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Richard Crooks
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For some, he is the finest lyric tenor ever produced by the US. Rosa Ponselle rated him as the best tenor of his time, ahead even of Beniamino Gigli. He has been likened to John McCormack by some, to Mario Lanza by others. For me, he combines the merits of both. Like McCormack, he was noted not only for the beauty of his voice and the elegance of his singing, but for his exceptional breath control and diction, and he began his career in the opera house before becoming a recitalist; both men became huge radio stars in the 1930s and performed everything from opera arias and sacred songs to ballads and popular music. As in the case of Lanza, who was US-born a generation later (1921), Crooks’s early operatic career was eclipsed by his very celebrity, leading to him being underrated in some critical circles. Listen to Crooks’s and Lanza’s (better-known) recordings and you will hear the same fervent delivery and heroic top notes.
Crooks was born on June 26, 1900, in Trenton, NJ, to a Scottish father and an English mother. My own estimation of him as a singer is coloured by childhood association. Somehow (I was going to say ‘by hook or by crook’), two of his discs found their way into my parents’ limited collection: Jesus Christ Is Risen Today and The Holy • American Methodist minister and writer (1822–1897) George Richard Crooks (February 3, 1822 Philadelphia – February 20, 1897) was an American Methodist minister, writer, and educator. George R. Crooks Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Madison, New Jersey, U.S. Congregations served Offices held Crooks was born in Philadelphia, the son of George
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Born (1822-02-03)February 3, 1822 Died February 20, 1897(1897-02-20) (aged 75) Education A. B. 1840 Dickinson College[1]
A. M. 1843 Dickinson College[1]
D. D. 1857 Dickinson College[2]
L.L.D. 1873 Dickinson College[2]Spouse Susan Frances Emory Children 5[3][4] Parent(s) George Richard Crooks, Sr. Religion Methodist Church Philadelphia Conference (1848–1857), New York East Conference (1857–1876) Writings A First Book in Latin (1846)
The Life and Letters of Rev. Dr. John McClintock (1876)
The Life of Bishop Matthew Simpson of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1890)
The Story of the Christian Church (1897)
(with John F. Hurst) Library of Biblical and Theological Literature (2 vols) (1897, 1900)k.[1] Editor of The Methodist (1860–1875) Early career
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