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The following is a list of notable soft rock bands and artists and their most notable soft rock songs. This
list should not include artists whose main style of music is anything other than soft rock, even if they have
released one or more songs that fall under the "soft rock" genre. (Such songs can be added
under Category:Soft rock songs.)
Artists which have released music of various different genres throughout their career including soft rock as
one of their main styles, may be included together with their notable soft rock songs.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help
by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Contents: 
 0–9
 A
 B
 C
 D
 E
 F
 G
 H
 I
 J
 K
 L
 M
 N
 O
 P
 Q
 R
 S
 T
 U
 V
 W
 X
 Y
 Z

0–9[edit]
Artist Song(s)

"I'm Not in Love"[2][3][4][5]


10cc[1]
"Marriage Bureau Rendezvous"[6]

A[edit]
Artist Song(s)

Ace[7] "How Long"[8]

Bryan Adams[9][10] "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"[11]


Artist Song(s)

"All Out of Love"[16]


"Even the Nights Are Better"[16]
"Here I Am"[16]
"Just as I Am"[16]
Air Supply[12][13][14][15]
"Lonely Is the Night"[16]
"Lost in Love"[12]
"Making Love Out of Nothing at All"[3][16]
"The One That You Love"[17]
The Alan Parsons
"Eye in the Sky"[18]
Project[14]
Alessi Brothers[19] "Oh Lori"[20]
"Biggest Part of Me"[5][21][22]
Ambrosia "How Much I Feel"[4][21][22]
"You're the Only Woman (You & I)"[22]
"A Horse with No Name"[3][4]
"I Need You"[28]
"Lonely People"[28]
America[23][24][25][26][27] "Sister Golden Hair"[27][29]
"Tin Man"[29]
"Today's the Day"[30]
"Ventura Highway"[29]
Paul Anka[31] "(You're) Having My Baby"[32]
"Along Comes Mary"[34]
"Cherish"[34]
The Association[23][33] "Everything That Touches You"[35]
"Never My Love"[36]
"Windy"[34]
"Imaginary Lover"[38]
Atlanta Rhythm Section[37]
"So into You"[38]
"Canyon Arrow"[40]
The Autumn Defense[27][39]
"Feel You Now"[40]

B[edit]
Artist Song(s)

"How Deep Is Your Love"[12]


"I Started a Joke"[42]
Bee Gees[12][41]
"New York Mining Disaster 1941"[43]
"To Love Somebody"[42]
The Bells[44] "Stay Awhile"[32]
Stephen Bishop[45] "On and On"[46]
"I Don't Believe in Miracles"[47]
Colin Blunstone[47]
"Say You Don't Mind"[47]
"1973"[49]
"So Far Gone"[50]
James Blunt[24][48]
"Stay the Night"[51]
"Superstar"[52]
Michael Bolton[53][54][55] "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"[3]
"How Can We Be Lovers?"[56]
Artist Song(s)

"Time, Love and Tenderness"[56]


Karla Bonoff[57] "Somebody's Eyes"[58]
Debby Boone[59] "You Light Up My Life"[3]
"Amanda"
Boston[60]
"More Than a Feeling"[61]
"Baby I'm-a Want You"[3][4][65]
"Everything I Own"[12][65][66]
"The Guitar Man"[67]
Bread[12][23][24][30][62][63][64]
"If"[66]
"Lost Without Your Love"[30]
"Make It with You"[65][66]
"Fountain of Sorrow"[69]
Jackson Browne[24][68]
"The Pretender"[70][71]
Peabo Bryson[72] "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" (with Roberta Flack)[3]

C[edit]
Artist Song(s)

"By the Time I Get to Phoenix"[24]


"Galveston"[24]
Glen Campbell[24][73] "Rhinestone Cowboy"[24]
"Southern Nights"[24]
"Wichita Lineman"[24]
Jim Capaldi "It's All Up to You"[74]
"Do That to Me One More Time"[3][4][76]
Captain & Tennille[75] "Love Will Keep Us Together"[77]
"Muskrat Love"[32]
"All by Myself"[4]
Eric Carmen[30][78]
"Never Gonna Fall in Love Again"[79]
Kim Carnes[24] "Bette Davis Eyes"[80][81]
"(They Long to Be) Close to You"[85]
"Goodbye to Love"[84]
"Please Mr. Postman"[86]
"Rainy Days and Mondays"[85]
The Carpenters[12][23][82][83][84] "Sing"[85]
"Superstar"[3]
"Top of the World"[85][87]
"Touch Me When We're Dancing"[88]
"We've Only Just Begun"[85][89]
Felix Cavaliere[90][91]
Before and After[93]
Chad & Jeremy[92][93] A Summer Song[93]
Willow Weep for Me[93]
"Cat's in the Cradle"[3]
Harry Chapin "Sniper"[94]
"W·O·L·D"[24]
Chicago[12][23][60] "Baby, What a Big Surprise"[95]
"Brand New Love Affair, Part I & II"[96]
"Colour My World"[97]
"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"[98]
"Hard Habit to Break"[99]
Artist Song(s)

"Hard to Say I'm Sorry"[95][97][99]


"If You Leave Me Now"[3][4][12][30][97]
"Make Me Smile"[98]
"Saturday in the Park"[98]
"Will You Still Love Me?"[99]
"You're the Inspiration"[95]
"Anything for Your Love"[102]
"Everything Will Be Alright"[103]
"I Shot the Sheriff"[101]
Eric Clapton[100][101] "Lay Down Sally"[101]
"Promises"[101]
"Tears in Heaven"[101]
"Wonderful Tonight"[101]
"Spooky"[105]
Classics IV[104] "Stormy"[105]
"Traces"[105]
Climax[106]
"Couldn't Get It Right"[107]
Climax Blues Band[107]
"I Love You"[107]
Joe Cocker "Up Where We Belong" (with Jennifer Warnes)[108]
Leonard Cohen[109][110] "On the Level"[111]
"Walking in Memphis"[113]
Marc Cohn[112]
"Wild World"[114]
"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"[115]
"In the Air Tonight"[116]
Phil Collins[55]
"One More Night"[3][117]
"Separate Lives"[115]
"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"[118]
Jim Croce
"Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)"[118]
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young[23][24][119] "Lady of the Island"[27]
[120]

"Ride Like the Wind"[67]


Christopher Cross[24]
"Sailing"[3][5]
Burton Cummings[24] "Stand Tall"[24]
Cymarron[121] "Rings"[122]

D[edit]
Artist Song(s)

"Cool Night"[124]
Paul Davis[30][123]
"I Go Crazy"[30][125]

"Don't Pay the Ferryman"[127]


Chris de Burgh[126]
"The Lady in Red"[128]
"Annie's Song"[129]
"How Can I Leave You Again"[129]
John Denver[84]
"I'm Sorry"[129]
"Sunshine on My Shoulders"[129]
Neil Diamond[84][130] "Sweet Caroline"[131]
The Doobie Brothers[23][132] "Another Park, Another Sunday"[133]
"It Keeps You Runnin'"[134]
Artist Song(s)

"Minute by Minute"[134][135]
"Takin' It to the Streets"[134]
"What a Fool Believes"[3][5][67][134][136]
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show[23][30] "A Little Bit More"[32]
[137]
"Sharing the Night Together"[27][30]
Robbie Dupree[138] "Steal Away"[139]

E[edit]
Artist Song(s)

"Best of My Love"[143][144]
"Busy Being Fabulous"[145]
"Desperado"[144]
"Doolin–Dalton"
"Hotel California"[146]
"The Long Run"[147]
Eagles[24][41][120][140][141][142]
"Most of Us Are Sad"[147]
"New Kid in Town"[147]
"One of These Nights"[147]
"Peaceful Easy Feeling"[147]
"Take It Easy"[144]
"Tequila Sunrise"[144]
"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"[27][30][139][148][149]
England Dan & John Ford Coley[24][30] "Love Is the Answer"[149]
[75]

"Nights Are Forever Without You"[149]


Exile[150][151] "Kiss You All Over"[76]

F[edit]
Artist Song(s)

"Just Remember I Love You"[30]


Firefall[152][30]
"You Are the Woman"[30][153]

"100 Years"[155]
Five for Fighting [154]
"The Riddle"[155]
"Superman (It's Not Easy)"[155]
Roberta Flack[156] "Feel Like Makin' Love"[157]
"Big Love"[160]
"Dreams"[161][162]
Fleetwood Mac[24][158][159] "Little Lies"[160]
"Rhiannon"[67]
"Sentimental Lady"[163]
"Leader of the Band"[165][166]
"Longer"[165]
Dan Fogelberg[164]
"Part of the Plan"[166]
"Same Old Lang Syne"[166]
"Cold as Ice"[167]
"I Don't Want to Live Without You"[168]
Foreigner[24][13][167]
"I Want to Know What Love Is"[167]
"Waiting for a Girl Like You"[167]
Peter Frampton[169] "Baby, I Love Your Way"[3][170]
Artist Song(s)

Franke and the


Knockouts[171]

G[edit]
Artist Song(s)

Gallery[172]

David Gates[30]

"Hold on My Heart"[174]
Genesis[173]
"Throwing It All Away"[174]

Andy Gibb[30] "I Just Want to Be Your Everything"[30][175]


"Lonely Boy"[3][176]
Andrew Gold[24]
"Thank You for Being a Friend"[24]
Dobie Gray "Drift Away"[177]
Henry Gross[30] "Shannon"[30][178]
Adrian Gurvitz "Classic"[179]

H[edit]
Artist Song(s)

"Kiss on My List"[5]
"One on One"[3][108]
Hall & Oates[24][180]
"Rich Girl"[24]
"Sara Smile"[76]
Hamilton, Joe Frank &
"Fallin' in Love"[182]
Reynolds[181]
Albert Hammond[24] "It Never Rains in Southern California"[183]
Bertie Higgins[184] "Key Largo"[3][185]
Dan Hill[30] "Sometimes When We Touch"[3][30][32]
The Hollies[186] "The Air That I Breathe"[187][188]
Rupert Holmes "Escape"[3]

I[edit]
Artist Song(s)

Janis Ian "At Seventeen"[71]

J[edit]
Artist Song(s)

Terry Jacks[189] "Seasons in the Sun"[190]

Jefferson Starship[191][192][193] "Miracles"[193]

"She's Always a Woman"[12]


Billy Joel[12][24][194]
"This Night"[195]

"Bennie and the Jets"[12]


"Burn Down the Mission"[197]
Elton John[12][41][196] "Daniel"[67]
"Little Jeannie"[198]
"Rocket Man"[199]
Robert John[200] "Sad Eyes"[30]
Sammy Johns[30] "Chevy Van"[32][30]
"Bluer Than Blue"[201]
Michael Johnson[201]
"This Night Won't Last Forever"[201]
"Lights"[4]
Journey[13][60][167][202][203]
"Open Arms"[3]

K[edit]
Artist Song(s)

Kalapana[204][205]

Kansas[60] "Dust in the Wind"[3]

Carole King[68][84][206]

L[edit]
Artist Song(s)

Nicolette Larson[207]

"Help Is on Its Way"[24]


Little River Band[24][208]
"Reminiscing"[4][67]

Dave Loggins "Please Come to Boston"[209]


"This Is It"[3][139][211]
Kenny Loggins[24][210]
"Whenever I Call You Friend"[211]
Loggins and Messina[23][70][210] "Watching the River Run"[5]
[212]

Looking Glass "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)"[24][213]


M[edit]
Artist Song(s)

Mary MacGregor[214] "Torn Between Two Lovers"[215]

The Magic Lanterns[216]

The Mamas & the Papas "Dedicated to the One I Love"[217]

Melissa Manchester[218]

"From Despair to Where"[219]


"La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)"[219]
Manic Street Preachers "Little Baby Nothing"[219][220]
"Motorcycle Emptiness"[220]
"Suicide is Painless"[220]
"Can't Smile Without You"[30]
Barry Manilow [12][24][30]
"Could It Be Magic"[76]
"Mandy"[3][12]
Benny Mardones "Into the Night"[221]
"Hazard"[224]
"Hold On to the Nights"[3]
Richard Marx[222][223]
"Now and Forever"[225]
"Right Here Waiting"[224]
"Let It Go, Let It Flow"[227]
Dave Mason[226]
"We Just Disagree"[227]
Iain Matthews[228]
"Gravity"[230]
"Paper Doll"[231]
John Mayer[229]
"Who You Love" (with Katy Perry)[232]
"Your Body Is a Wonderland"[230]
"The Girl Is Mine" (with Michael Jackson)[234]
Paul McCartney[12][233]
"Maybe I'm Amazed"[76]
"Angel"[237]
"Building a Mystery"[237]
Sarah McLachlan[235][236]
"Possession"[237]
"Sweet Surrender"[237]
Michael McDonald[238] "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)"[139]
Don McLean[239] "American Pie"[239]
"Paint My Love"[241]
Michael Learns to Rock [240]
"Sleeping Child"[241]
"Someday"[241]
Mike + The Mechanics[24]
"Any Day Now"[242]
Ronnie Milsap "He Got You"[242]
"Stranger in My House"[242]
"Carey"[27]
Joni Mitchell[239][243]
"Free Man in Paris"[239]
Van Morrison "Brown Eyed Girl"[157]
Artist Song(s)

Jason Mraz[244] "I'm Yours"[245]


Maria Muldaur "Midnight at the Oasis"[32]
Michael Martin Murphey "Wildfire"[246]
"Bidin' My Time"[248]
"Hard as I Try"[248]
Anne Murray[156][247]
"Snowbird"[248]
"You Needed Me"[3]

N[edit]
Artist Song(s)

Randy Newman[249]

"Can I Trust Your Arms"[252]


"I Honestly Love You"[3]
Olivia Newton-John[250][251]
"Magic"[76]
"Summertime Blues"[253]
Stevie Nicks "Rooms on Fire"[254]
Harry Nilsson[255] "Everybody's Talkin'"[256]
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (as The Dirt "An American Dream"[257]
Band)[257]
Kenny Nolan[30] "I Like Dreamin'"[30][258]
"Midnight Lady"[260]
Chris Norman [259]
"Some Hearts Are Diamonds"[260]
"Stumblin' In"[261]

O[edit]
Artist Song(s)

Gilbert O'Sullivan "Alone Again (Naturally)"[67]

"Dance with Me"[263]


Orleans[262]
"Still the One"[3][263]

P[edit]
Artist Song(s)

Pablo Cruise[24]

Jim Photoglo[264]

Pilot[265] "January"[266]
Artist Song(s)

Player[24][267] "Baby Come Back"[4][139]

Poco "Heart of the Night"[268]

R[edit]
Artist Song(s)

"Baker Street"[270][271]
Gerry Rafferty[24][269]
"Home and Dry"[271]

"Ace of Hearts"[273]
"Auberge"[272]
"Fool (If You Think It's Over)"[272]
Chris Rea[272][273]
"The Road to Hell"[272]
"Winning"[273]
"Wired to the Moon"[273]
"Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady"[275]
Helen Reddy[274] "I Am Woman"[84]
"I Can't Hear You No More"[276]
REO Speedwagon[13] "Can't Fight This Feeling"[3]
"All Night Long (All Night)"
Lionel Richie[277] "Endless Love" (with Diana Ross)[17]
"Hello"[3][278]
"Don't Know Much" (with Aaron Neville)[281]
Linda Ronstadt [279][280]
"When Will I Be Loved"[282]
"You're No Good"[282]
Gavin Rossdale "Love Remains the Same"[283]
"Can We Still Be Friends"[285]
"A Dream Goes On Forever"[286]
Todd Rundgren[284][285] "Hello It's Me"[27][30][285][286]
"I Saw the Light"[285]
"Take It All"[287]

S[edit]
Artist Song(s)

Sad Café[288]

Leo Sayer[30] "When I Need You"[3][30]

"Lido Shuffle"[12]
Boz Scaggs[12][289]
"Lowdown"[67][290]

Seals and Crofts[12][23][75][291] "Summer Breeze"[3][4][5][12][24][67][76]


Bob Seger[292] "Against the Wind"[292]
"Night Moves"[292]
Artist Song(s)

"Still the Same"[292]


Simon & Garfunkel[24] "Bridge over Troubled Water"[24]
"Mockingbird" (with James Taylor)[295]
Carly Simon [206][293][294]
"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be"[71][84]
"You're So Vain"[4]
Paul Simon[12][24] "Slip Slidin' Away"[296]
Smokie[24]
Southern Sons[297]
J. D. Souther[298]
Starbuck "Moonlight Feels Right"[299]
Starland Vocal Band[300] "Afternoon Delight"[3][27][32]
Stealers Wheel[301] "Stuck in the Middle with You"[270]
"Do It Again"[303]
"Hey Nineteen"[5]
Steely Dan[27][302]
"Peg"[67]
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number"[27]
Cat Stevens[68][304] "Peace Train"[3][108]
"Time Passages"[24]
Al Stewart[12]
"Year of the Cat"[24]
John Stewart[24]
"Downtown Train"[24]
"I Don't Want to Talk About It"[24]
"I Was Only Joking"[24]
Rod Stewart[24]
"Mandolin Wind"[108]
"Sailing"[24][305]
"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)"[27][32]
"Desert Rose"[308]
Sting[306][307][308]
"They Dance Alone"[308]
"I Wonder Why"[311]
Curtis Stigers[309][310]
"You're All That Matters to Me"[311]
"Babe"[3][4][312]
Styx[13][167]
"Don't Let It End"[313]
The Sutherland Brothers &
Quiver[314]

T[edit]
Artist Song(s)

"Country Road"[316]
"Fire and Rain"[316]
"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)[316]
James Taylor[12][24][68][206][239][243][315]
"Shower the People"[317]
"Sweet Baby James"[108]
"Your Smiling Face[317]
"Everybody's Out of Town"[319]
"I Just Can't Help Believing"[319]
B. J. Thomas[318]
"No Love at All"[319]
"Rock and Roll Lullaby"[319]
Three Dog Night[23]
Artist Song(s)

Toby Beau "My Angel Baby[320]


"Africa"[322][323][324]
"I'll Be over You"[323]
Toto[24][321]
"I Won't Hold You Back"[325]
"Rosanna"[3][5][324]
Bonnie Tyler[326] "Believe in Me"[327]

V[edit]
Artist Song(s)

"I Just Wanna Stop"[329]


Gino Vannelli[328]
"Living Inside Myself"[329]

Randy VanWarmer[30] "Just When I Needed You Most"[30]

W[edit]
Artist Song(s)

Bob Welch "Sentimental Lady"[24]

Wet Wet Wet[330][331]

Snowy White "Bird of Paradise"[332]

"Live and Let Die"[24]


"London Town"[335]
Wings[12][24][333][334]
"Must Do Something About It"[336]
"With a Little Luck"[12][337]
Steve Winwood "Higher Love"[108]
Gary Wright "Dream Weaver"[338]

Y[edit]
Artist Song(s)

"A Man Needs a Maid"[27]


Neil Young[243][292]
"Heart of Gold"[292]

See also[edit]
 Category:Soft rock songs
 Yacht rock

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