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Soft Rock

Dance With Me The greatest melodica song of the 1970s

‘Dance With Me’ is the greatest melodica song of the 1970s

Gentle, but not a pushover.

Lauren Hunter
Jul 12, 2026
Chicago the band vs Chicago the city- How a lawsuit turned into an ambassadorship

Who sang backing vocals on Chicago’s ‘Wishing You Were Here’?

“Even though you’re far away, you’re on my mind.”

Tom Phelan
Jul 8, 2026
Dave Grohl - Freddie Mercury - Split

Freddie Mercury secretly featured on a 1978 song Dave Grohl called “the most beautiful” ever written

“The most melodically sophisticated…”

Tom Phelan
Jun 29, 2026
Billy Joel - Musician - 1977

The 1964 lyric that inspired Billy Joel’s breakthrough hit: “Exactly the right note”

A copy of a copy.

Kelly Murphy
Jun 28, 2026
Don Felder - Glenn Frey - Split

How Don Felder changed the Eagles, according to Glenn Frey

The missing piece.

Reuben Cross
Jun 20, 2026
Donald Fagen - Keyboardist - Steely Dan - 2023

The American city Donald Fagen considered the height of stupidity: “Nobody seemed to understand”

A bit of a joke.

Reuben Cross
Jun 17, 2026
Eric Clapton - Guitarist - 1996 -

The 1977 classic Eric Clapton wrote while sitting in a wheelbarrow

What a moment.

Dale Maplethorpe
Jun 15, 2026
Paul Simon - Musician - 2026

The 1970 song Paul Simon never wanted to write again: “Too daunting”

The albatross around his neck

Tim Coffman
Jun 11, 2026
Stevie Nicks - Jimmy Kimmel - 2024

The 2011 song Stevie Nicks called one of her greatest: “This may be the best”

The height of her later years.

Tim Coffman
Jun 9, 2026
Tommy Roe - Singer - 1969

Tommy Roe: the tale of the unlikely inventor of soft rock

“What am I gonna do that will be different?…”

Tom Phelan
Oct 12, 2025
Black Sabbath - 1976

The soft rock icon who almost joined Black Sabbath: “He did a good job”

An unusual contender.

Rosie Burgess
Jun 28, 2025
Promotional photo of US rock group R.E.M from about 1988

‘Losing My Religion’: The song that changed soft rock forever

Rethinking what the charts could be.

Tim Coffman
Mar 13, 2025

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