Said to be an inspiration and idol to Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby helped revolutionize the music industry in the early and mid 1900s with his "big band" orchestra and phenominal baratone voice.
Italian-American, New Jersey born singer, actor, and producer Frank Sinatra's idolized Bing Crosby, and eventually surpassedhim both in popularity and stardom.
Beyond the dreamy, airy jazz orchestra of the 1940's and 50's resides a more modern depiction of vocal jazz with Michael Buble and Harry Connick Jr. Michael Buble sings a fantastic rendition of Frank Sinatra's "Come Fly With Me" bringing a little piece of vintage music history into the modern music age.
Lastly, aside from the cameo and judging of American Idol, Harry Connick Jr. was a child prodigy starting at the age of three-years-old when he started learning the keyboard. He has been performing publicly since the age of five and officially started recording at the age of ten years old. Also remniscent of vocal jazz and orchestric ensembles, Harry Connick Jr. has proven that not just innate talent is required in the industry, but also hard work, time, and dedication.
Well, it being December 4, 2016, here's a link to Harry Connick Jr. performing "Jingle Bells" Take a gander at a few of these links, artists, and please share YOUR favorite vocal jazz performers. Christopher J. Rosario, Writer, Entertainer, Freethinker, San Antonio, TX
Singer/Songwriter's Success on Youtube
The music industry has changed from it's original platform of distributing pressed vinyl recordings to a whole new world of digital multimedia. Music sales have exploded from digital downloads and distribution through Recording Companies and online media sales like iTunes, Amazon, Google Play Store, and other similar sources. Gone are the ways of submitting demo tracks and recordings to big-name music industries, and now everyone has an opportunity to share their music and talents with social media. Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube have made it easy to get the word out there, any many famous artists started making a name for themselves on Youtube.
Charlie Puth started off much like Justin Bieber in that his music career began with international online success through Youtube writing cover songs and personal music on their Youtube channel. Charlie Puth has been around since 2009, but gained in success in 2011 during Perez Hilton's music video compilation competition where he gained early attention and by 2015 Charlie Puth gained success with the release of "See You Again" a song by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth for the movie Furious 7. Many of the scenes from the music video feature Paul Walker, an actor who died while filming Furious 7, a continuation of his Fast and the Furious movie series, along side Vin Diesel. Wiz Khalifa - "See You Again" ft. Charlie Puth
Although internet music sensations like Charlie Puth, Justin Bieber, Christina Grimmie, Meghan Trainor, Hailey Knox found ways to show off their talent to the world in order the music industry is free game to anyone talented enough and willing to put in the hard work to get recognized. In 2015 Meghan Trainor came out of the woodwork. She was originally told she wouldn't make it in the industry because she wasn't "skinny enough". Her sensation "All About That Bass" proved that body shop had nothing over showmanship and talent. Meghan proved her doubters wrong by going from 10,000 views to 1 million within a few months and after 2 years the music video has over 1.5 billion views making it one of the fastest selling singles of all time.
The list of successful independently started artists grows and it's hard to keep up with. One of my favorite group of artists who gained in popularity performing acoustic session cover songs is Boyce Avenue. One of my favorite and one of their biggest hits is an acoustic rendition of Miley Cyrus's, "We Can't Stop". Performed with Bea Miller (another up and coming artist, who happens to be friends with Demi Lovato) and the Manzano brothers out of Sarasota, Florida, the song completely turns around from a teenie-pop artist's song about partying, to a beautiful masterpiece of melding vocals and soft folk-like instrumentals.
