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Easy listening

Easy listening (including mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to the 1970s. 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. It mostly concentrates on music that…

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Cultural origins
1940s, United States
Derivative forms
Chill-out music · sunshine pop · adult contemporary music · space music · ambient music
Other names
Beautiful music · middle of the road · traditional pop
Stylistic origins
Light music · big band

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Easy listening

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related to Easy listening singers · 27
Easy listening → Alternative, Bing Crosby, Combustible Edison, Dean Martin, Doris Day, Easy, Engelbert Humperdinck, Frank Sinatra, In, Julie London, Love Jones, Music, Nat King Cole, Nightcaps, Patti Page, Perry Como, Pink Martini, Rosemary Clooney, Space Age Bachelor Pad, Stereolab
related to Reception · 15
Easy listening → Adult Contemporary, Billboard, Billboard Hot, Billboard's Easy Listening, Cincinnati, During, Generally, January, KMPC, Los Angeles, New York City, Record World, The, WNEW-FM, WWEZ
related to history · 12
Easy listening → Another, As, Day Makes, Difference, Dinah Washington's, Frank Sinatra, Hollywood's Golden Age, In, Jackie Gleason, String, The, What
Derivative forms · 7
Easy listening → adult contemporary music, ambient music, Chill-out music, lofi hip-hop, lounge music, space music, sunshine pop
Other names · 3
Easy listening → Beautiful music, middle of the road, traditional pop
Stylistic origins · 2
Easy listening → big band, Light music
Cultural origins · 1
Easy listening → 1940s, United States

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music listening easy popular lounge rock jazz format 1950s instrumental standards genre day adult age middle road 1940s beautiful radio

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Easy listeningCultural origins1940s, United States1.00infobox
Easy listeningDerivative formsChill-out music1.00infobox
Easy listeningDerivative formssunshine pop1.00infobox
Easy listeningDerivative formsadult contemporary music1.00infobox
Easy listeningDerivative formsspace music1.00infobox
Easy listeningDerivative formsambient music1.00infobox
Easy listeningDerivative formslounge music1.00infobox
Easy listeningDerivative formslofi hip-hop1.00infobox
Easy listeningOther namesBeautiful music1.00infobox
Easy listeningOther namesmiddle of the road1.00infobox
Easy listeningOther namestraditional pop1.00infobox
Easy listeningStylistic originsLight music1.00infobox
Easy listeningStylistic originsbig band1.00infobox

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