easy listening
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We’re as likely to hear a few bars of The Cult’s “Fire Woman” as Joe McPhee’s funky banger “Shakey Jake” or the easy listening blanket that is Mel Tormé’s “The Windmills of Your Mind.”
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025
Although his music was dismissed as "easy listening" at the time, he was hugely popular, playing arena tours and performing at the White House for presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2024
“It was an easy listening hit,” he recalled.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024
The most popular offerings were in the jazz, easy listening, and folk and country aisles.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2023
Then the boundary rider lit his pipe, and slightly moved his seat, placing himself in an easy listening attitude, with his elbow on the table, and his hand across his face.
From Such Is Life by Joseph Furphy
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