Soft Rock

Soft rock began in the early 1970s with bands like , which had previously been a Jazz-rock band, switched to soft rock and reached their biggest commercial successes. Even Led Zeppelin , considered by some to be standard bearers of Hard Rock , flirted with the genre at the time in songs like 1979's " Fool In The Rain ".

Other bands/singers who have recorded a considerable number of songs considered soft rock include: Air Supply , America , Phil Collins , Céline Dion , Gloria Estefan , Every Little Thing , Whitney Houston , Elton John , Carole King , Gordon Lightfoot , Bette Midler , Steve Perry , Savage Garden , Seals And Crofts , Eric Serra , Carly Simon , Rod Stewart , James Taylor , and Wilson Phillips .

In the early 1990s, soft rock began to be known as " Adult Contemporary ".

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