Best Soft Rock Songs From the 70s 80s 90s The criteria for this list of best soft rock songs are based on several factors.

Essentially, it's a component of soft rock ... 80s, there are some notable tunes of the ilk (smooth rhythms, light or "breezy" vocals, well-polished and produced) from earlier in the '70s that ...

In the mid-1970s and ‘80s in SoCal, bands like Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers, and Toto blended jazz, R&B, and pop to create a new soft style: yacht rock.