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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
sinatra was a crooner, a standards singer, who sang a variety fo songs, but he was a complete and total popular music singer. he was NOT a jazz singer, and he was NOT an R&B singer
sebadoh - listen to smash yr head on the punk rock, harmacy, bakesale, bubble & scrape and tell me that gloriously noisy shit ain't rock man.
as for your Lennon comment, the songs you mention were written after the beatles broke up, so they count nothing towards what I said about John rocking the Beatles. and his Spector produced album was ROCK SONGS man! Buddy Holly? Chuck Berry covers? How can you be so ignorant as to call that pop?
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sinatra SANG jazz and r&b songs, he wasn't an jazz or r&b singer.
i've listened to all of them, it ranges from subpar dino jr to hippie bullshit. just because lou doesn't give a fuck about singing in tune doesn't mean it rocks.
my point of mentioning those songs was that, since they were written for his solo albums, it was undeniable that he had a huge pop sensitivity.
besides, chuck berry was pop and so was buddy holly, they sold millions of albums and were constantly on the radio, wrote singles and had catchy choruses.