If your idea of a dream come true is attending a swinging pool party with jet-setting stewardesses in some exotic locale, then easy listening music may just be for you. If you think life is tough and confusing now, imagine how it must have felt for people living 60 years ago and then you can begin to appreciate how the sounds of easy listening- which includes exotica, lounge, and space age pop- soothed and captured the imaginations of so many during the era of backyard nuclear bomb shelters.
I first discovered the strange world of easy listening back in college in the mid ‘90s when I was trying to find appropriate music for a kitschy cocktail themed party I was hosting- and the rest is history. While I tend to lean more towards Christmas themed easy listening music (Capitol Records has a seemingly inexhaustible collection of such tunes), here are some of my favorite easy listening songs that sound good any time of the year and in whatever corner of the world you find yourself. Enjoy!
01. Frank Chacksfield Orchestra – “Marakesh Express” (Unknown)
02. Frank Chacksfield Orchestra – “J’Attendrai” (Unknown)
03. 80 Drums Around the World – “Caravan” (1961)
04. Paul Mauriat – “Love is Blue” (1968)
05. Nat King Cole – “Nature Boy” (1961)
06. The New Classic Singers – “Call Me” (1966)
07. Les Baxter – “Taboo” (1956)
08. Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass – “This Guy’s in Love with You” (1968)
09. Esquivel! – “Misirlou” (1959)
10. Martin Denny – “The Enchanted Sea” (1959)
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