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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 metamorphosed into a form of the synthesized music of adult contemporary in the 1980s.[1] The genre was pioneered by such artists as Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, James Taylor and Hall & Oates.
- ^ a b c Anon (n.d.). "Soft Rock". AllMusic.
- ^ Stanley 2013, p. 179.
- ^ Viglione, Joe. "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 24, 2016.