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Milestones

November 7, 2025

"I Wish I Knew" debuted at #1 on Amazon's Easy Listening Chart;

#1 on Amazon's Hot New Pop Releases; and

#1 on Amazon's Movers & Shakers across ALL genres (24 hour chart)

 

November 11, 2025

"I Wish I Knew" debuted at #1 on iTunes in Portugal's Easy Listening chart and #3 on their official "All Genres Top 100" chart.

November 6, 2025

"I Wish I Knew" peaked at #31 on iTunes in the USA (on 11/6/25) after debuting at #66 before falling out of the top 100.

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Radio Excerpts

November 18, 2025

Oliver Sean interviews Crooner Ed on his WOAFm radio program discussing the success of "I Wish I Knew" reaching #1 on various charts and introducing "Amazing, Awful, Ordinary Life." Click below to listen to some excerpts.

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Christmas Special

December 1, 2025

Crooner Ed is part of WOA International's "Independent No.1's: Christmas Special, Vol. 11." This celebrated compilation album is curated and produced by award-winning artist and producer, Oliver Sean. WOA's annual Christmas album has consistently topped charts.

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WOA Radio Interview with Oliver Sean on 11-18-25
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I Like the Way You Walk
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I Wish I Knew
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Amazing, Awful, Ordinary Life
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What A Ride
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Press Clippings

Click on the links to read what music pros are saying about Crooner Ed's music

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“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. 

"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. 

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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's wonderful Christmas album featuring Jon Michael Ogletree

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“All We Really Want” is at its best in its simplicity. No gimmicks. No grand production tricks. Just real talk set to soft jazz, dished out with soul and understated grace. 

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Find Crooner Ed

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Crooner Ed's Store

One of the most encouraging things you can do for an independent artist like me is to  buy one or two of my songs. Here are some from iTunes:  

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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

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"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!"

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Just Inquiring
 

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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Outstanding Reviews

We had such a wonderful time! A really terrific, quality singer who would make Sinatra proud. He is very professional and lots of fun. The standing ovation and encore was great to see. It felt like an after dinner show at a fancy club. Thank you CroonerEd...see you again soon!

Gail D.

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