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Yacht rock (originally known as the West Coast sound or adult-oriented rock) is a broad music style and aesthetic commonly associated with soft rock, one of the most commercially successful genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.
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- Player - 'Baby Come Back' Player - Baby Come Back. Not the reggae classic of the same name, this 1977 track was Player's biggest hit. After Player disbanded, singer Peter Beckett joined Australia's Little River Band, and he also wrote 'Twist of Fate' for Olivia Newton-John and 'After All This Time' for Kenny Rogers.
- Steely Dan - 'FM' FM. It's tough just choosing one Steely Dan song for this list, but we've gone for this banger. Used as the theme tune for the 1978 movie of the same name, the song is jazz-rock track, though its lyrics took a disapproving look at the genre as a whole, which was in total contrast to the film's celebration of it.
- Bobby Goldsboro - 'Summer (The First Time)' Bobby Goldsboro - Summer (The First Time) A bit of a questionable subject matter, this ballad was about a 17-year-old boy’s first sexual experience with a 31-year-old woman at the beach.
- Kenny Loggins - 'Heart to Heart' Kenny Loggins - Heart To Heart (Official Music Video) If Michael McDonald is the king of yacht rock, then Kenny Loggins is his trusted advisor and heir to the throne.
- "What a Fool Believes," the Doobie Brothers (1978) Michael McDonald not only steered the Doobie Brothers in a new direction when he joined in 1975, but he also made them a commercial powerhouse with the 1978 album Minute by Minute.
- "Peg," Steely Dan (1977) "Peg" is blessed with several yacht-rock hallmarks: a spot on Steely Dan's most Steely Dan-like album, Aja, an impeccable airtightness that falls somewhere between soft-pop and jazz and yacht rock's stalwart captain, Michael McDonald, at the helm.
- "Lido Shuffle," Boz Scaggs (1976) Scaggs' storied career began as a sideman with Steve Miller and already included a scorching duet with Duane Allman.
- "Lowdown," Boz Scaggs (1976) As you throw on your shades and rev the motor, the only thing hotter than the afternoon sun is David Hungate’s sweet slap-bass blasting from the tape deck.
Jul 4, 2021 · Yacht Rock Sets Sail With Help From a 2005 Web Series. Before 2005, people generally placed Toto’s “Africa” and Holmes’ “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)” in the soft rock genre. Maybe if ...
Jun 22, 2021 · Before yacht rock was an identifiable genre, Scaggs (no fan of the term, as he told Rolling Stone in 2018) set the standard for what was to come: sharp-dressed white soul, burnished ballads that...
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Jun 12, 2020 · Yacht rock began as a sendup of the late '70s and early '80s smooth jams to which many Millennials and late period Gen-Xers were likely conceived, then morphed into a beloved musical...
Sep 22, 2023 · Artwork: UMG. Even some of those who signed up to the subgenre subtleties of what became known as yacht rock may consider it to be a time-locked phenomenon. Certainly, its chief protagonists...
