Music Directory: Vocal

American Popular Song - Message board and directories of singers, songwriters, movies, and shows.

AMG: Vocal Music - Overview of the genre, essay, key artists and albums, and recent releases.

Craig's BigBands and BigNames - Historic reviews and photos from performers of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. Includes old time radio broadcast, quiz, and message board.

Ian Whitcomb's Literary Corner - Includes articles on Rudy Vallee, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, and the first crooners.

JD Hay's Crooners - Library of songs in WAV format, including those by several pop artists and a 1950s collection.

Jukebox: American Popular Music in the 1930s - Includes 40 audio files, with background and commentary.

Parlor Songs - Collection of popular and classical sheet music from the 1800's to the 1940's, cover art, audio samples, composer biographies, and articles on the history, styles, and themes.

Wikipedia: Melodic Music - Defines "melodic" genre as the vocal-oriented popular American music style that came after big band music but before rock and roll, as exemplified by singers like Perry Como and Margaret Whiting. XML Feeds:

Topix: Vocal - News about vocal, collected from various sources on the web. [RSS]

Girls' Life - Vocal point

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 07:00:00 GMT

April 1, 2007 -- Some might call them angels. They are the four Texan teen girls who make up the group Girls4Life, and they want their voices to be heard. Their...

Mix - Mixing Vocals.

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00:00 GMT

March 1, 2007 -- Byline: KEVIN BECKA A well-mixed and -sung lyric is the emotional centerpiece of any song. But because of the complexity of pitch, tone,...

Customer Relationship Management - Vocal Ease

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00:00 GMT

March 1, 2007 -- Companies should plan and implement a formal approach to collecting feedback and inserting the customer's voice into the business strategy A CRM...

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - Kobe: from vocal to valuable

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT

April 13, 2008 -- LOS ANGELES -- Just last spring, an incensed Kobe Bryant was the NBA's most vocal player, demanding to be traded by the Los Angeles Lakers. Now,...

Oakland Tribune - Vocal Walker ignites Bears

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT

February 17, 2008 -- BERKELEY -- Cal forward Ashley Walker doesn't come across as much of a yeller. But there was a point midway through the first half of Saturday...