Posted by Baxter Tocher on 10/14/05 19:48

Terry Pinnell wrote:

> I'm making (another!) assault on my disorganised music library.
> Current task is assigning a Genre tag to those without one. I know

Been there - good luck :-)

This is very subjective, but here's by 2 euros worth.

> Mantotovani:

Easy listening.

> Roberta Flack: First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Soul. And definitively so.

> Ink Spots

Doowop, or 50s/60s.

> Judy Collins: Send in the Clowns

Folk.

> Sam Cooke: All The Way

Soul.

> Swingle Singers

Easy listening.

> Dinah Washington

Vocal jazz.

> Sarah Vaughan

Vocal jazz.

> Ella Fitzgerald

Vocal jazz.

> Frank Sinatra

Easy listening.

> Beatles: Hard Day's Night

Sixties.

> Beatles: Yesterday

Sixties.

> Marvin Gaye: Let's Get It On

Soul.

> Do others find any use for
> Easy Listening

Yep, as above.

> Romance

Never used it.

> Blues

Definitely.

> Dance

I've used this once or twice, but it's quite difficult to pin down
exactly what "dance" is.

> Oldies

Nope - too broad.

> Top 10, Top 20, etc

Ditto.

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Baxter

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