| | Includes 40 audio files, with background and commentary.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG03/Jukebox/front.html - New window - Cached - Archive - |
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| | Parlor Songs |
| | Collection of popular and classical sheet music from the 1800's to the 1940's, cover art, audio samples, composer biographies, and articles on the history, styles, and themes.
http://parlorsongs.com/index.asp - New window - Cached - Archive - |
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| | Wikipedia: Melodic Music |
| | Defines "melodic" genre as the vocal-oriented popular American music style that came after big band music but before rock and roll, as exemplified by singers like Perry Como and Margaret Whiting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_genre#Melodic_music - New window - Cached - Archive - |
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| | Topix: Vocal |
| | News about vocal, collected from various sources on the web. [RSS]
http://www.topix.com/rss/music/vocal.xml - New window - Cached - Archive - |
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