Weekly Playlist: Torch Singers

Happy Tuesday! This week's playlist is all about the great Torch Singers of the 1930's and 1940's.  Torch songs are exactly what you might think: songs of unrequited love. The slang saying "to carry a torch for" became popular in the 1930's along with the women who sang about these unrequited loves, known as Torch Singers. 

As a teenager growing up in Nebraska, I was introduced to the great torch singer Ruth Etting and began a love affair with the torch song. Ruth Etting, a native of David City, Nebraska, was a famous actress and torch singer in the 1920's and 1930's. Known as "America's Sweetheart of Song," Ruth Etting was the epitome of the classic beauty, as pictured above. 

I hope you enjoy this playlist of some of the most notable Torch Songs and Singers! 

Salut!

The Vintage Chanteuse

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