The Boom Light Easy Chart
We asked you to vote for your favourite easy-listening records of all time - whether fine instrumentals, proud orchestrations or classy vocal standards?
Nick Bailey unveiled the chart on Sunday 24th August on our sister station Boom Light.
| Position | Song | |
| 1 | Matt Monro - On Days Like These | |
| 2 | Percy Faith - Theme From A Summer Place | |
| 3 | Matt Monro - Walk Away | |
| 4 | Frank Sinatra - My Way | |
| 5 | Acker Bilk - Stranger On The Shore | |
| 6 | Nat King Cole - Stardust | |
| 7 | Frank Sinatra - Summer Wind | |
| 8 | Ella Fitzgerald - Manhattan | |
| 9 | Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man | |
| 10 | Matt Monro - Born Free | |
| 11 | Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife | |
| 12 | Raymond Lefevre - Soul Coaxing | |
| 13 | Peggy Lee - The Folks Who Live On The Hill | |
| 14 | Nat King Cole - Smile | |
| 15 | Ella Fitzgerald - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye | |
| 16 | Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart In San Francisco | |
| 17 | Johnny Mathis - A Certain Smile | |
| 18 | Andy Williams - Moon River | |
| 19 | Nat King Cole - Unforgettable | |
| 20 | Olivia Newton-John - Sam | |
| 21 | Bobby Darin - Beyond the Sea (La Mer) | |
| 22 | Dean Martin - Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu) | |
| 23 | Perry Como - Magic Moments | |
| 24 | Dean Martin - Return To Me | |
| 25 | George Benson - The Greatest Love Of All | |
| 26 | Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman | |
| 27 | Sammy Davis Jr. - Mr. Bojangles | |
| 28 | Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You | |
| 29 | Dave Brubeck - Take Five | |
| 30 | Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa | |
| 31 | Matt Monro - Portrait Of My Love | |
| 32 | Patsy Cline - Crazy | |
| 33 | Jim Reeves - I Love You Because | |
| 34 | Johnny Mathis - Misty | |
| 35 | Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time In The World | |
| 36 | Elvis Presley - Don't | |
| 37 | Doris Day - Secret Love | |
| 38 | Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin | |
| 39 | Andy Williams - Solitaire | |
| 40 | Nat King Cole - Let There Be Love | |
| 41 | Andy Williams - Almost There | |
| 42 | Frank Sinatra - More | |
| 43 | Billy Eckstine And Sarah Vaughan - Passing Strangers | |
| 44 | The Shadows - Apache | |
| 45 | Doris Day - Que Sera Sera | |
| 46 | Mario Lanza - Be My Love | |
| 47 | David Whitfield - Cara Mia | |
| 48 | Jo Stafford - You Belong To Me | |
| 49 | Dean Martin - Sway | |
| 50 | Michael Jackson - Ben | |
| 51 | Val Doonican - Elusive Butterfly | |
| 52 | Dusty Springfield - Goin' Back | |
| 53 | Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night | |
| 54 | The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody | |
| 55 | Acker Bilk - Aria | |
| 56 | Matt Monro - Softly As I Leave You | |
| 57 | Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me | |
| 58 | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Moonlight Serenade | |
| 59 | Fred Astaire - The Way You Look Tonight | |
| 60 | Dean Martin - Little Ole Wine Drinker Me | |
| 61 | Julie London - Cry Me A River | |
| 62 | Fleetwood Mac - Albatross | |
| 63 | Debbie Reynolds - Tammy | |
| 64 | Petula Clark - Sailor | |
| 65 | The Beatles - Yesterday | |
| 66 | Peggy Lee - Mr. Wonderful | |
| 67 | Nat King Cole - That Sunday, That Summer | |
| 68 | Cliff Richard - The Next Time | |
| 69 | Ray Conniff - Brazil | |
| 70 | Michael Holliday - The Story Of My Life | |
| 71 | Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level (Van Der Valk) | |
| 72 | Bing Crosby - Around The World | |
| 73 | Doris Day - It's Magic | |
| 74 | The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | |
| 75 | Ronald Binge - Elizabethan Serenade | |
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