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 The Robert Farnon Society invites you to visit the following web sites which should interest you

 The most comprehensive Links page on the Web for beautiful/ light music/ pop orchestral music. If you would like to see links added to this page, or notice any links which are misleading, or no longer operational, kindly advise .

Update: 15 August, 2012 - 'dead' links removed.

For more information you can also enter your favourite artist's name on the Wikipedia website. There are far too many pages to list them here.
Alternatively you could try the IMDb (Internet Movie Database - like Wiki it's user-submitted)
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101 Strings Gareth Glyn Palm Court Light Orchestra
101 Strings (bio) Gary Williams Parfait Records (beautiful music record company)
405 Alive GEMM - World's largest music catalogue!

Past Perfect ('to produce the World's Finest Vintage Music')

a Georges Delerue Official Website Paul Lewis
ABC Shop George Shearing Paul Mauriat
ABCD Enterprises ( High quality Audio Restoration and Re-mastering using CEDAR and other processes)
General Lafayette (Roberto Danova) Paul Mauriat (bio)

Acker Bilk

Gheorghe Zamfir Paul Mauriat (bio)
Acrobat Music Giovanni Paul Weston and Jo Stafford collection
Adiemus (Karl Jenkins) Official Website Guild Music Percy Faith
Adiemus Golden Age of Light Music

Percy Faith Pages

Alain Morisod - Sweet People Good Music UK  
Alfred Newman (bio) Gracenote (Music search) Peter Nero
All Music Guide Graham Marshall Peter Nero and the Philly Pops
Albert Ketèlbey (official site) A dedicated website to Albert Ketèlbey Great Music Company Phil Coulter
All But Forgotten Oldies Greenpark Productions - documentary films on video & DVD Phil Spitalny
Andre Gagnon Official Website Gregor Narholz The Poporchestra Musician Encyclopedia
Andre Rieu h Priory Records Limited
Angela Morley Hagood Hardy PublicRadioFan
Anita Kerr Singers Hans Wahlgren (bio) Sv.wiki r
Anne Shelton Haydn Wood Radiocafe (campaigning for better music on radio)
Arthur Fiedler (bio) Henry Mancini Ray Conniff
ASCAP Henry Mancini Discography Ray Conniff
Aspidistra Drawing Room Orchestra includes Robert Farnon's music in their live performance repertoire Herb Alpert Raymond Lefevre
Avid Entertainment (large selection of easy listening CDs) Herb Alpert/Tijuana Brass Reader's Digest UK
b Herman Clebanoff (bio) Reader's Digest USA
Barry Gray Howard Blake Reto Parolari Orchestra
BBC Test Card Club Hugo Montenegro (bio) Rex Recordings (record label specialising in easy listening music from the 1940s and 1950s)
Bear Family Records Hugo Winterhalter Richard Clayderman

 

Hyperion Records Richard Clayderman
Beautiful Instrumentals
easy listening beautiful music Internet radio
i Robert Farnon biography
Beautiful Music Company I.L.D. (French record company that issues light music CDs) Robert Farnon profile
Bert Kaempfert j

Roger Williams official website

Bert Kaempfert Jack De Mello Roger Williams (search under Artist Roster on website)
Billy Vaughn Jack De Mello Ronald Corp
Bliss Records (German record company specialising in Light music) Jackie Gleason (bio) Rondo Veneziano
BMI James Galway Ron Goodwin
Bobby Crush James Last Ron Grainer
Boston Pops Orchestra James Last Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Bradley Joseph   Russ Conway
Brian Bennett Jasmine Records s
Billy Andrusco Jazz Professional Scarborough Spa Orchestra

British Pathe (video / film / newsreel archive/ database)

Jean-Claude Borelly Screen Sounds
Burt Bacharach (unofficial website) Jim Brickman (Canadian Pianist) SecondSpin.com (the Internet's largest buyer and seller of used CDs)
Bygone Days John Barry - The Man With The Midas Touch S.E.N.S. Official Website
c John Brennan Sepia Records
Campion Records John Cacavas Shellwood Productions (dedicated to recording light music)
  John France - musicologist (The Land of Lost Content Musings on British Classical Music) Silva Screen Records
Carmen Dragon Johnny Douglas Solid (big band online encyclopedia)
CDMO Inc Johnny Douglas (bio)

Songwriters Hall of Fame (search)

Chandos Johnny Gregory Soothing Music
Chapter One Records (Les Reed's record company, mail order CDs) Johnny Mann Singers SONIC (Library of Congress Online Sound Catalogue)
Cherry Red Records John Wilson Orchestra Sound Copyright
Christopher Gunning John Williams (bio) Soundtrack Collector
Claus Ogerman, The work of Paul Weston and Jo Stafford collection Spaceagepop
Classic Themes JPC - good source for German light music Stanford Robinson (bio)
Collectables Records Judith Durham Official Site Stanyan House
Collector's Choice Music Just Beautiful Music

Starborne Productions ( you can buy CDs from this company of music by Frank Chacksfield and others)

Crystal Stream Audio k Stephen Schlaks
d Kai Winding Stephen Schlaks (Italian unofficial site)
David Lyon l Stu Phillips
David Watts Laurie Johnson Surrey House Music
Debbie Wiseman Leonard Slatkin Syd Dale
Deep Discount CD.Com Leroy Anderson Official Website t
Delta Entertainment wide range of easy listening/instrumental CDs Les Baxter Taragon Records
Delta Music UK Les Reed, OBE Telarc International
Diego Modena Light Music Society, The Terry Oldfield
Discurio London Philharmonic Orchestra Test Card Circle
Don Lusher/Ted Heath London Pops Orchestra Time Life
Dress Circle (The Musical Theatre Shop) Lorie Line This England & Evergreen
Dusty Groove America (long deleted easy listening/light music and soundtrack CDs) m Tommy Reilly
Dutton Compact Discs Maestro Records Tony Hatch - official website
e Magpie Direct Music Transdiffusion
Easy Listening HQ Mantovani Orchestra u
Easy Listening & Other Delights (an easy listening fan's blog) Marianne Melodie (French site that sells some hard to find instrumental/orchestral CDs. Has an english language option) Uncharted Music (The Tuneful Alternative. A genuine FREE music site for those who tire of today's pop music)
Easy Listening Instrumental Videos Masters of Melody (Musicians and orchestras which used to broadcast regularly in the golden days of radio in Britain) v
Edmund Hockridge Appreciation Society Matt Monro Vanessa Mae
Edmundo Ros Memory Lane Vangelis
Ennio Morricone Mike Batt Vantaa Pops Orchestra
Ennio Morricone Official Site Mike's Instrumental Paradise Varese Sarabande (there is an Easy Listening/Lounge section)

Erich Kunzel

Monopol Records Vikki Carr The Official Website
Ernest Tomlinson   Vocalion
f Movie Grooves (a source for Library Muisc as well as soundtracks) w
Felix Slatkin   Warren Bennett
Federation of Recorded Music Societies Music Choice  
Ferrante & Teicher Official Website Music Pop Hits (covering music from the 1950s to the 1980s) Wikipedia (free encyclopedia - has biographies on light music composers)
Film Score Monthly MusicStack (music marketplace) Werner Muller (bio)
The Four Freshmen Muzak Whirligig (Vintage television and radio)
Francis Goya n x
Francis Lai Naxos y
Frank Bristow Nelson Riddle - The Official Website z
Frank DeVol Nelson Riddle Appreciation Society ZYX Music (large German Record Company with extensive catalogue of easy listening CDs)
Frank Mills official website Nelson Riddle Library  
Frank Mills Netsounds (the UK equivalent of Gemm)  
Frank Mills New London Orchestra  
Franck Pourcel (official site) Nicolas de Angelis  
Frederic Talgorn Nick Ingman  
  Nigel Hess  
     
  Nostalgia Direct (mail order company for easy listening CDs - many exclusive to Nostalgia Direct)  
  Norrie Paramor  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     



Discussion Groups about light/beautiful/popular orchestral/easy listening music)

Andre Kostelanetz Yahoo Groups Henry Mancini forum Radio-Info.com Board (Soft AC/EZ Listening/ Adult Standards)
Beautiful-Instrumentals James Last Discussion Forum (Yahoo Group) Robert Farnon Society Forum
Beautiful-InstrumentalsGroup John Barry forum Test Card Music Message Board
Beautiful-Instrumentals and Vocals Pop Orchestral Discussion Group Whirligig Message Board (1950s music)
Bert Kaempfert Music Forum Ray Conniff Discussion Group  
Ennio Morricone Discussion Board

 

Online Easy Listening/Light Music Radio Stations

AirstreamFM (US based) KZQX (America's Original Classics)
BBC 3 Counties Radio
Saturdays 11:00pm - 01:00am
Colin Berry
Easy Listening Tunes. Rather more mixed than some of the alternatives. It covers the whole of the BBC Eastern Counties and not just BBC 3CR - Beds, Bucks & Herts.
The "Little Light Music" feature where he plays a golden instrumental track from years gone by and a music publishers' library track now appears around 11.30pm. A Radio or Television Theme played in it's entireity is around 11.50pm and a Big Band or Dance Band track gets played around 12.10am. With a show or film musical soundtrack and a classical beauty spot after 12.30am.
Colin keeps the rest of his show very much in the vein of how Radio 2 used to sound like.
Live 365 orchestral pop internet radio stations
BBC Radio Derby
Sundays 16.00 - 18.00
Mike Carey
Memorable Melodies - A blend of easy listening music
LuxuriaMusic Internet Radio (Internet Radio station that covers various easy listening formats)
BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Sundays 16.00 -19.00
Howard Leader
Musical Nostalgia and guests - music from the 30's.40's 50's.
First hour likely to be more suited to RFS members' interests.
Radio 227 (Dutch station. Blend of easy listening/ beautiful music + showtunes, oldies, smooth jazz and adult standards etc)
BBC Radio Norfolk
Sundays 16.00 - 18.00
The Skues collection
Music and Chat from a Bygone Age - Keith Skues (Nostalgia)
Listen Again Facility
18.00 - 20.00
Paul Barnes:
Gold for Grown Ups - Irresistible music from not so long ago. (Vintage Jazz and Blues)
Listen Again Facility
The Radio.Com
BBC Radio Wales
Sundays 09:06 - 10:00
Dewi Griffiths - A String of Pearls
Dewi Griffiths transport you back to the golden years of entertainment with Sunday morning. Excellent programme of music from the 30's, 40's 50's
Radio Enciclopedia (from Havana, Cuba)
The Breeze
Internet Only
Continuous easy listening music - featuring musicians such as Melachrino, Percy Faith, Nick Ingman, Jack Jones, Matt Monro, Ray Conniff etc.
By far one of the best Internet radio stations.
Radio Tower (search for easy listening internet radio stations)
Capital Community Radio (from Australia - "The Golden Years Of Radio" (40 years ago and earlier) Radio Six International
Charles Sanzone
(Internet Jukeboxes featuring light/beautiful music)
Retro Jukebox
'Retro Jukebox' is a new online radio station playing vintage music - we just went live this week and our first playlist includes Louis Armstrong, Tony Bennett, Harry Roy, Ray Anthony, Marilyn Monroe, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Victor Borge, George Formby, Peter Sellers, The Pasadena Roof Orchestra and 30-odd other artists - a real mixed bag of mainly 1920s - 60s music and comedy. We shall also be playing Robert Farnon's music in future programmes.
CKDX-FM (Canadian based - instrumentals at night) Solace FM ('Dreamradio' - blend of easy listening/beautiful music) (Canadian based)
Easy Listening Stereo (US based) UK Light Radio

Easy Living Radio

WAVV 101.1
(popular easy listening radio station in south-west Florida available on internet)
Havant, Hampshire & Isle of Wight - Angel Radio (Nostalgia Station)
A varied selection of nostalgia programmes throughout the week including light music, dance bands organs and country & western. See website for details. Selected programmes include:
Sundays:
19.00 - 20.00
Barbara Chainey's Musical Cocktail
Thursdays: 16.30 - 17.30
Happy Listening - John Bream
Fridays: 22.30 - 23.00
Tedd Nunn Night Lights
Weimarrundfunk Radio - Live 365 Internet only
Continuous music dedicated to European swing music, dance bands, light orchestras eg Marek Weber, Dajos Bela, Geraldo Gaucho Orchestra, Bidgood bands, Mantovani Tipica etc. Subscription service available for best sound quality. Excellent playlists shown on website.

Hawaiian Music Stations Listing
A listing of stations providing a range of Polynesian and Hawaiian music from traditional to contemporary. Not all sites listed work, but a significant number do. Those wishing to listen will have to work out the actual listening times depending where you live in relation to where the transmission is being broadcast from. Some stations provide very melodic music with infectious rhythms. Makes a contrast from the excellent light orchestral and easy listening music available elsewhere.

The Original Hawaii Calls Radio show
with Webley Edwards.
Historical transcripts changed periodically.
(Or use shorter address and click on link Hawaii Calls to get to the station)

WEZV-FM ('The Relaxation Station' (US based)
Jones College Radio
(WKTZ - Beautiful Music internet radio)
WGCY Radio (US based)
KAHM FM (US based)

WKTZ-FM Beautiful Music

 

 

KNCT-FM (US based) WRDV-FM (eclectic format incls beautiful music, big band, swing, nostalgia, polka etc) (US based)

Production Music (Mood Music) Company Links:

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615 Production Music Library

Dennis Music Library

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Ring Musik GMBH

a DeWolfe UK MCS s
Amphonic DeWolfe USA MCPS Selected Sound
APM e Morning Music Limited Standard Music Library
Apollo Sound Extreme Music Mozart Edition Sonoton
Atmosphere f Music For Productions Sonoton UK
Audio Network plc Funtastik Music MusicHouse Stock Music
b Focus Music n Studio G

Big Bang & Fuzz Production Music

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BMG Zomba Production Music
this is now part of Universal Music Group - see link Universal Publishing Production Music.
Groove Addicts Production Music Opus1 Music Library

TuneOmatic

Boosey & Hawkes Production Music i p u
  Intersound Parry Music Library' Universal Publishing Production Music
Bucks Music Group j Primrose Music Library w
c JW Media Music   Wewerka Music Publishing
Carlin Production Music k   West One Music
Cavendish Killer Tracks Production Music   z
  Koka Media    
  Kosinus    
  KPM    


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