Crooning singing is the beginning of pop music, explains Allison McCracken, an expert in American popular culture, media and gender. McCracken, who teaches American Studies at DePaul University, will discuss her book “Real Men Don’t Sing: Crooning in American Culture” May 27.
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2016. Before Justin Timberlake or Frank Sinatra, a generation of male singers in the 1920s pioneered crooning on the radio. Allison McCracken, an expert in American popular culture, media…






