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Torch song

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.[1][2] The term comes from the saying, "to carry a torch for someone", or to keep aflame the light of an unrequited love.
Torch singing is more of a niche than a genre, and can stray from the traditional jazz-influenced style of singing, although the American tradition of the torch song typically relies upon the melodic structure of the blues

Torch singers

Female singers of the pop vocal tradition are referred to as "torch singers" when their repertoire consists predominantly of such material. Though torch songs were usually previously associated with female singers, over recent years the term has also been applied to male singers. British singer Marc Almond, who has refined the genre, being an example. Mojo magazine called Marc Almond "the greatest Torch singer out there".


List of noted torch singers

  • Adele
  • Marc Almond
  • Alessandra Amoroso
  • Fiona Apple
  • Tina Arena
  • Ethel Azama
  • Mildred Bailey
  • LaVern Baker
  • Patricia Barber
  • Shirley Bassey
  • Andrea Bocelli
  • Ruth Brown
  • Vikki Carr
  • Cher
  • June Christy
  • Rosemary Clooney
  • Phil Collins
  • Chris Connor
  • Blossom Dearie
  • Marlene Dietrich
  • Linda Eder
  • Ruth Etting
  • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Aretha Franklin
  • Judy Garland
  • Adelaide Hall
  • Billie Holiday
  • Shirley Horn
  • Lena Horne
  • Etta James
  • Norah Jones
  • Kitty Kallen
  • Morgana King
  • Eartha Kitt
  • Diana Krall
  • Peggy Lee
  • Abbey Lincoln
  • Julie London
  • Patti LuPone
  • Melissa Manchester
  • Andrea Marcovicci
  • Maysa Matarazzo
  • Big Maybelle
  • Amanda McBroom
  • Audra McDonald
  • Carmen McRae
  • Ethel Merman
  • Helen Merrill
  • Stephin Merritt
  • Bette Midler
  • Liza Minnelli
  • Joni Mitchell
  • Melba Moore
  • Helen Morgan
  • Anita O'Day
  • Edith Piaf
  • Gene Pitney
  • Ma Rainey
  • Otis Redding
  • Della Reese
  • Dianne Reeves
  • Diana Ross
  • Sade
  • Dinah Shore
  • Nina Simone
  • Frank Sinatra
  • Bessie Smith
  • Kate Smith
  • Keely Smith
  • Dusty Springfield
  • Kay Starr
  • April Stevens
  • Joss Stone
  • Barbra Streisand
  • Pat Suzuki
  • Tegan and Sara
  • Sophie Tucker
  • Sarah Vaughan
  • Violetta Villas
  • Dionne Warwick
  • Dinah Washington
  • Lee Wiley
  • Cassandra Wilson
  • Amy Winehouse

References

  1. ^ Smith, L: Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell, and the Torch Song Tradition, page 9. Praeger Publishers, 2004
  2. ^ a b Allan Forte, MR: Listening to Classic American Popular Songs, page 203. Yale University Press, 2001