Why Does Crooner Mean?

Frank Sinatra was a well-known crooner. The noun crooner describes a silky-voiced singer of sentimental jazz favorites, particularly a male singer. Crooners were especially popular from the late 1920s until the early 1950s. ... Crooner comes from the verb croon, "to sing softly and sadly."

What does the term crooner refers to?

: one that croons especially : a singer of popular songs.

Where did the word crooning come from?

croon (v.)

1400, "to speak or sing softly," originally Scottish; compare Middle Dutch kronen "to lament, mourn," Old High German kronen "babble." The relationship among them is obscure, perhaps all are imitative. In early use also "to bellow like a bull" as well as "to utter a low, murmuring sound" (mid-15c.).

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