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Pete Brady and His Big Band: With a Song in My Heart
by Dave Nathan
Working out of Central Florida, Pete Brady is a crooner who builds images of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra. He has a strong tenor/baritone voice similar to Tony Bennett's, even capturing Bennett's special vibrancy when singing those songs Tony does. With a range that allows him to hit high notes with ease, Brady comfortably handles a program of 15 familiar tunes backed by a band that carries his name but is led by Mike Lewis. Lewis also supplied the outstanding ...
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Frank Sinatra's Capitol Records comeback in the 1950s had a profound effect on a generation of male songbook singers. Many of them identified with Sinatra's solitary cool, his ring-a-ding swing and his middle-age male push-back against Elvis Presley and the rise of rock 'n' roll. The launch of the 12-inch pop album mid-decade also offered many of these vocalists recording opportunities and hope that they'd become the next singing sensation. When Sinatra started Reprise Records in 1960, these male singers ...
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