Vocal

American Popular Song - From paper presented by Howard S. Becker at a 1994 conference discussing the structure of the standard popular song along with its history, songwriters, musicians, and singers. Bibliography.
home.earthlink.net/~hsbecker/pops.html

American Popular Song - Message board and directories of singers, songwriters, movies, and shows.
www.americanpopularsong.com/

AMG: Vocal Music - Overview of the genre, essay, key artists and albums, and recent releases.
allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=F0VOCAL

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.
www.bigbandsandbignames.com/

Ian Whitcomb's Literary Corner - Includes articles on Rudy Vallee, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, and the first crooners.
www.picklehead.com/ian/literary.htm

JD Hay's Crooners - Library of songs in WAV format, including those by several pop artists and a 1950s collection.
www.angelfire.com/retro2/croonerjd/index.html

Jukebox: American Popular Music in the 1930s - Includes 40 audio files, with background and commentary.
xroads.virginia.edu/~UG03/Jukebox/front.html

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.
parlorsongs.com/index.asp

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.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_genre#Melodic_music

Topix: Vocal - News about vocal, collected from various sources on the web. [RSS]
www.topix.com/rss/music/vocal.xml