Beautiful Music vocalists

[johnbasalla]

Thank you all, once again. I'm understanding now that EZ/BM changed, somewhat, over the years. On the list that Daryl Lynn L.A. provided, I am surprised to see "The Wayward Wind" by Gogi Grant and "Music Box Dancer" by Frank Mills. Both impress me as being a little too punchy for the format, particularly "Music Box Dancer".

 

[rjoc]

KJOI played movie themes done as instrumentals, or with a soft background chorus.
The essence of Beautiful Music is a piano, French horns, and a lot of violins. If you're going to re-create a Beautiful Music sound, some instrumental movie themes with background chorus would be the following ( just off the top of my head).
These versions were charting, and it should not be too difficult to find these singles. Most of these have a choral backing.

Moon River - Henry Mancini
Cuando Calienta El Sol - Los Hermanos Rigual
Exodus - Ferrante and Teicher or Pat Boone, if you want all the beautiful music to be vocals
Lara's Theme - from Dr. Zhivago- Percy Faith
Dear Heart - Andy Williams
Never on Sunday- Hugo Winterhalter
A Time For Us - from "Romeo and Juliet"- Johnny Mathis

Non- movie themes might be:

The Wayward Wind- Gogi Grant
Tennessee Waltz- Patti Page
Canadian Sunset - Andy Williams
Wonderland by Night - Bert Kaempfert
Swingin' Safari - Billy Vaughn
Our Winter Love - Bill Pursell
Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills
I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett R.I.P.
Jean - Rod McKuen

Beautiful Music as a genre is different from soft pop as a genre. So, it's not so much "Muskrat Love" with the squeaky sound effects, or "Honey", ( too maudlin) etc. That is a soft pop sound.

Beautiful Music has a much smoother, or dreamy sound to it. If you have Comcast/Xfinity tv cable service, find the Music Choice channel called "Easy Listening." IMO, that channel is correctly programmed for the Beautiful Music sound. Just my opinion. --

 

[rjoc]

Here in Eastern Maine Spectrum cable carries Music Choice and EZ Listening is on Channel 1948. It is a good blend of instrumentals only, and surprisingly, it's free, even on the basic cable package.

 

[semoochie]

KJOI played movie themes done as instrumentals, or with a soft background chorus.
The essence of Beautiful Music is a piano, French horns, and a lot of violins. If you're going to re-create a Beautiful Music sound, some instrumental movie themes with background chorus would be the following ( just off the top of my head).
These versions were charting, and it should not be too difficult to find these singles. Most of these have a choral backing.

Moon River - Henry Mancini
Cuando Calienta El Sol - Los Hermanos Rigual
Exodus - Ferrante and Teicher or Pat Boone, if you want all the beautiful music to be vocals
Lara's Theme - from Dr. Zhivago- Percy Faith
Dear Heart - Andy Williams
Never on Sunday- Hugo Winterhalter
A Time For Us - from "Romeo and Juliet"- Johnny Mathis

Non- movie themes might be:

The Wayward Wind- Gogi Grant
Tennessee Waltz- Patti Page
Canadian Sunset - Andy Williams
Wonderland by Night - Bert Kaempfert
Swingin' Safari - Billy Vaughn
Our Winter Love - Bill Pursell
Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills
I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett R.I.P.
Jean - Rod McKuen

Beautiful Music as a genre is different from soft pop as a genre. So, it's not so much "Muskrat Love" with the squeaky sound effects, or "Honey", ( too maudlin) etc. That is a soft pop sound.

Beautiful Music has a much smoother, or dreamy sound to it. If you have Comcast/Xfinity tv cable service, find the Music Choice channel called "Easy Listening." IMO, that channel is correctly programmed for the Beautiful Music sound. Just my opinion. -- Daryl

Of your non-movie theme list, only Frank Mills remains.

 

[Daryl Lynn L.A.]

Of your non-movie theme list, only Frank Mills remains.

Hi Semoochie, Thank you for your reply. You mean that stations no longer play any of the non-movie list of song, except for Frank Mills?

 

[semoochie]

Hi Semoochie, Thank you for your reply. You mean that stations no longer play any of the non-movie list of song, except for Frank Mills?

You're welcome! No, I mean that Frank Mills is the only one on that list still alive.