11.   Sinatra gave pop standards style at a time when male singers never showed emotion.

12.   Slatkin had a forthright soprano in Christine Goerke and two honorable male singers, the tenor Anthony Rolfe Johnson and the baritone Alan Opie.

13.   Sledge and Chandler reached the peaks of their sets on their knees, and the other male singers sang about the loneliness and misery of unrequited love.

14.   The announcers are all male, the music is by male singers only, and calls from women listeners are relayed by the broadcasters.

15.   The male singers were back as soloists, Bernstein again sounding especially strong.

16.   The success of her early records encouraged her to try the rebetika style, which until then had been the province of male singers.

17.   Over the years, numerous top black male singers who were passed over in America also have turned to Europe.

18.   Over the years, only a handful of artistes - especially male singers - have survived on the music scene.

19.   But Bey is not your typical macho male jazz singer, instead displaying a softer, more vulnerable side in his interpretations.

20.   Costume designer Elisabetta Beraldo has given us female stars in cocktail dresses with wide swirling skirts and male singers decked out in tuxedos.