Crossover Singers

"Crossover singing" is generally considered to be that where the singer is singing music "against type," e.g. opera singers singing pop, jazz or other genre.  Often this is considered to be a novelty for the singer as well as the listener.  The Archive also has many recordings of pop or jazz musicians playing and singing opera music - what goes around comes around.  Here are some interesting samples of opera singers gone pop.  These are but a few of the "crossover" albums in The Durbeck Archive.

George London's favorite record of

himself as stated in his own hand on

the back of the jacket, with autograph.

The Roland Shaw Orchestra

London Records, 5390, monaural

12" long playing record

(click on image to enlarge)


KIRI - BLUE SKIES 

Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano

Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra

London Records, 414 666, digital

12" long playing record

Berlin, Porter, Weill, Rodgers, Kern

(click on image to enlarge)


FRANZ LEHÁR MEMORIAL ALBUM

Al Goodman and his Orchestra

Eileen Farrell, soprano

Charles Fredericks, baritone

RCA Victor Records, LK 1004

12" long playing record, monaural

(click on image to enlarge)


HERMANN PREY SINGT MUSICALS

Hermann Prey, baritone

Orchester Graunke, Carl Michalski, dir.

Odeon Records, C 41 631

7"  45 rpm record, monaural

(click on image to enlarge)


SONGS OF IDABELLE FIRESTONE

Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano

Orchestra, Howard Barlow, conductor

RCA Victor Records, ERA 149

7"  45 rpm record, monaural

(click on image to enlarge)


WORLD'S GREAT LOVE SONGS

Mario Del Monaco, tenor

Mantovani and his Orchestra

London Records, PS 280, stereo

12" long playing record

(click on image to enlarge)


TROPICAL LOVE SONGS

Dorothy Kirsten, soprano

Russell Case and his Orchestra

Columbia Records, ML 2212

10" long playing record, monaural

(click on image to enlarge)


EASY TO LOVE (Cole Porter Songs)

Cesare Siepi, bass

The Roland Shaw Orchestra

London Records, OS 25054, stereo

12" long playing record

(click image to enlarge)


AARON SLICK FROM 
PUNKIN CRICK

(1952, film soundtrack)  Dinah Shore,

Robert Merrill & Alan Young

RCA Victor Records, LPM 3006

10" long playing record, monaural

(autographed by Merrill on jacket verso)            (click on image to enlarge)


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