Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Easy listening describes a musical style which emerged in the mid 20th century. It was seen to emphasise relaxation and in some music stressed a lack of emotional challenge, but other easy listening music possessed hidden depths. Artists and music 1960s easy listening Burt Bacharach Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Ray Conniff Bert Kaempfert James Last Guy Lombardo Henry Mancini Mantovani Lawrence Welk Easy listening falls out of fashion "Ironic" easy listening revival: The Mike Flowers Pops New Age music Easy listening returns again, chill-out music, easy listening vs. trip-hop This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.