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
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
I remember after my book on Diana came out in 1992, the Times and The Sunday Times organized a conference on the future of the monarchy, and it wasn't easy listening for the sovereign.
From Salon • Dec. 8, 2022
"It's easy listening," she said with a laugh.
From The Heart of Unaga by Cullum, Ridgwell