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.)
Artists which have released music of various different genres throughout their career including soft rock as one of their main styles, may be included together with their notable soft rock songs.
Artist | Song(s) |
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10cc [1] |
Artist | Song(s) |
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Eagles [25] [42] [120] [140] [141] [142] | |
England Dan & John Ford Coley [25] [31] [76] | |
Exile [148] [149] | "Kiss You All Over" [77] |
Artist | Song(s) |
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Janis Ian | "At Seventeen" [72] |
Artist | Song(s) |
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Kalapana [206] [207] | |
Kansas [61] | "Dust in the Wind" [3] |
Carole King [69] [85] [208] | "So Far Away" [23] |
Artist | Song(s) |
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Randy Newman [251] | |
Olivia Newton-John [252] [253] | |
Stevie Nicks | "Rooms on Fire" [256] |
Harry Nilsson [257] | "Everybody's Talkin'" [258] |
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (as The Dirt Band) [259] | "An American Dream" [259] |
Kenny Nolan [31] | "I Like Dreamin'" [31] [260] |
Chris Norman [261] |
Artist | Song(s) |
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Gilbert O'Sullivan | "Alone Again (Naturally)" [68] |
Orleans [264] |
Artist | Song(s) |
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Pablo Cruise [25] | |
Jim Photoglo [266] | |
Pilot [267] | "January" [268] |
Player [25] [269] | "Baby Come Back" [4] [139] |
Poco |
Artist | Song(s) |
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James Taylor [12] [25] [69] [208] [241] [245] [319] | |
B. J. Thomas [322] | |
Three Dog Night [24] | |
Toby Beau | "My Angel Baby [324] |
Toto [25] [325] | |
Bonnie Tyler [330] | "Believe in Me" [331] |
Artist | Song(s) |
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Gino Vannelli [332] | |
Randy VanWarmer [31] | "Just When I Needed You Most" [31] |
Artist | Song(s) |
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Bob Welch | "Sentimental Lady" [25] |
Wet Wet Wet [334] [335] | |
Snowy White | "Bird of Paradise" [336] |
Wings [12] [25] [337] [338] | |
Steve Winwood | "Higher Love" [109] |
Gary Wright | "Dream Weaver" [342] |
Artist | Song(s) |
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Neil Young [245] [295] |
The Pixies are an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts formed in 1986 by Black Francis, Joey Santiago, Kim Deal and David Lovering (drums).
American alternative rock band R.E.M. has released fifteen studio albums, five live albums, fourteen compilation albums, one remix album, one soundtrack album, twelve video albums, seven extended plays, sixty-three singles, and seventy-seven music videos. Formed in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and drummer Bill Berry, the band was pivotal in the development of the alternative rock genre. Their musical style inspired many other alternative rock bands and musicians, and the band became one of the first alternative rock acts to experience breakthrough commercial success. R.E.M. have sold more than ninety million albums worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
"How Long" is the debut single by the English band Ace, from their 1974 debut album, Five-A-Side. It reached No. 3 on both the US and Canadian charts, and No. 20 on the UK Singles Chart.
Billboard magazine has published charts ranking the top-performing country music songs in the United States since 1944. The first country chart was published under the title Most Played Juke Box Folk Records in the issue of the magazine dated January 8, 1944, and tracked the songs most played in the nation's jukeboxes. The first number one was the song "Pistol Packin' Mama", different recordings of which were bracketed together and treated as one entry. Billboard added a second chart in 1947 based on retail sales, and a third in 1949 based on radio airplay. The jukebox chart was discontinued in 1957, and the following year, the remaining two charts were dropped and replaced with a chart, initially entitled Hot C&W Sides, which combined sales and airplay data into one overall ranking. The chart was renamed Hot Country Singles in 1962, Hot Country Singles and Tracks in 1990, and Hot Country Songs in 2005. In 1990, its methodology changed to use only airplay data from country music radio stations. In 2012, this changed again to use data from stations of all formats as well as sales and streaming information. At the same time, a new Country Airplay chart was introduced, which continued the former methodology of tracking plays on country stations only.
England Dan and John Ford Coley are best known for their soft rock songs such as, "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight," "Love Is the Answer" and "Nights Are Forever."
Soft rock singer who also produced and performed before topping the charts in 1974 with the poetic "Seasons in the Sun."
Stevie Nicks could never be accused of having a sense of humour, but despite her insistence on filling the studio with candles for the sake of atmosphere, she's well capable of turning out the kind of mellifluous soft rock as evidenced on 'Rooms On Fire', the first single.
Los Angeles soft rock band that scored a number one hit in 1977 with "Baby Come Back."
One of the great blue-eyed soul singers, he started gritty but had more success when he turned toward smooth soft rock in the back half of the '70s.
Soft rock group, formed by session musicians David Paich and Steve Porcaro, that neatly defined 1982 with a pair of smash hits, "Rosanna" and "Africa."