Escape, SiriusXM's beautiful music channel, launched in 2006. Here is an 850-song sample of the playlist. In the 1950s-60s-70s, every major radio market had one or two beautiful music stations. They played instrumental versions of pop hits and a few soft vocal hits by artists such as Perry Como, Johnny Mathis, Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams and Barbra Streisand. Many syndicators and broadcasting companies, including Bonneville, Shulke, IGM, RPM, Century Broadcasting and Peters Productions, hired orchestras to record beautiful music for radio airplay only. Such songs were not commercially available and are identified in this list as "RO." Non-charting singles are denoted by dashes.
SiriusXM 69 – Escape
A Banda - Herb Alpert/Tijuana Brass (35/1967)
A Day In The Life Of A Fool - Roger Williams (LP/1967)
A Hard Day's Night - Bob Blom (RO/1995)
A Little Bit Of Soap - George Greeley (LP/1980)
A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening - Stanley Black (LP/1957)
A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening - Mantovani (LP/1973)
A Man & A Woman - Francis Lai (1966)
A Message To Michael - Jerry Lanning (RO/1984)
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Lorne Matthews (LP/2014)
A Taste Of Honey - Hollyridge Strings (LP/1964)
A Thousand Stars - Billy Andrusco (LP/2019)
A Whole New World - Sentimental Strings (LP/1999)
A Wonderful Guy - Percy Faith (LP/1958)
Abraham Martin & John - Paul Mauriat (LP/1969)
Act Naturally - Hollyridge Strings (LP/1967)
Afrikaan Beat - Bert Kaempfert (42/1962)
Again - Stanley Black (LP/1957)
Against All Odds - Francis Goya (LP/1988)
Ain't No Sunshine - Curt Shoemaker (LP/2018)
Airport Love Theme - Vincent Bell (31/1970)
All I Know - Bradley Joseph (LP/2005)
Alfie - Living Strings (LP/1967)
All My Loving - Lex de Azevedo (RO/1984)
All The Things You Are - Peter Nero (LP/1962)
All The Way - Tony Mottola (LP/1983)
All The Way - Roger Williams (LP/1959)
All You Need Is Love - Simon Park (RO/1976)
Almost Paradise - Jerry Lanning (RO/1984)
Always - Tony Mottola (LP/1970)
Always On My Mind - Brian King (LP/2001)
Always Something There To Remind Me - Percy Faith (LP/1965)
Am I Blue - Alan Tew/Starborne Strings (RO/1979)
Amor - Roger Williams (8/1962)
And I Love Her - Hollyridge Strings (LP/1966)
And I Love Her - London Starlight Orchestra (LP/1988)
And I Love You So - Sven Libaek (LP/2012)
And I Love You So - Romantic Strings (LP/1999)
Annie's Song - James Galway (--/1978)
Annie's Song - Johnny Pearson (LP/1979)
April In Paris - Fausto Papetti (LP/1988)
April In Paris - Paul Weston (LP/1948)
Are You Lonesome Tonight - Francis Goya (LP/1979)
Around The World - Roger Williams (LP/1957)
Arthur's Theme - Roger Williams (LP/1987)
As Tears Go By - Astro Strings (LP/1966)
As Time Goes By - Johnny Douglas (LP/1991)
At Seventeen - Living Strings (LP/1977)
At The Zoo - Hollyridge Strings (LP/1968)
Augusta - Billy Andrusco (LP/2019)
Autumn Leaves - Frank Chacksfield (LP/1961)
Autumn Leaves - Manuel [Geoff Love] (LP/1965)
Autumn Leaves - Roger Williams (1/1955)
Baby Come To Me - Paul Mauriat (LP/1983)
Baby I'm-A Want You - Peter Nero (LP/1972)
Baby I'm Yours - Nick Ingman (RO/1977)
Baubles Bangles & Beads - Percy Faith (LP/1954)
Be Mine Tonight - Percy Faith (LP/1957)
Be My Love - Stanley Black (LP/1958)
Beautiful Dreamer - Floyd Cramer (LP/1991)
Because - Starborne Strings (RO/1964)
Because Of You - Beegie Adair (LP/2009)
Because Of You - Bobby Hackett (LP/1967)
Before The Next Teardrop Falls - Frank Chacksfield (LP/1980)
Begin The Beguine - Starlite Orchestra (LP/2015)
Behind Closed Doors - Percy Faith (LP/1974)
Bewitched - Norm Geller (RO/1983)
Blue Bayou - Frank Chacksfield (LP/1980)
Blue Bayou - Floyd Cramer (LP/1985)
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain - Floyd Cramer (LP/1965)
Blue Hawaii - Billy Vaughn (37/198)
Blue Skies - Skitch Henderson (LP/1968)
Blue Tango - Lawrence Welk (LP/1961)
Blue Velvet - Living Strings (LP/1970)
Blue Velvet - Lawrence Welk (103/1963)
Boléro - Botticelli Trio (LP/2019)
Born Free - Percy Faith (LP/1967)
Born Free - André Kostelanetz (LP/1967)
Born Free - Mantovani (LP/1967)
Born Free - Franck Pourcel (LP/1979)
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - Norm Geller (RO/1976)
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - Franck Pourcel (LP/1979)
Brian's Song - Michel Legrand (56/1972)
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Al De Lory (LP/1970)
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Bruce Rowland (LP/1979)
Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show - Marina Strings (LP/1973)
Bubbles In The Wine - Lawrence Welk (LP/1956)
But Not For Me - Jackie Gleason (LP/1953)
By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Eric Miller (LP/1991)
SiriusXM 69 – Escape
A Banda - Herb Alpert/Tijuana Brass (35/1967)
A Day In The Life Of A Fool - Roger Williams (LP/1967)
A Hard Day's Night - Bob Blom (RO/1995)
A Little Bit Of Soap - George Greeley (LP/1980)
A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening - Stanley Black (LP/1957)
A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening - Mantovani (LP/1973)
A Man & A Woman - Francis Lai (1966)
A Message To Michael - Jerry Lanning (RO/1984)
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Lorne Matthews (LP/2014)
A Taste Of Honey - Hollyridge Strings (LP/1964)
A Thousand Stars - Billy Andrusco (LP/2019)
A Whole New World - Sentimental Strings (LP/1999)
A Wonderful Guy - Percy Faith (LP/1958)
Abraham Martin & John - Paul Mauriat (LP/1969)
Act Naturally - Hollyridge Strings (LP/1967)
Afrikaan Beat - Bert Kaempfert (42/1962)
Again - Stanley Black (LP/1957)
Against All Odds - Francis Goya (LP/1988)
Ain't No Sunshine - Curt Shoemaker (LP/2018)
Airport Love Theme - Vincent Bell (31/1970)
All I Know - Bradley Joseph (LP/2005)
Alfie - Living Strings (LP/1967)
All My Loving - Lex de Azevedo (RO/1984)
All The Things You Are - Peter Nero (LP/1962)
All The Way - Tony Mottola (LP/1983)
All The Way - Roger Williams (LP/1959)
All You Need Is Love - Simon Park (RO/1976)
Almost Paradise - Jerry Lanning (RO/1984)
Always - Tony Mottola (LP/1970)
Always On My Mind - Brian King (LP/2001)
Always Something There To Remind Me - Percy Faith (LP/1965)
Am I Blue - Alan Tew/Starborne Strings (RO/1979)
Amor - Roger Williams (8/1962)
And I Love Her - Hollyridge Strings (LP/1966)
And I Love Her - London Starlight Orchestra (LP/1988)
And I Love You So - Sven Libaek (LP/2012)
And I Love You So - Romantic Strings (LP/1999)
Annie's Song - James Galway (--/1978)
Annie's Song - Johnny Pearson (LP/1979)
April In Paris - Fausto Papetti (LP/1988)
April In Paris - Paul Weston (LP/1948)
Are You Lonesome Tonight - Francis Goya (LP/1979)
Around The World - Roger Williams (LP/1957)
Arthur's Theme - Roger Williams (LP/1987)
As Tears Go By - Astro Strings (LP/1966)
As Time Goes By - Johnny Douglas (LP/1991)
At Seventeen - Living Strings (LP/1977)
At The Zoo - Hollyridge Strings (LP/1968)
Augusta - Billy Andrusco (LP/2019)
Autumn Leaves - Frank Chacksfield (LP/1961)
Autumn Leaves - Manuel [Geoff Love] (LP/1965)
Autumn Leaves - Roger Williams (1/1955)
Baby Come To Me - Paul Mauriat (LP/1983)
Baby I'm-A Want You - Peter Nero (LP/1972)
Baby I'm Yours - Nick Ingman (RO/1977)
Baubles Bangles & Beads - Percy Faith (LP/1954)
Be Mine Tonight - Percy Faith (LP/1957)
Be My Love - Stanley Black (LP/1958)
Beautiful Dreamer - Floyd Cramer (LP/1991)
Because - Starborne Strings (RO/1964)
Because Of You - Beegie Adair (LP/2009)
Because Of You - Bobby Hackett (LP/1967)
Before The Next Teardrop Falls - Frank Chacksfield (LP/1980)
Begin The Beguine - Starlite Orchestra (LP/2015)
Behind Closed Doors - Percy Faith (LP/1974)
Bewitched - Norm Geller (RO/1983)
Blue Bayou - Frank Chacksfield (LP/1980)
Blue Bayou - Floyd Cramer (LP/1985)
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain - Floyd Cramer (LP/1965)
Blue Hawaii - Billy Vaughn (37/198)
Blue Skies - Skitch Henderson (LP/1968)
Blue Tango - Lawrence Welk (LP/1961)
Blue Velvet - Living Strings (LP/1970)
Blue Velvet - Lawrence Welk (103/1963)
Boléro - Botticelli Trio (LP/2019)
Born Free - Percy Faith (LP/1967)
Born Free - André Kostelanetz (LP/1967)
Born Free - Mantovani (LP/1967)
Born Free - Franck Pourcel (LP/1979)
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - Norm Geller (RO/1976)
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - Franck Pourcel (LP/1979)
Brian's Song - Michel Legrand (56/1972)
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Al De Lory (LP/1970)
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Bruce Rowland (LP/1979)
Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show - Marina Strings (LP/1973)
Bubbles In The Wine - Lawrence Welk (LP/1956)
But Not For Me - Jackie Gleason (LP/1953)
By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Eric Miller (LP/1991)
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