Rudy Vallée & His Connecticut Yankees - Victor 22136 - Reached US Billboard #2 - 1929 (8 weeks)
Rudy Vallée (July 28, 1901 -- July 3, 1986) was an American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer.
Vallée became the most prominent and, arguably, the first of a new style of popular singer, the crooner.
A troubadour was a composer and performer of Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100--1350). Since the word \"troubadour\" is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a trobairitz.
