Real men don't sing: crooning in American culture

Putting over a song : crooning, performance, and audience in the acoustic era, 1880-1920

Crooning goes electric : microphone crooning and the invention of the intimate singing aesthetic, 1921-1928

Falling in love with a voice: Rudy Vallée and his first radio fans, 1928

"The mouth of the machine" : the creation of the crooning idol, 1929

"A supine sinking into the primeval ooze" : crooning and its discontents, 1929-1933

"The kind of natural that worked? : the crooner redefined, 1932-1934 (and beyond).

Putting over a song : crooning, performance, and audience in the acoustic era, 1880-1920

Crooning goes electric : microphone crooning and the invention of the intimate singing aesthetic, 1921-1928

Falling in love with a voice: Rudy Vallée and his first radio fans, 1928

"The mouth of the machine" : the creation of the crooning idol, 1929

"A supine sinking into the primeval ooze" : crooning and its discontents, 1929-1933

"The kind of natural that worked? : the crooner redefined, 1932-1934 (and beyond).