Initially, the vocalists consisted of artists such as Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Johnny Mathis, Connie Francis, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, and others. The custom recordings were usually instrumental versions of current or recent rock and roll or pop hit songs, a move intended to give the stations more mass appeal without selling out. Some stations would also occasionally play earlier big band-era recordings from the 1940s and early 1950s. COUNT 3
QSN1 Along with Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Johnny Mathis, Nat King Cole, and Perry Como, who was a prominent early adult contemporary radio artist? ANS1 Connie Francis QSN2 What type of covers of pop and rock songs were usually played on adult contemporary? ANS2 instrumental QSN3 What songs from the 1940s and 1950s would adult contemporary stations play? ANS3 big band-era recordings