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Easy listening music is a style of popular music and radio format that emerged in the mid-20th century, evolving out of swing and big band music, and related to Beautiful music and Light music. Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of Jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late Beautiful music (sometimes abbreviated as BM, or BM / EZ for beautiful music / easy listening) is a mostly-instrumental music format that Light music is a generic term applied to a mainly British musical style of "light" orchestral music which originated in the 19th Century and had its heyday during Easy listening music features simple, catchy melodies, soft, laid-back songs and occasionally rhythms suitable for couples dancing. Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός - rhythmos, "any measured flow or movement symmetry" is the variation of the length and accentuation of The genre includes both instrumental forms (often played on light of tone instruments such as the Hammond Organ, "lush strings", or Ukulele); and vocal forms featuring pop singers, such as Barbra Streisand, Perry Como, Andy Williams, Jack Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck, Eydie Gorme, Barry Manilow, Harry Connick Jr., Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, Bing Crosby, Tom Jones and Mel Tormé. The Hammond organ is an electric organ which was invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member The ukulele (ˌjʉːkəˈlɛɪli from ʻukulele /ˌʔukuˈlele/ variantly spelled ukelele (particularly in the UK) or alternatively abbreviated uke Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como ( May 18 1912 &ndash May 12 2001) was an Italian-American singer and television personality Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams (born December 3 1927 in Wall Lake Iowa) is an American pop singer Jack Jones (born January 14, 1938) is an American Jazz and pop singer Engelbert Humperdinck (born Arnold George Dorsey, May 2 1936, Madras India) is a well-known British - American Eydie Gorme (alternative spelling Eydie Gormé; born Edith Gormezano August 16, 1931) is an American Singer credited heavily Barry Manilow (born June 17, 1943) is an American Singer-songwriter, Musician, arranger, producer and conductor Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, Pianist, Composer, Actor, Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor John Royce "Johnny" Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American Singer of Popular music. Harry Lillis “Bing” Crosby ( May 3, 1903 &ndash October 14, 1977) was an Academy Award winning American Popular Sir Thomas John Woodward, (born 7 June 1940 known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh pop music singer particularly noted for his powerful voice Melvin Howard Tormé ( September 13, 1925 &ndash June 5, 1999) nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician known as Exotica music stylists such as Les Baxter and Martin Denny are often included within the purview of easy listening music as well. Exotica is a musical genre named after the 1957 Martin Denny album of the same title, popular during the 1950s to mid 1960s typically with the Suburban Les Baxter ( March 14, 1922 – January 15, 1996) was an American musician and composer Martin Denny ( April 10, 1911 – March 2, 2005) was an American piano-player and composer best known as the "father of Exotica.

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Use of term and related forms of music

The easy listening radio format has been generally but not completely superseded by the "Lite AC" form of Adult contemporary music radio. Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreviated AC, refers to styles of popular music that ranges from "lush Sixties pop often vocal -based and rooted in [1] Beautiful music is a subset of easy listening music, since, as a radio format, it had rigid standards for instrumentation (e. Beautiful music (sometimes abbreviated as BM, or BM / EZ for beautiful music / easy listening) is a mostly-instrumental music format that g. , few or no saxophones) and restrictions on how many vocal pieces could be played in an hour. The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind It is sometimes called Nostalgia music. Often, songs were re-arranged instrumental "cover" versions of popular songs of the 1960s and 1970s custom-produced for the radio format during its peak in popularity.

The term "easy listening" has sometimes been applied negatively in the years since it went out of fashion. It is similar to what is called "lounge" or "lounge core", but lounge music is much more jazz-oriented and dependent on musical improvisation than easy listening. Lounge music is a retrospective description of music popular in the 1950s and 1960s encompassing such genres as Exotica, Easy listening and Space age pop Lounge music is a retrospective description of music popular in the 1950s and 1960s encompassing such genres as Exotica, Easy listening and Space age pop Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Improvisation (also called extemporization) is the practice of acting singing talking and reacting of making and creating in the moment and in response to the stimulus of Easy listening music is usually orchestrated by an arranger rather than improvised by a small ensemble.

Since easy listening music as such is rather unknown to the younger generation, the term "easy listening" is often incorrectly applied to other genres such as soft rock, soft pop, smooth jazz, or new age music. Soft rock, also referred to as light rock or easy rock, is a style of Music which uses the techniques of Rock and roll to compose a softer Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Smooth jazz, also sometimes referred to as new adult contemporary music is generally described as a genre of music that utilizes instruments (and at times improvisation New Age music is peaceful Music of various styles which is intended to create inspiration relaxation and positive feelings often used by listeners for Yoga, However this problem arises due to the fact that the actual definition is relatively broad. Easy listening music is also sometimes referred to as "mood music", "elevator music" (and in the UK as "lift music"). The term "Muzak" is occasionally used as a (usually derogatory) synonym for easy listening music as well, but that is erroneous as Muzak specifically refers to the music produced and programmed for public places by the Muzak Corporation, and is not a music genre in itself.

Notable artists

  • Easy listening vocal groups
    • The Bachelors
    • The Ray Charles Singers
    • The Cliff Adams Singers
    • The Ray Conniff Singers
    • The Mike Curb Congregation
    • The Doodletown Pipers
    • The Free Design
    • The Anita Kerr Singers
    • The Lettermen
    • The Lighthouse Family
    • The Mike Flowers Pops. Leroy Anderson ( June 29 1908 – May 18 1975) was an American Composer of short light concert pieces many of which were Burt Bacharach (ˈbækəræk born May 12, 1928) is an American Pianist and Composer. The Boston Pops Orchestra was founded in 1885 as a subsection of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO founded four years earlier Frank Chacksfield, born Francis Charles Chacksfield ( May 9 1914 - June 9 1995) was a popular conductor in the " Easy listening Joseph Raymond Conniff ( November 06, 1916 - October 12 2002) was an American musician Syd Dale ( May 20, 1924 – August 15, 1994) was born in York, England. Lex de Azevedo is an American Mormon composer known primarily for his film scores Frank Denny De Vol, also known simply as De Vol ( 20 September 1911 - 27 October 1999) was an American Arranger, Composer Percy Faith ( April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) Canadian-born band-leader Orchestrator and Composer, known for his lush Robert Joseph Farnon ( July 24, 1917 &ndash April 22, 2005) was a Canadian -born composer conductor Arthur Fiedler should not be confused with Arthur Fielder, a Kent Fast bowler of the 1900s Herbert Walton Gleason Jr, baptized John Herbert "Jackie" Gleason ( February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987) was an Arthur Greenslade is a British conductor and Arranger for films and television as well as a for a number of performers Nick Ingman is an Easy listening orchestra conductor and composer Bert Kaempfert (born Berthold Kämpfert; 16 October 1923 – 21 June 1980) was a German Orchestra leader and André Kostelanetz (Russian Андрей Костеланец December 22, 1901, St James Last (born Hans Last on April 17, 1929 in Bremen) is a German composer and Big band leader Raymond Lefèvre ( November 20 1929 – June 27 2008) was a French Easy listening Orchestra leader arranger Enoch Light ( August 18, 1905 - July 31, 1978) was a classical Violinist Bandleader, and Recording engineer Geoff Love (4 September 1917 Todmorden – 8 July 1991 London) was a British Easy-listening Orchestra leader The Living Strings was an easy listening Studio orchestra operated by RCA Records on its Camden label Longines Symphonette may refer to A record label (the Longines Symphonette Society) owned by the Longines watch company which specialized in releasing Henry Mancini ( April 16, 1924 &ndash June 14, 1994) was an Academy Award winning American Composer, conductor Annunzio Paolo Mantovani ( November 15, 1905 &ndash March 29, 1980) known by the Mononym Mantovani was a popular conductor Ray Martin ( 11 October 1918 - 7 February 1988) was a British Orchestra leader Paul Mauriat ( Marseille, 4 March 1925 &ndash 3 November 2006 in Perpignan George Melachrino (born George Militiades 1 May, 1909 in London, England &mdash died 18 June 1965) was a Musician The Midnight String Quartet were an easy listening Chamber music quartet consisting of two violins a viola and a cello made up of students (at the time or graduates The Mom and Dads was a Western-styled Folk music group from Spokane Washington that specialized in Waltzes, Polkas, and general Easy Franck Pourcel ( August 14, 1913 in Marseille - November 12, 2000) was a musician of the lounge or Easy listening genre Nelson Smock Riddle Jr ( June 1, 1921 &ndash October 6, 1985) was a well-known American bandleader arranger and David Rose ( June 15, 1910 &ndash August 23, 1990) was a British-born American Songwriter, Composer, Arranger The San Remo Golden Strings were a studio group from Los Angeles, California. Sounds Orchestral was an British studio based Easy listening group, assembled by John Schroeder. Nestor Torres is a jazz flutist who was born in Mayaguez Puerto Rico in 1957. Richard "Billy" Vaughn ( April 12, 1919 - September 26, 1991) was a Singer, Multi-instrumentalist, and Orchestra Lawrence Welk ( March 11, 1903 &ndash May 17, 1992) was a Musician, Accordionist Bandleader, and Television For the fictional Dr Paul Weston on TV series In Treatment see Paul Weston (In Treatment Paul Weston (born Paul Wetstein, There have been a number of notable people named Charles Williams: United Kingdom Sir Charles Hanbury Williams (1708&ndash1759 a British Hugo Winterhalter ( 15 August 1909 - 17 September 1973) was an American Musician. André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu (born October 1, 1949) is a Dutch Violinist, conductor, and Composer. Fausto Papetti ( Viggiù, January 28 1923 – San Remo, June 15 1999) was an Italian alto Saxophone Ronnie Aldrich (15 February 1916 Erith Kent, England - 30 September 1993 Isle of Man) was a British Easy listening Pianist Jim Brickman (born November 20, 1961) is an American Composer and Pianist. Floyd Cramer ( October 27, 1933 – December 31, 1997) was an American Hall of Fame Pianist who was one of the architects Richard Clayderman (born Philippe Pagès on December 28, 1953, Paris) is a French Pianist who has released numerous Carl Doy, born May 6 1947 in England, is a pianist composer and arranger Ferrante & Teicher were a duo of American piano players known for their light arrangements of familiar classical pieces movie soundtracks and show tunes Earl Grant ( January 20 1931 - June 11[[ 970]] was an American Easy listening Pianist, Hammond organist Joe Harnell (b August 2 1924 The Bronx, New York City - July 14 2005 Sherman Oaks, California) was an American Easy listening Horst Jankowski ( January 30, 1936, Berlin - June 29, 1998) was a classically trained pianist most famous for his Easy listening Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim ( January 25, 1927 in Rio de Janeiro &ndash December 8, 1994 in Brazil) also Bradley Joseph (born 1965 is an American Composer, arranger, and producer of contemporary instrumental music. Wladziu Valentino Liberace He had a twin who died at birth and he was born with a Caul, which in his family as in many societies was taken as a sign of genius and an exceptional Peter Nero (born Bernard Nierow, 22 May 1934) is an American Pianist and pops conductor. Emile Pandolfi is an American Pianist. He is noted for his renditions of Show tunes. Johnny Pearson (born June 18, 1925, Chesterfield, Derbyshire) is a British Composer and Pianist. Roger Williams may refer to Roger Williams (soldier (1539/1540–1595 Welsh soldier of fortune Roger Williams (theologian (1603–1683 Laurindo Almeida (September 2 1917 São Paulo, Brazil &ndashJuly 26 1995 Van Nuys, California) was a Brazilian classical Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins ( June 20, 1924 &ndash June 30, 2001) was an influential Guitarist and Record producer Al Caiola (born Alexander Emil Caiola, September 7 1920 Jersey City, New Jersey) is a Guitarist who plays Jazz, country Francis Goya (born Francis Weyer is a Belgian guitarist born in Liege. Earl Klugh (pronounced "Clue" (born September 16, 1954 in Detroit Michigan) is an American Smooth jazz / Jazz Tony Mottola ( 18 April 1918 &ndash 9 August 2004) was an American Guitarist who released dozens of solo Albums Herbert "Herb" Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American Musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert Sir James Galway OBE (born December 8, 1939) is a Northern Ireland &ndashborn Virtuoso flautist from Belfast, nicknamed Gheorghe Zamfir (ˈge̯orge zamˈfir in Romanian born April 6 1941) is a Romanian Pan flute musician who has received 120 golden and platinum disc awards The Bachelors is a Popular music group, originating from Dublin, Ireland. Ray Charles (born Charles Raymond Offenberg, September 13, 1918 in Chicago Illinois) is an American Musician, The Cliff Adams Singers was a UK male/female vocal group, known for Ballads and Novelty songs Career The group was formed by Joseph Raymond Conniff ( November 06, 1916 - October 12 2002) was an American musician Michael Curb (born December 24, 1944, in Savannah Georgia) is an American Musician, Record company executive race car The Doodletown Pipers (also known as the New Doodletown Pipers) were a 1960s and 1970s Easy listening vocal group founded by Ward Ellis George Wilkins Bernie The Free Design were a Delevan New York -based vocal group playing Jazzy Pop music. Anita Kerr (born Anita Jean Grilli on October 31, 1927, in Memphis Tennessee) is an American Singer, Composer The Lettermen are an American Pop music vocal group. The Lettermen's trademark is close- Harmony pop Songs with Lighthouse Family were a British musical duo active from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s The Mike Flowers Pops (also known as The Mike Flowers Pops Orchestra) is a British Easy listening band fronted by Mike Flowers and supported by the "Sounds
    • The Norman Luboff Choir
    • The Johnny Mann Singers
    • Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
    • The Sandpipers
    • The Singers Unlimited
    • The Swingle Singers

References

  1. ^ Radio Station Format Guide

Further reading

See also

Soul music is a Music genre that combines Rhythm and blues and Gospel music, originating in the United States. Light music is a generic term applied to a mainly British musical style of "light" orchestral music which originated in the 19th Century and had its heyday during Beautiful music (sometimes abbreviated as BM, or BM / EZ for beautiful music / easy listening) is a mostly-instrumental music format that Exotica is a musical genre named after the 1957 Martin Denny album of the same title, popular during the 1950s to mid 1960s typically with the Suburban

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easy listening

-noun

  1. A style of music involving simple and laid-back melodies.
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