4 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Richard Crooks was an American tenor of the 1920s–40s, prominent in both opera and popular song; this His Master's Voice pressing of 'I'm Falling in Love with Someone' and 'Moonbeams' is from the mid-1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1041 Voice
Richard Crooks, a celebrated American tenor, recorded 'Beautiful Dreamer' and 'Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair' for HMV—Stephen Foster's nineteenth-century ballads performed by one of the major tenors of the radio era.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1599 Voice
Richard Crooks, the American tenor, sings the Grail Narration and Preislied from Wagner on HMV Electron EJ133.AI summary
Electron EJ133 Opera
Richard Crooks was a celebrated American tenor, known for operatic and concert repertoire. This V-Disc pressing, a non-commercial recording made for US Armed Forces during World War II, carries 'Una furtiva Lagrima' (a famous tenor aria from Donizetti's *L'elisir d'amore*) and 'Largo' (presumably by Handel or another classical composer, with Ezio Pinza perhaps as partner or comparison).AI summary
VDisc 327 Opera