http://mp3.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=348&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rssTop Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody OnlineVintage Loungeen720Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:20:53 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://mp3.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=348&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.67351&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Pop Standards Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:37 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.67351 art.67351 Dean Martin art.67351 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.67351&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.67351&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.441&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Instrumental Pop Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:24:59 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.441 art.441 101 Strings Orchestra art.441 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.441&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.441&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1082&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Soundtracks Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:09 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1082 art.1082 Henry Mancini art.1082 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1082&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1082&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Peter Gunn and film's The Pink Panther soundtracks, Big Band jazz and easy listening albums, and standards such as "Moon River" and "Days of Wine and Roses."]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3237&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Easy Pop Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:50 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3237 art.3237 Herb Alpert art.3237 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3237&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3237&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Whipped Cream and Other Delights. His expert chops and dial-tweaking brought a complex mix of Latin pop and Lounge jazz to the charts. - Nick Dedina]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3057&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Instrumental Pop Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:43:16 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3057 art.3057 Jackie Gleason art.3057 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3057&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3057&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss The Honeymooners and other television and Broadway shows, Jackie Gleason was also a superb (if underused) dramatic actor and a musical maven whose "mood music" albums of the 1950s and early '60s remain highly prized today. Gleason's easy listening work often topped the pop charts and is among the finest the genre ever produced. Yet it's always been questionable what Gleason actually did on his albums since so many other people played on and arranged them. It's most likely that Gleason told his excellent team, which included jazz soloists like Bobby Hackett, about the sounds he had in his mind, selected the tunes for the albums, and worked with the art director to create atmospheric album covers. Although his biggest selling release, Lonesome Echo (1955), features a painting by Salvador Dali, Gleason's record sleeves are more often graced with dewy-eyed sentimental/suicidal beauties weighted by cigarettes, booze and memories of better days. These covers perfectly mirror the lushly romantic, yet melancholic, nature of Gleason's jazzy music, which becomes downright depressive on his infamously morose Christmas album which sounds like a hallucinating drunk remembering past holidays from a bar stool. This sentimental streak ran deep in Gleason, and he abused and worshipped whiskey. In fact, it is said that it was Gleason who introduced a clean living Frank Sinatra to Jack Daniels. - Nick Dedina]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2165&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Vintage Lounge Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:38:28 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2165 art.2165 Sammy Davis, Jr. art.2165 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2165&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2165&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5541&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Pop Standards Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:41 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5541 art.5541 Doris Day art.5541 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5541&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5541&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61241&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Cabaret Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:31 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.61241 art.61241 Judy Garland art.61241 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61241&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61241&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69174&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Instrumental Pop Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:25 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.69174 art.69174 Percy Faith art.69174 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69174&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69174&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42889&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Calypso Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:19 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.42889 art.42889 Harry Belafonte art.42889 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42889&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42889&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Long Road to Freedom was released. It was a visionary collection of African-American music that spans everything from Yoruba chants and slave songs to early blues recordings by artists like Brownie McGhee. And Belafonte has become no less political with age; in recent years he has been a keynote speaker at peace rallies and other leftist gatherings. - Sarah Bardeen]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2452&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Swing Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:48 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2452 art.2452 Louis Prima art.2452 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2452&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2452&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss The Jungle Book in 1967, David Lee Roth did a note-for-note cover of "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" in 1985 and most recently, Brian Setzer and other Swing revivalists have used his sound as a template. Prima was a longtime veteran of the jazz scene who struck gold in the 1950s by mixing his Louis Armstrong influences with swinging jazz, throbbing Jump Blues, early R&B and Neapolitan zaniness. Just by itself, his music was unforgettable; but when combined with his hilariously brash sense of showmanship, Prima became unstoppable. Backed by saxophonist Sam Butera's band and a succession of straight-faced female foils (the finest being the angelic Keely Smith, who went on to achieve major success as a solo artist), Prima literally had "the wildest show in town" while also penning such standards as "Sing Sing Sing," and "A Sunday Kind of Love." His bawdy act excited the sex-starved masses of the Eisenhower era, earned respect from jazz hepcats, and was studied and appreciated by greasy-haired teenagers growing up on rock 'n' roll. While Prima's recorded output suffered when he left Capitol Records for supposedly greener pastures, he remained a very popular live act well into the '60s. - Nick Dedina]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6875720&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Vintage Lounge Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:44:28 -0700 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6875720 art.6875720 Brian Setzer art.6875720 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6875720&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6875720&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5688&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Jazz Piano Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:03:42 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5688 art.5688 George Shearing art.5688 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5688&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5688&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Frasier TV show theme). His lyrical piano combined bop, Latin and classical touches with swing. Likewise, Shearing brought jazz chops to his highly successful series of "mood music" albums on Capitol. His shimmering keyboard work conjures up images of New York penthouses and the club he celebrated in his standard "Lullaby of Birdland." - Nick Dedina]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3845&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Traditional Jazz/Dixieland Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:12 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3845 art.3845 Al Hirt art.3845 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3845&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3845&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Beauty and the Beard, a collaboration with Ann-Margret, is a sought-after collector's item for the Cocktail music set. - Nick Dedina]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39798&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Good Old Days Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:59:03 -0700 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.39798 art.39798 Jerry Vale art.39798 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39798&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39798&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1120&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Pop Standards Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:32 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1120 art.1120 Vic Damone art.1120 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1120&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1120&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss This Game of Love (1959) featuring a small jazz group, and his easy-going manner meshes perfectly with hard-swinging big bands. The world needs beautiful love songs now more than ever -- and Vic Damone is just the man to deliver them. - Nick Dedina]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39912&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Pop Standards Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:35 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.39912 art.39912 Dinah Shore art.39912 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39912&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39912&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4263&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Vintage Lounge Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:16 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4263 art.4263 Ferrante and Teicher art.4263 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4263&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4263&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Classical Disco, Rocky & Other Knockouts) and assembly-line productions: their lush, string-laden remakes of love songs and movie themes were practically seasonal arrivals for many years. A good portion of these titles, immensely popular in the 1960s, can be obtained in their original LP form at your local thrift store. However, when not overly encumbered by orchestrations, the two have unleashed some truly noteworthy acts of unselfconscious invention, with albums such as the 1958 prepared-piano kook-fest Blast Off! attaining cult-classic status among "Incredibly Strange Music" enthusiasts. The duo continue to perform sporadically, releasing albums on their own label, the somewhat ironically named Avant-Garde. - Will York]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43031&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Vintage Lounge Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:47 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.43031 art.43031 Al Martino art.43031 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43031&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43031&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Godfather movies -- a character based on myths surrounding the casting of Frank Sinatra in From Here to Eternity as well as the very real problems that Martino and Vic Damone got into during their careers. - Nick Dedina]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40195&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Polka Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:43:17 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.40195 art.40195 Lawrence Welk art.40195 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40195&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40195&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.949&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Vintage Lounge Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:20 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.949 art.949 Wayne Newton art.949 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.949&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.949&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1183&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Big Band Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:33 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1183 art.1183 Nelson Riddle art.1183 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1183&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1183&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3448&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Cabaret Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:31 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3448 art.3448 Eartha Kitt art.3448 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3448&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3448&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2911&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Vintage Lounge Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:47 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2911 art.2911 Les Paul art.2911 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2911&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2911&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3796&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Easy Pop Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:28:26 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3796 art.3796 Don Ho art.3796 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3796&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3796&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61063&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Big Band Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:29 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.61063 art.61063 Billy May art.61063 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http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.646&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.646&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3333&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Vintage Lounge Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:24:59 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3333 art.3333 Arthur Lyman art.3333 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3333&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3333&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68913&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss '60s Oldies Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:28 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.68913 art.68913 Johnny Tillotson art.68913 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Rather than sitting back and collecting songwriting royalties, Johnny Tillotson still tours and performs widely. - Nick Dedina]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8712&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Vintage Lounge Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:30 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.8712 art.8712 Johnnie Ray art.8712 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8712&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8712&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15599&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Vintage Lounge Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:54:53 -0700 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.15599 art.15599 Walter Wanderley art.15599 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15599&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15599&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1095&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Good Old Days Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:39:57 -0700 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1095 art.1095 Vaughn Monroe art.1095 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1095&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1095&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8676&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Traditional Jazz/Dixieland Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:13 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.8676 art.8676 Acker Bilk art.8676 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8676&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8676&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6971&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Musicals Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:28:09 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6971 art.6971 Cy Coleman art.6971 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6971&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6971&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1083&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Vintage Lounge Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:40 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1083 art.1083 Les Baxter art.1083 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1083&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1083&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Space Escapade, which imaged islands in the sky full of booze and willing women who came in every color of the rainbow. After this, Baxter kept updating his signature sound for the changing times but by the late 1960s his music started to sound old fashioned. Ironically, this was an era when America's youth started acting like the very same wild, lascivious natives who were portrayed as fantasy objects in Baxter's songs. Thankfully, there's been a revived interest in Baxter's "movies for the ears" music. Long considered "cheesy," much of Baxter's work is highly imaginative and often exploratory in nature (for instance, an exotic theme in an unusual tempo will suddenly kick into a hot jazz number in 4/4 time before spinning off into an entirely new direction). But Les Baxter was never pretentious about being musically inventive and the sheer entertainment value found in his work is the main reason his old records are once again in print. - Nick Dedina]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1081&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Jazz Piano Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:27:47 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1081 art.1081 Dick Hyman art.1081 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1081&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1081&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.41758&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Vintage Lounge Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:16 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.41758 art.41758 Gordon Jenkins art.41758 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.41758&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.41758&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.49118&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Vocal-Pop Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:35 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.49118 art.49118 Steve Lawrence art.49118 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.49118&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.49118&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40230&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Film Soundtracks Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:43:18 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.40230 art.40230 Marilyn Monroe art.40230 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40230&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40230&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6802&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Cocktail/Lounge Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:35:44 -0700 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6802 art.6802 Pink Martini art.6802 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6802&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6802&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Experiment in Terror were playing behind Doris Day in Pillow Talk. The swank, lush beauty is there but sorrowful strains come through, showing the cracks and fissures in the polyester smiles.]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61675&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Vintage Lounge Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:14:28 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.61675 art.61675 Martin Denny art.61675 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61675&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61675&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16708&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Vintage Lounge Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:14:00 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.16708 art.16708 Al Caiola art.16708 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16708&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16708&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11998&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Swing Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:43:16 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.11998 art.11998 Raymond Scott art.11998 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11998&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11998&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Looney Tunes soundtracks. Complex and enormously daunting from a musician's standpoint, the mutated Swing numbers were nonetheless popular in their pre-Looney Tunes day, even if Scott never really fit into the jazz world. Critics chastised his music for being rhythmically stiff and too clever for its own good, citing wordy titles like "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals" as evidence. Only recently has he been granted a serious revaluation, having been championed by musicians such as clarinetist Don Byron. Coinciding with this rediscovery is a cult-level interest in Scott's later electronic music: his 1963 Soothing Sounds for Baby series was heralded upon its recent reissue as presaging everyone from Ambient pioneer Brian Eno to Krautrock legends Kraftwerk. Manhattan Research, Inc. (2000) gathers more of his earlier synthesizer explorations, from studio experiments to commercial jingles, with results that sound surprisingly in-step with developments in modern-day electronica. - Will York]]> http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63255&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Experimental Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:49:26 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.63255 art.63255 All Good Funk Alliance art.63255 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63255&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63255&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44128&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Vintage Lounge Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:40:12 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.44128 art.44128 Esquivel art.44128 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44128&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44128&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1643&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Instrumental Pop Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:42:49 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1643 art.1643 Morton Gould art.1643 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1643&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1643&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7663&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Vintage Lounge Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:07 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.7663 art.7663 Ian Whitcomb art.7663 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7663&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7663&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44389&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Instrumental Pop Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:14:11 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.44389 art.44389 Leroy Holmes art.44389 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44389&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44389&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2157&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss Vintage Lounge Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:28:25 -0800 Top Vintage Lounge Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2157 art.2157 Sam Butera art.2157 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2157&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2157&variant=data&rws=%2Fvocal-easy-listening%2Fvintage-lounge%2Fartist-chart.rss