easy listening
Example Sentences
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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
"It's easy listening to him," Mrs Hearn used to say of her husband's successor.
From The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope
