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#1 in America
"I Wish I Knew"
November 7, 2025
#1 in America on Amazon's Easy
Listening Chart;
#1 in America on Amazon's Hot New
Pop Releases; and
#1 in America on Amazon's Movers
& Shakers across ALL genres
November 11, 2025
#1 on iTunes in Portugal's Easy
Listening chart
#3 on iTunes in Portugal's "All Genres
Top 100" chart.
November 6, 2025
#31 in the USA on iTunes Easy
Listening USA
With Amazing, Awful, Ordinary Life released on Dec 13, 2025, Crooner Ed delivers an album that feels like a knowing smile shared across a small café table. Performed by acclaimed singer songwriter Eddie Thompson under his Crooner Ed moniker, this ten track record embraces life exactly as it is, messy, funny, tender, exhausting, and beautiful all at once. It is jazz rooted not in nostalgia alone, but in observation, turning everyday experiences into songs that feel instantly familiar.
--Apricot Magazine

December 3, 2025
Crooner Ed is part of WOA International's "Independent No.1's: Christmas Special, Vol. 11."
--#1 on Amazon US Hot New Releases (Holiday Music/Easy Listening)
--#4 on Amazon UK Hot New Releases & Best Seller in Compliations/Holiday Music
Crooner Ed Albums
Without a doubt, you need some Crooner Ed music in your life.
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“Amazing, Awful, Ordinary Life” fulfills a rare mission: it honors a tradition without becoming a hostage to it. Crooner Ed is not just interpreting a style; he is expanding his vocabulary to include stories of today. The album is an invitation to slow down, appreciate the orchestration of daily life, and find beauty in the ordinary."
"I Wish I Knew" is heartfelt at its core and perfectly captures the ache of unrequited love. CroonerEd delivers the track with raw authenticity and sincerity – this time, like a whispered confession.
“I Like the Way You Walk” is a swinging love song set to motion. It is a revival of vintage jazz and a celebration of timeless emotion. Crooner Ed’s affection for his wife radiates through every note.



Blissfully elegant and nostalgic...the song takes us back to the golden age of the Crooners, with smooth, intimate vocals.

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Crooner Ed Shows
A captivating journey of
music, video, and entertainment.
Eddie Thompson, a.k.a. Crooner Ed, is a chart topping singer/songwriter who “performs the great standards while trying to write some of my own.” His original songs have hit #1 on Amazon’s Easy Listening charts in the USA and #1 on iTunes as far away as Portugal. His shows are filled with beloved standards made famous by the likes of Sinatra, Martin, Bennett, Nat King Cole and others as well as his own popular originals.
He loves to engage the audience often wandering off stage and into the crowd inviting people to sing along, comment, and maybe even dance with him. His shows feature a great mix of popular uptempo big band styled songs, tender ballads, and great story telling. Audiences love his interactive videos playing behind him on a big screen(s)
for every song. All together it's simply great entertainment.
Almost all Crooner Ed shows are just him, along with his terrific videos. For those extra special engagements, Ed can bring all or part of his talented jazz ensemble.
Ed has been entertaining audiences for over 20 years and enjoys millions of views at YouTube.com/@CroonerEd, Instagram (@InstaCroonerEd), and music streaming sites.
About Crooner Ed

"Hardly anybody knows this, but I'm really quite famous."
Eddie Thompson - CroonerEd - is a singer / songwriter, recording artists, and entertainer. He grew up in a singing family where they performed around the country and recorded Thompson Family albums. At age 17, Ed won a nation-wide talent competition sponsored by the Gospel Music Association earning his first recording contract. He's shared the stage with amazing top-line artists (like Grammy Award Winner Bob Carlisle of "ButterFly Kisses" fame), recorded with world class musicians and orchestrators such as the late jazz pianist, John Colianni, and Mel Tormé and Natalie Cole's music arranger, the late Bob Krogstad. He's enjoyed radio singles produced by multi-Dove-Award winner, Don Koch, "donated" two knees to his college football team, and wrote a book titled, "Monkeys In My Coconut Tree" (2016 Readers Favorite Medal winner). He's an in-demand corporate entertainer and is often remembered for his infamous "solo trumpet duet" routine with millions of views on YouTube. In recent days, he's been focused on writing and creating new soft and swing jazz songs for upcoming albums.
Audiences love Ed's fun and engaging style and personality. His voice is smooth, rich, and easy on the ears - ideal for crooning. Add a great sense of humor, terrific story telling, wonderful videos helping make the music come alive, and you have a wonderful event full of
timeless music and terrific entertainment.
"Ed truly went above and beyond to make our special event memorable"
What an amazing asset to our annual event. It was classy and great fun. People are still talking about it. We could not have asked for more!"
CroonerEd's set lists are packed full of hit songs such as:
I Can’t Believe You’re in Love With Me
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
Get Me to the Church on Time
All I Do is Dream of You
Just the Way You Are
Nice & Easy
Crazy
L-O-V-E
Bewitched
Put Your Head on My Shoulder
Fly Me to the Moon
Bésame Mucho
The Way You Look Tonight
When You’re Smiling
Quando, Quando, Quando
Going to Build a Mountain
It Had to Be You
One For My Baby
Luck Be A Lady
You Make Me Feel So Young
You are the Sunshine of My Life
We’ll Meet Again
You’ve Got a Friend in Me
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Always
Ain’t That a Kick in the Head
Maybe This Time
It’s You I Like
Come Dance With Me
Come Fly With Me
Papa Love Mambo
Father of Girls
A Closer Walk
Everything's Gonna Be Alright
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
I’m Gonna Write Myself a Letter
Cheek to Cheek
Count Your Blessings
Where or When
Everybody Loves Somebody
Give Me the Simple Life
Moon River
The Impossible Dream
I Thought About You
Learning the Blues
And I Love You So
You’re Nobody Til’ Somebody
Let’s Face The Music & Dance
Luck Be a Lady
New York, New York
I Only Have Eyes For You
Mambo Italiano
New York, New York
Let There Be Love
Ring A Ding Ding
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