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Soft rock

Index Soft rock

Soft rock (or lite rock) is a subgenre of pop rock that largely features acoustic guitars and slow-to-mid tempos. [1]

82 relations: Acoustic guitar, Adult album alternative, Adult Contemporary (chart), Adult contemporary music, Adult-oriented rock, Air Supply, Alessi Brothers, AllMusic, America (band), Amy Grant, Anne Murray, Barbra Streisand, Barry Manilow, Bertie Higgins, Billy Joel, Billy Ocean, Boz Scaggs, Bread (band), Brill Building (genre), Can't Cry Hard Enough, Captain & Tennille, Carole King, Cat Stevens, Chicago (band), Christopher Cross, Dan Hill, Do You Remember? (Phil Collins song), Eagles (band), Elton John, Elvis Presley, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Eric Clapton, Extreme (band), Fleetwood Mac, Genesis (band), Hard rock, Hazard (song), Hello (Lionel Richie song), Hold Me in Your Arms (Southern Sons song), Hold on My Heart, I Fall All Over Again, I Wish It Would Rain Down, In the House of Stone and Light, James Taylor, John Denver, Journey (band), Julio Iglesias, LA Weekly, Leo Sayer, Linda Ronstadt, ..., Lionel Richie, List of soft rock artists and songs, Make It with You, Martin Page, Michael Learns to Rock, Michael McDonald (musician), More Than Words, NBC, Now and Forever (Richard Marx song), Paul Davis (singer), Phil Collins, Pop rock, Richard Marx, Rod Stewart, Rumours (album), Seals and Crofts, Sentimental ballad, Sheena Easton, Singer-songwriter, Southern California, Southern Sons, Sunshine pop, Tears in Heaven, The Carpenters, The Vanishing Race, Top 40, Toto (band), WKTU, Yacht rock, You Are (Lionel Richie song), You Were There (Southern Sons song), (They Long to Be) Close to You. Expand index (32 more) »

Acoustic guitar

An acoustic guitar is a guitar that produces sound acoustically by transmitting the vibration of the strings to the air—as opposed to relying on electronic amplification (see electric guitar).

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Adult album alternative

Adult album alternative (also triple-A, AAA, or adult alternative) is a radio format.

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Adult Contemporary (chart)

The Adult Contemporary chart is published weekly by Billboard magazine and lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary radio stations in the United States.

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Adult contemporary music

Adult contemporary music (AC) is a North American term used to describe a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, rhythm and blues, quiet storm, and rock influence.

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Adult-oriented rock

Adult-oriented rock (AOR) may refer to.

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Air Supply

Air Supply are an Australian soft rock duo, consisting of singer-songwriter and guitarist Graham Russell and lead vocalist Russell Hitchcock.

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Alessi Brothers

The Alessi Brothers (also known as simply Alessi) are an American pop rock singer-songwriter duo who first came to international prominence with their 1977 hit single "Oh Lori".

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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America (band)

America is a British-American rock band formed in England in 1970 by Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley.

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Amy Grant

Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, author and media personality.

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Anne Murray

Morna Anne Murray (born June 20, 1945), known professionally as Anne Murray, is a Canadian singer in pop, country, and adult contemporary music whose albums have sold over 55 million copies worldwide.

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Barbra Streisand

Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker.

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Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, musician and producer with a career that has spanned more than 50 years.

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Bertie Higgins

Elbert Joseph Higgins (born December 8, 1944) is an American singer-songwriter.

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Billy Joel

William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.

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Billy Ocean

Billy Ocean (born Leslie Sebastian Charles; 21 January 1950) is a Trinidadian-English recording artist who had a string of R&B international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Boz Scaggs

William Royce "Boz" Scaggs (born June 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

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Bread (band)

Bread was an American soft rock band from Los Angeles, California.

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Brill Building (genre)

Brill Building (also known as Brill Building pop or the Brill Building Sound) is a subgenre of pop music originating from the Brill Building in New York City, where numerous teams of professional songwriters penned material for girl groups and teen idols in the early 1960s.

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Can't Cry Hard Enough

"Can't Cry Hard Enough" is a song originally performed by The Williams Brothers, and written by David Williams and Marvin Etzioni from the band Lone Justice.

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Captain & Tennille

The Captain & Tennille were American recording artists whose primary success occurred in the 1970s.

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Carole King

Carole King (born Carol Joan Klein, February 9, 1942) is an American composer and singer-songwriter.

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Cat Stevens

Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou), commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

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Chicago (band)

Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois, calling themselves the Chicago Transit Authority in 1968 before shortening the name in 1970.

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Christopher Cross

Christopher Cross (born Christopher Charles Geppert; May 3, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter from San Antonio, Texas.

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Dan Hill

Daniel Grafton "Dan" Hill IV (born 3 June 1954) is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter.

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Do You Remember? (Phil Collins song)

"Do You Remember?" is a single performed by Phil Collins released in 1990 from his album...But Seriously.

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Eagles (band)

The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971.

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Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist, and composer.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.

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England Dan & John Ford Coley

England Dan & John Ford Coley were an American soft rock duo composed of Danny Wayland "'''England Dan'''" Seals and John Edward "'''John Ford'''" Coley, active throughout the 1970s.

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Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton, (born 1945), is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Extreme (band)

Extreme is an American rock band, currently headed by frontman Gary Cherone and guitarist Nuno Bettencourt.

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Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967.

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Genesis (band)

Genesis were an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey in 1967.

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Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music that began in the mid-1960s, with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements.

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Hazard (song)

"Hazard" is a 1992 hit song written and performed by American singer/songwriter/producer Richard Marx.

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Hello (Lionel Richie song)

"Hello" is a song by Lionel Richie.

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Hold Me in Your Arms (Southern Sons song)

"Hold Me in Your Arms" is a song by Australian rock-pop band Southern Sons.

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Hold on My Heart

"Hold on My Heart" is a 1992 single by rock band Genesis.

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I Fall All Over Again

"I Fall All Over Again" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Dan Hill, released as a single in 1991.

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I Wish It Would Rain Down

"I Wish It Would Rain Down" is a song by Phil Collins from his 1989 album...But Seriously, featuring lead guitar by Eric Clapton.

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In the House of Stone and Light

"In the House of Stone and Light" is a song by British musician Martin Page.

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James Taylor

James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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John Denver

Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, activist, and humanitarian, whose greatest commercial success was as a solo singer.

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Journey (band)

Journey is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1973, composed of former members of Santana and Frumious Bandersnatch.

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Julio Iglesias

Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (born 23 September 1943) is a Spanish singer and songwriter.

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LA Weekly

LA Weekly is a free weekly alternative newspaper in Los Angeles, California.

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Leo Sayer

Leo Sayer (born Gerard Hugh Sayer, 21 May 1948) is a British born singer-songwriter musician and entertainer whose singing career has spanned four decades.

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Linda Ronstadt

Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American retired popular music singer known for singing in a wide range of genres including rock, country, jazz, light opera, and Latin.

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Lionel Richie

Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, actor and record producer.

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List of soft rock artists and songs

The following is a list of notable soft rock bands and artists and their most notable soft rock songs.

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Make It with You

"Make It with You" is a song written by David Gates and originally recorded by the pop-rock group Bread, of which Gates was a member.

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Martin Page

Martin George Page (born 23 September 1959) is an English singer-songwriter and bass player.

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Michael Learns to Rock

Michael Learns to Rock (also known as MLTR) is a Danish pop/soft rock band, composed of Jascha Richter, Mikkel Lentz, and Kåre Wanscher.

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Michael McDonald (musician)

Michael McDonald (born February 12, 1952) is an American singer, songwriter, keyboardist and record producer.

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More Than Words

"More Than Words" is the fifth track and third single from Extreme's 1990 LP Pornograffitti.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Now and Forever (Richard Marx song)

"Now and Forever" is a 1994 song written, produced and performed by American rock singer-songwriter Richard Marx.

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Paul Davis (singer)

Paul Lavon Davis (April 21, 1948 – April 22, 2008) was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his radio hits and solo career which started worldwide in 1970.

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Phil Collins

Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English drummer, singer-songwriter, record producer and actor.

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Pop rock

Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is rock music with a greater emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude.

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Richard Marx

Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963) is an American adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician and record producer who has sold over 30 million records.

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Rod Stewart

Sir Roderick David Stewart, (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock singer and songwriter.

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Rumours (album)

Rumours is the eleventh studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 4 February 1977 by Warner Bros. Records.

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Seals and Crofts

Seals and Crofts were an American soft rock duo made up of James "Jim" Seals (born October 17, 1941) and Darrell "Dash" Crofts (born August 14, 1940).

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Sentimental ballad

Sentimental ballads, also known as pop ballads, rock ballads or power ballads, are an emotional style of music that often deal with romantic and intimate relationships, and to a lesser extent, war (protest songs), loneliness, death, drug abuse, politics and religion, usually in a poignant but solemn manner.

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Sheena Easton

Sheena Shirley Easton (née Orr; born 27 April 1959) is a Scottish-American singer, recording artist and stage and screen actress with dual British-American nationality.

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Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose, and perform their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies.

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Southern California

Southern California (colloquially known as SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises California's southernmost counties.

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Southern Sons

Southern Sons was an Australian band active in the early to mid 1990s, formed by members of The State along with lead vocalist and guitarist Irwin Thomas, who was then using the stage name Jack Jones.

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Sunshine pop

Sunshine pop (originally called soft pop) is a lightly produced subgenre of pop music that originated in Southern California in the mid 1960s.

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Tears in Heaven

"Tears in Heaven" is a song by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings, from the 1991 ''Rush'' film soundtrack.

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The Carpenters

The Carpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo of Karen (1950–1983) and Richard Carpenter (b. 1946).

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The Vanishing Race

The Vanishing Race is the twelfth album by Australian soft rock band Air Supply, released in 1993.

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Top 40

In the music industry, the top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre.

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Toto (band)

Toto is an American rock band formed in 1976 in Los Angeles.

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WKTU

WKTU (103.5 FM) – branded "103.5 KTU" – is a Rhythmic Hot AC-formatted radio station licensed to Lake Success, New York, a suburb of New York City. WKTU is owned by iHeartMedia and broadcasts from studios in the AT&T Building in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan; its transmitter is located at the Empire State Building.

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Yacht rock

Yacht rock (originally known as the West Coast Sound or adult-oriented rock) is a broad music style and aesthetic identified with soft rock.

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You Are (Lionel Richie song)

"You Are" is the title of a popular song from 1983 by the singer-songwriter Lionel Richie.

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You Were There (Southern Sons song)

"You Were There" is a song by Australian rock-pop band Southern Sons.

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(They Long to Be) Close to You

"(They Long to Be) Close to You" is a popular song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, most notably recorded and performed by the Carpenters.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_rock

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