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4 days ago · From the late 1960s it became common to divide mainstream rock music into soft and hard rock. Soft rock was often derived from folk rock, using acoustic instruments and putting more emphasis on melody and harmonies. Major artists included Carole King, Cat Stevens and James Taylor.
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1 day ago · Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945) [1] is an American musician, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and Manassas. As both a solo act and member of three successful bands, Stills has combined record sales of over 35 million albums.
3 days ago · Precursors in the US of ‘folk rock’ were the Byrds and Bob Dylan. The latter indicated that the rock version of ‘House of the rising sun’ had motivated him to perform with electric instruments. The first folk-rock song of American origin was ‘Mr Tambourine Man’, a composition by Bob Dylan, sung here by the Byrds in 1965.
3 days ago · Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music [8] that primarily developed in the United Kingdom [9] through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s.
5 days ago · Rock and roll emerged as a defined musical style in the United States in the early to mid-1950s originating from African-American music. It derived most directly from the rhythm and blues music of the 1940s, [1] which itself developed from earlier blues, the beat-heavy jump blues, boogie woogie, up-tempo jazz, and swing music.
4 days ago · His musical style consists of folk, rock, pop, and, later in his career, Islamic music. Following two decades in which he performed only music which met strict religious standards, he returned to making secular music in 2006. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.
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