Rock Music History

Crooner songs remain at the core of popular songs today. For example, Sam Smith, John Legend, and Adele are all considered to be modern crooners, though we refer to them as ballad singers today. [I've cut and paste a list obtained on a Google search. Feel free to choose one of the songs.]

Select a contemporary song (released after 2000) in the crooner-style. Write a 500-word post that compares and/or contrasts a contemporary song to a crooner song from 1945-1955. For the contemporary song, you can choose a song by the aforementioned artists or one of your choice. For the song from 1945-1955, you can choose one discussed in the book, or another song from the period.

Include the following elements in your comparison:

· Provide the artist name(s) and song titles.

· Provide the years released.

· Compare and/or contrast the lyrics. What themes are the same or different?

· Compare and/or contrast the artists and band. You can discuss their appearance, their singing style, the texture of their voices, and instrumentation of the band.

· Last, include links to both songs.

01. Conversations In The Dark - John Legend

02. Adele - When We Were Young

03. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved

04. Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper - Shallow

05. JP Saxe - If The World Was Ending

06. Calum Scott - You Are The Reason

07. Ed Sheeran - Perfect

08. Too Good At Goodbyes - Sam Smith

09. Christina Perri - A Thousand Years

10. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go

11. John Legend - All Of Me

12. James Blunt - You're Beautiful

13. Beyonce - Halo

14. Zayn - Dusk Till Dawn

15. Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do

16. Sia - Chandelier

17. James Arthur - Falling Like The Stars

18. Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly

19. Ed Sheeran - Photograph

20. Harry Styles - Cherry