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[150][151] | "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[204][205] | |
Kansas[61] | "Dust in the Wind"[3] |
Carole King[69][85][206] | "So Far Away"[23] |
Artist | Song(s) |
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Gilbert O'Sullivan | "Alone Again (Naturally)"[68] |
Orleans[262] |
Artist | Song(s) |
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Pablo Cruise[25] | |
Jim Photoglo[264] | |
Pilot[265] | "January"[266] |
Player[25][267] | "Baby Come Back"[4][139] |
Poco |
Artist | Song(s) |
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James Taylor[12][25][69][206][239][243][316] | |
B. J. Thomas[319] | |
Three Dog Night[24] | |
Toby Beau | "My Angel Baby[321] |
Toto[25][322] | |
Bonnie Tyler[327] | "Believe in Me"[328] |
Artist | Song(s) |
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Gino Vannelli[329] | |
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[331][332] | |
Snowy White | "Bird of Paradise"[333] |
Wings[12][25][334][335] | |
Steve Winwood | "Higher Love"[109] |
Gary Wright | "Dream Weaver"[339] |
Artist | Song(s) |
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Neil Young[243][292] |
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."