instrumental artists associated with beautiful music have included: 101 Strings Orchestra 12 Girls Band André Kostelanetz Anne Murray Arthur Fiedler Arthur Greenslade Arthur Lyman Bert Kaempfert Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra Bob James Bradley Joseph Burt Bacharach Caravelli Carl Doy Charles Williams Cyril Ornadel David Rose Enoch Light Eric Coates Ernest Tomlinson Felix Slatkin Ferrante & Teicher Floyd Cramer Francis Lai Franck Pourcel Frank Chacksfield Frank Cordell Frank De Vol Frank Perkins Geoff Love George Melachrino George Shearing Quintette Geraldo (and his New Concert Orchestra) Henry Mancini Hollyridge Strings Hugo Winterhalter Jackie Gleason James Galway James Last Joe Harnell John Barry John Williams Johnny Douglas Johnny Pearson Lawrence Welk Leroy Anderson Les Baxter Lex de Azevedo Liberace Living Strings Longines Symphonette Mantovani Morton Gould Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra Nick Ingman Norrie Paramor Paul Mauriat Paul Weston Percy Faith Peter Nero Peter Yorke Ray Martin Richard Clayderman Richard Hayman Robert Farnon Robert Maxwell Roger Williams Ron Goodwin Ronald Binge Ronnie Aldrich Sidney Torch Stanley Black Syd Dale Tony Mottola Victor Young Wes Montgomery List of vocal artists associated with "beautiful music" radio format era Among the vocal artists featured on beautiful music stations may include many of the same ones featured on the adult standards format and others: ABBA (softer selections) Andy Williams Anita Kerr Singers Anne Murray B.J. Thomas Barbra Streisand Barry Manilow Bing Crosby Captain & Tennille Carly Simon Connie Francis Dan Fogelberg Dean Martin Diana Krall Doris Day Elvis Presley (softer selections) Engelbert Humperdinck Frank Sinatra Harry Connick, Jr. Helen Reddy Jack Jones Jo Stafford John Denver John Gary Johnny Mann Singers Johnny Mathis Linda Ronstadt Matt Monro Melissa Manchester Michael Bublé Nana Mouskouri Nancy Wilson Nat King Cole Neil Diamond Norah Jones Olivia Newton-John Patti Page Perry Como Petula Clark Ray Charles Singers Ray Conniff Singers Rosemary Clooney Sérgio Mendes Snatam Kaur Steve Lawrence The Association The Beatles (softer selections) The Carpenters The Lettermen Vic Damone Today The beautiful music format has not yet died completely. Today's smooth jazz radio stations maintain the structure and style of the beautiful music format. The format continues on a few non-commercial radio stations, including KCEA (89.1 FM) in Atherton, California; KWXY (1340 AM) in Cathedral City, California KLUX (89.5 FM) in Corpus Christi, Texas; KHOY (88.1 FM) in Laredo, Texas; KNCT-FM (91.3 FM) in Killeen, Texas; KGUD (90.7 FM) in Longmont, Colorado. Jones College of Jacksonville operated WKTZ-FM, a