String instruments had been used in sweet bands in the 1930s and was the dominant soundtrack to movies of Hollywood's Golden Age. The style has been synonymous with the tag 'with strings'. You may hear examples of Easy listening music performed by John Serry on his album Squeeze Play in 1956 Here on

( June 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. This section needs additional citations for verification. It was differentiated from the mostly instrumental beautiful music format by its variety of styles, including a percentage of vocals, arrangements and tempos to fit various parts of the broadcast day.Įasy listening music is often confused with lounge music, but while it was popular in some of the same venues it was meant to be listened to for enjoyment rather than as background sound. It mostly concentrates on music that pre-dates the rock and roll era, characteristically on music from the 1940s and 1950s.

It is related to middle-of-the-road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs, non- rock vocals and instrumental covers of selected popular rock songs.

Easy listeningĮasy listening (including mood music ) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 1970s. For other uses, see Mood music (disambiguation) and Easy Listening (disambiguation).

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