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Easy listening (including mood music [5]) is a popular music genre [6] [7] [8] and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 1970s. [9] It is related to middle-of-the-road (MOR) music [1] and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs, non- rock vocals and instrumental covers of selected popular rock songs.
- 1940s, United States
Over the years, the chart has gone under a series of name changes, being called Easy Listening (1961–1962; 1965–1979), Middle-Road Singles (1962–1964), Pop-Standard Singles (1964–1965), Hot Adult Contemporary (1984–1996) and Adult Contemporary (1979–1984, 1996–present) The current number-one song on the chart is "Flowers" by Miley ...
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Easy Listening. Easy Listening music is instrumental music that was designed to be soothing and relaxing. Unlike jazz, which demands your utmost attention, easy listening slips into the background, which is the very reason many critics and listeners dismissed the music as nothing more than disposible fluff. Although some records certainly fall ...
May 27, 2011 · Clips. This programme is not currently available on BBC iPlayer. Documentary telling the story of the easy listening genre, with contributions from Richard Carpenter, Herb Alpert, Richard ...
Here’s what you get in 90 minutes: In-depth documentary investigation into the story of a popular music that is often said to be made to be heard, but not listened to. The film looks at easy listening’s architects and practitioners, its dangers and delights, and the mark it has left on modern life.
Easy listening music gave them this in spades. In The Golden Age Of Easy Listening, Derek Taylor comprehensively details the easy listening story, from an unlikely beginning with an American army general through to its subsummation into 21st-century mainstream popular music. Described and put into historical context are the giants and ...
Jun 22, 2015 · Books. Film. Fine Art. Food & Cooking. History. Music. Television. Theater. Reviews. ... The Rise and Fall of Easy Listening. A look at the marketing and mockery of a genre on its 70th birthday. By .
