easy listening

Example Sentences

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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

He’s easy listening: jokey but not too edgy, sympathetic but not too dramatic, enthusiastic but not too excitable.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023

Staffers at the radio station spent a week unpacking boxes and roughly separating the albums onto tables labeled jazz, easy listening, folk and country, pop, opera, comedy, classical, alternative, and soundtrack.

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 Furphy, Joseph