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Major British soft rock artists of the 1970s included 10cc, Mungo Jerry, the Hollies, Rod Stewart, the Alan Parsons Project, and Paul McCartney and Wings. Some of the most successful singers and songwriters were Cat Stevens, Steve Winwood, Albert Hammond, Rupert Holmes, and Elton John.
Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes. According to both Pitchfork [ 1] and NME, [ 2] proto-goth bands included Joy Division, [ 1][ 2][ 3] Siouxsie and the Banshees, [ 1][ 2] Bauhaus [ 1][ 2] and the Cure. [ 1][ 2] The term was first used by critic John Stickney in 1967 to ...
Pop Hits † - A mix of pop music for greatest hits. Solid Gold Oldies * - Hits from the 1950s and 1960s. '60s † - Hits from the 1960s. '70s - Hits from the 1970s. '80s - Hits from the 1980s. '90s - Hits from the 1990s. Y2K - Hits from the 2000s, 2010s, and Present. Brits + Hits * - Pop music featuring either vocals from or written by artists ...
There’s no shortage of live albums in the last few decades, but they never mattered quite as much as they did in the ‘70s. 50. The Velvet Underground – Live At Max’s Kansas City (1972) The ...
A one-hit wonder is a musical artist who is successful with one hit song, but without a comparable subsequent hit. [1] The term may also be applied to an artist who is remembered for only one hit despite other successes (such as "Take On Me" by a-ha in the United States, [2] [3] [4] which topped a Rolling Stone magazine poll to find the top one-hit wonder).
In addition, Jackson remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (27 weeks). Whitney Houston scored seven consecutive number-one singles during the 1980s, becoming the only artist in the chart's history to achieve this feat. During the 1980s, George Michael scored four number-one singles as a solo artist ...
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.)
Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music, broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock, from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music. Since 2000, 1970s music has been increasingly included in ...