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The following is a list of notable soft rock bands and artists and their most notable soft rock songs. This list should not include artists whose main style of music is anything other than soft rock, even if they have released one or more songs that fall under the "soft rock" genre. (Such songs can be added under Category:Soft rock songs.)
The list differs from the 2004 version, with 26 songs added, all of which are songs from the 2000s except "Juicy" by The Notorious B.I.G., released in 1994. The top 25 remained unchanged, but many songs down the list were given different rankings as a result of the inclusion of new songs, causing consecutive shifts among the songs listed in 2004.
The infectious “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and His Comets is considered the first rock anthem. The song rocketed to the top of the charts in 1954, and the intro, “One, two, three o ...
Soft rock (also known as light rock) is a form of rock music that originated in the late 1960s in the United States and the United Kingdom which smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and pop rock, [1] relying on simple, melodic songs with big, lush productions. Soft rock was prevalent on the radio throughout the 1970s and eventually ...
Some of the greatest rock songs of all time. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
When introduced by Billboard in March 1981, the Mainstream Rock chart was entitled Top Tracks and designed to measure the airplay of songs being played on album-oriented rock radio stations. The chart has undergone several name changes over the years, first to Top Rock Tracks in September 1984 and then to Album Rock Tracks in April 1986.
The song peaked at #3 on the U.K.'s Official Singles chart in 1973 and ranked #105 on Rolling Stones' "500 Greatest Songs of All Time." Michael Putland // Getty Images 'Dust in the Wind' by Kansas
Pages in category "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .