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These (mainly female) singers are known for singing torch songs in a bluesy, jazzy, sultry way to bring out the sensual tones of the voice.
A torch song is a sentimental love song, typically one in which the singer laments an unrequited or lost love, either where one party is oblivious to the existence of the other, where one party has moved on, or where a romantic affair has affected the relationship.
Jun 4, 2023 · Although torch-singing is often associated with the laidback or theatrical singing styles in jazz, blues, and Broadway, over the years, new forms of torch ballads have become excessively popular in the realms of mainstream pop, rock, and R&B.
May 14, 2015 · They were joined by fleets of torch-singing talent, most of who, like most old pop culture, are now only of interest to music nerds and largely forgotten to the general public. Here's a list of some great voices left even lonelier than the icons of lonely.
Torch songs can either celebrate romance or lament heartbreak, but they always create a mood related to affairs of the heart. Very few artists work exclusively in this style, but many pop-oriented jazz singers -- especially female ones -- devote some space in their repertoire to torch songs.
Nov 10, 2022 · "Torch singers do still exist – Adele, for example – but the sound isn't required to be as smooth or technically perfect." Still, there's no doubt that Houston's work on hits including I Will...
Listen to The 50 Best Torch Songs Ever on Spotify. Various Artists · Compilation · 2014 · 50 songs.
Sep 20, 2020 · From the movie: SHOW BOAT 1936 Helen Morgan was arguably the first of the great torch singers and her real life reflected the mood of her songs. She had an up and down career, she was unlucky...
Dec 4, 2017 · In this programme Marc explains what a torch song is and traces the origins of the classic torch singers, the divas who were associated with this style of song in the 1920s and 1930s -...
Nov 29, 2010 · The dominant image of the torch singer is a woman bathed in a nightclub spotlight telling bleak tales of love, passion, betrayal and hurt. The greatest torch singers are probably Édith Piaf, Judy Garland, and Billie Holiday.
