Introducing a new event for the thread:
Timeline
Timeline is an event in honor of summer and the fun, special memories of this time of year. The scope of this feature is a broad examination of soft rock from its earliest beginnings to its later progression into the 90s with a focus on the outer boundaries of the style.
Traditionally, soft rock is thought of as being prevalent in the 1970s through the late 1980s. However, the demarcations for this style of music can not be so easily drawn. In some music from the mid-to-late 1960s, one an hear an incipient soft rock sound emerging as the style slowly evolved, moving into the 1970s.
Also, by and large, it is true that popular music changed dramatically in the transition from the 1980s into the 1990s; there were musicians who remained faithful to the style and continued making soft rock well into the 90s. Considering the work of those musicians, one could think of the finality of the classic soft rock age of music as a slow fade rather than an abrupt terminus.
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Timeline
I wish everyone a happy, safe summer.
Gerry And The Pacemakers - Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying (1964)
The Righteous Brothers - Just Once In My Life (1965)
The Vogues - Turn Around, Look At Me (1968)
The New Colony Six - I Will Always Think About You (1968)
Roger Nichols & The Small Circle Of Friends - I Can See Only You (1968)
Classics IV - Free (1969)
The Fifth Avenue Band - One Way Or The Other (1969)
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America - I Need You (1971)
Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze (1972)
Bee Gees - Charade (1974)
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now (1976)
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Chris Christian - Only Wanna Be With You (1981)
Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is (1984)
Double - The Captain Of Her Heart (1985)
Johnny Hates Jazz - What Other Reason (1988)
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Tommy James - You Take My Breath Away (1990)
Breathe - Without Your Love (1990)
Ned Doheny - Touched By Love (1991)
Prefab Sprout - All The World Loves Lovers (1992)
Simon Climie - Dream With Me (1992)
Everything But The Girl - I Didn’t Know I Was Looking For Love (1993)
Julia Fordham - I Can’t Help Myself (1994)