INTRODUCTION
Hi music lover,
I hope you're into easy listening music (that which is sometimes
called Lounge), because this is what this page is all about.
This page is one that's been placed here in order for
me to share my love of
easy listening music, music that I would love to see a return to.
I hope you enjoy the sampling that I have placed
here, and some of it going well back
in time.
It's just a random
sample that I've placed here, and better could be found given that
there are so many great singers and orchestras that have come and gone,
and I not wanting to spend too much time on this diversion.
If you do
find the sampling
enjoyable, please let me know, and even more so if you're a lover of
the
very same music too.
I hope your computer is connected to some
great speakers! If not, I fear that you may well be wasting your time.
Depth and bass make all the difference. There's nothing that kills
music more than those dreadful little high pitched inbuilt
speakers.
However,
good speakers or not (and as you probably already know), the
sound quality of things on YouTube is only as good as that which has
been loaded onto YouTube, and older recordings are obviously not going
to sound as good as modern recordings due to certain limitations. If
only these orchestras and musicians were around today, using a
modern studio and playing the same pieces in exactly the same way. So,
unfortunately, you'll have to accept what's available on YouTube and
some pretty dusty recordings, some better than others, but all sounding
all the worse if played through those dreadful little high pitched
speakers I mentioned.
Not all the video clips that one comes across are appropriate,
so I
hope I haven't overlooked anything in my attempt to avoid such video
clips.
I
have to say though, that some video clips are really
beautiful,
they sometimes beckoning as must as the music, and thus a few music
clips
probably being included because of their intriguing factor.
Okay, here we go...
If you find a LINK DOWN, please let me know that
as well, because sometimes things are removed from YouTube for one reason or another,
and I can hardly keep checking
my links every day of the week. I do check them every so often and have made a number of ajustments already.
- 1. Acker Bilk - When
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUV3gal3iDM - Russell Watson - A Summer Wind Vocal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fu-_9voY50 - 2. Bert Kaempfert and his orchestra - Dreams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnMai-ZWCOk - 3. Dick Abell - Once In A While
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsH1XqJzC3s - 4. Diana Krall and Dave Grusin - Dreamsville Vocal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIkUXRPkxpI - 5. Kenny G - Body And Soul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi6OFEhGUas - 6. Frank Davis and his orchestra - Sweetlips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVRb1BBJWYc - 7. Toots Theilemans - The Shadow of Your Smile
Quiet
start
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJvfMnnDxp4 - 8. Laurens van Rooyen - Saudade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPaQcaSx3Y0 - 9. Paul Mauriat and his orchestra - Intermezzo de
Carmen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW8t-AzuV_4 - 10. Henry Mancini and his orchestra - Tender Is
The Night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah5XMevcLiM - 11. Acker Bilk - World Without Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zq5e8hmh-s - 12. Frank Davis and his orchestra - Serenade In
Blue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaozsyncHIU - 13. Ray Anthony and his orchestra - Blue Velvet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkXFBxlSwLw - 14. The Strings Of Paris - J'Attendrai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h85UbeyuqK0 - 15. Max Greger - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDaLtFfo8Pc - 16. Roy Etzel - Serenade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0TrDxfvN1A - 17. Thijs Van Leer - Introspection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fneS6CT1etU - 18. Toots Theilemans - What A wonderful World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zfgFfC5kOs - 19. The Singers Unlimited - In The Still of The Night Vocal
group
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OTLNG538aw - 20. Buddy Childers and the Russ Garcia Strings -
My Diane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_1wKEgwElA - 22. Roy Etzel - Weun wir uns wiederseh'n
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs4kKgXq2A8
- 23. Gheorghe Zamfir and Harry van Hoof and his
orchestra - Run
To Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lI-KqqkqQM - 24. Laurens van Rooyen - Reverie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22o7Ta2r848 - 25. Horst Jankowski - A Sunny Day In Heidelberg
Hard to
beat pianist!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHtjJhZgjA0 - 26. The Strings Of Paris - I'll Never Smile Again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xl9eTBRqe8 - 27. The Hollyridge Strings - Too Young
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhjkEuuSonc - 28. James Last and his orchestra - Romance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_28pqCjg00 - 29. Henry Mancini and his orchestra - Royal Blue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vEyIJgaZIQ - 30. Maurice Larcange - The Good Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6ryHv7B1rM
- 31. Nelson Riddle and his orchestra - Sao Paulo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYH5NN0JdTQ - 32. Gregorian Chant - Michelle Vocal group
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2WAgwtbfpw - 33. Helmut Zacharias - Bei dir war es immer so
schon (Too Soon)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7BC8ms-MeA - 34. Roy Etzel - La Strada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRCoOcsNUXA - 35. The Strings Of Paris - Laura
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA7nGxIoCuY - 36. The Hollyridge Strings - Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_nzUO5TZzA - 37. Roy Etzel - Wien wird bei Nacht erst schon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ8x_i2ZAVk - 38. The Sandpipers - Misty Roses Vocal group
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-amVHkwRtUw - 39. Laurens van Rooyen - Old Friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIPLm24yjU8 - 40. Tony Hatch and his orchestra - Where Are You
Now My Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7mX1bFSASA - 41. Ray Anthony and his
orchestra - Our
Day Will Come
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBH8YsL2J0E
- 42. Johnny Mathis and Henry Mancini and his
orchestra - Time
After Time
Vocal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF9Ib0tChdQ - 43. Toots Theilemans - Sinatra Medly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8e2xXHGUmE - 44. Laurens van Rooyen - Sunset Serenade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4L-OiqP4-0 - 45. Maurice Larcange - A Little Love And
Understanding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xHxTq7m0Y8 - 46. Rogier van Otterloo and his orchestra - Wth A
Song In My
Heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NrdaMVImA8 - 47. Nelson Riddle and his orchestra - Born Happy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3hlKyK3eFY - 48. Buddy Childers and Russ Garcia
Strings - Come Home
Again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N1tDCHvJCA - 49. Gheorghe Zamfir and Harry van Hoof and his
orchestra -
Bilitis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4WQoE-_aRE - 50. Roy Etzel - Es ist nur die Liebe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMMWCmHRKhY - 51. Horst Jankowski - Happy Frankfurt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS6HdsrCL_0 - 52. Toots Theilemans - Here's That Rainy Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlzaI6vU0sY - 53. Pat Metheny and Toots Theilemans - Back In
Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzYLLetk6-I - 54. James Galway and Henry Mancini and his
orchestra -
Breakfast At Tiffany's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXIDCl9P1M - 55. Louis van Dijk and the Metropole Orchestra -
The Final
Question
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElwFEoNQdQk - 56. Adrian Brett - Morning Has Broken
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lu_nMShHXs - 57. Acker Bilk - Try A Little Tenderness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw6bs-Hjwqo - 58. The Strings Of Paris - Bewitched
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmAeYYgtrNM - 59. Acker Bilk - I'll Get By
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pcxEp00_WY - 60. James Last and his orchestra - Moonlight
Sonata
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEKhu2cnh98 - 61. The Royal Philhamonic Orchestra of London -
Theme From A
Summer Place
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYCzpczhHV8 - 62. George Shearing and the Robert Farnon
Orchestra - Portrait
Of Jennie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdxYxTkMlRw - 63. Helmut Zacharias, James Last, Max Greger and
Johny Teupen -
This Guy's In Love With You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enDOdmZzizw - 64. James Last and his orchestra - The Pearl
Fishers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvqCdxE9k70 - 65. The Singers Unlimited - Gymnopedies 1
Vocal
group
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGeRop3Dr6A - 66. Jumaane Smith - Stardust Slow start but lovely trumpet
playing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGgOXBb7bLg - 67. Helmut Zacharias - Orfeu Negro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADnDz9iBZF4 - 68. Tony Hatch and his orchestra - Quiet Nights
Of Quiet Stars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw_HwkN3YPQ - 69. Tony Hatch and his orchestra - Latin Velvet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FkL6f8u7so - 70. Louis van Dijk Trio - Et Lar Mer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Y3zEtfTrE&list=RDX-Y3zEtfTrE
- 71. Vic Damone - We Have All The Time In The
world Vocal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Y51FTIruk - 72. Henry Mancini and his orchestra - Just For
Tonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcLNiUfXhYM
- 73. Frank Chacksfield and his orchestra - I Can't
Smile Without You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZENklRrKBA - 74. Roger Williams - Saving All My Love For You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h5R1frNMEg - 75. Acker Bilk - Invitation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5iJKiAkdOY - 76. Mick Fleetwood Blues Band - Albatross
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMg5dLeoOAs - 77. Chris Hinze and Louis van Dijk - A Little
Romance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBeeigofwCE - 78. The Shadows - Cavatina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5wHr7iBJQg - 79. The Shadows - Sleepwalk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Br3a6TeIc - 80. Henry Mancini and his orchestra - Lujon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHL6lNIzRmQ - 81. The 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett - Samba de
Orfeu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggTbBOZBz60 - 82. Paul Mauriat and his orchestra - Paris Musette
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4fU0g5VVPc - 83. Richard Alden and his orchestra - My Reverie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxP_H9cxnvM - 84. Helmut Zacharias - Unforgettable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CST6DyIc0c - 85. Nini Rosso - Vivre Pour Vivre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ceIg319yE - 86. Frank Chacksfield and his orchestra - An
Autumn Romance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djrUHhb6VBk - 87. Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass - Adios, Mi
Corazon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6bMIJSf9fc - 88. Arno Flor and his orchestra - Chopin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8pnOGXGFA8 - 89. Frank Davis and his orchestra - Cry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbChgrXQ1fo - 90. Jerry Vale - Blue Velvet Vocal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGZJ-xWHEuE - 91. Henry Mancini and his orchestra - All By
Myself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zVwrvdfMJg - 92. Henry Mancini and his orchestra - Could It
Be Magic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi3EdH4T5v0 - 93. Henry Mancini and his orchestra - The Soft
Touch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi1ha52Ll9k
- 94. Frank Davis and his orchestra - Into Each
Life Some Rain Must Fall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLL7xoj0Vdw - 95. Frank Davis and his orchestra - Travellin'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3LXzgBR5YA - 96. Jack Parnell and his orchestra - Warm Breeze
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGlGozVMJAQ - 97. Raymond Lefevre and his orchestra - La Reine
de Saba
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC4Mkck1OKk - 98. Fernando Lopez - You Raise Me Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMW9EkIRadQ - 99. James Last and his orchestra - Luciana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8FGHTCh3xA - 100. Giovanni Marradi - Just For You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSbNReQ1jvQ - 101. Horst Fischer - Butterfly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCctxdDZVSE - 102. James Last and his orchestra - Japanese Suite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnm3m1wfekQ - 103. James Last and his orchestra - Biscaya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCCV2vTrUKc - 104. Francis Goya - One Sunday Morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xljLghq-_J8
- 105. The Hollyridge Strings - Our Day Will Come
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tDBTMdE3Fs - 106. The Hollyridge Strings - Blue Velvet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf3Q7aD8cDI - 107. The 101 strings - We've Only Just Begun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwAUm8cvfLA - 108. The John Fox orchestra - Make It With You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipuAZGugtUA - 109. Billy Vaughn and his orchestra - Go Away
Little Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO-3B2syzRQ - 110. The John Gregory orchestra - The Fool On The
Hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZrgPxbDiHo - 111. The 101 Strings - Tapestry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmB3vAc7sJQ - 112. Claude Blovin and his orchestra - P.S. I
Love You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_c0PaT2y7A - 113. Martin Bottcher and his orchestra-The Man I
love/Adagio in G minor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44scxi_Jktg - 114. Franck Pourcel and his orchestra- Les
plaisirs demodes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eWAKkTsyzs - 115. Tony Hatch and his orchestra - On A Clear
Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbwjirDb1nM - 116. Nashville String Machine and other musicians
- Lavender Blue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKxuDjT_EqE - 117. Dick Abell - What Am I To Do?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkV88VgJfjY - 118. Chris Botti with Lucia Micarelli - Emmanuel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsVyvBYgHH8 - 119. Bert Kaempfert and his orchestra - While The Children Sleep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4jjMlY13zA - 120. Bert Kaempfert and his orchestra - I May Be Wrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5i4fpzWTc0 - 121. Bert Kaempfert and his orchestra - Goodnight Sweet Dreams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfT_-RITNdI - 122. Bert Kaempfert and his orchestra - Almost There
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHKlvau8PDU - 123. Bert Kaempfert and his orchestra - Lonely
Nightingale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWYJpslekFE
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow