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NEW YORK – JANUARY 27: Singer/songwriter Van Morrison performs at a Warner Brothers party at Steve Paul's The Scene nightclub on January 27, 1969 in New York, New York. (Photo by PoPsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) -
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UNITED STATES – SEPTEMBER 10: BRENDAN BYRNE ARENA Photo of Willie NELSON, Willie Nelson performing on stage in East Rutherford (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns)
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BOULDER, CO – OCTOBER 1972: John Prine performs at The Telagi music club in October 1972 in Boulder, Colorado (Ron Pownall/Getty Images)
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MILWAUKEE, WI – SEPTEMBER 11: Sal Stewart #27 of the Cincinnati Reds stands for God Bless America during the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field on Friday, September 11, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Kylie Bridenhagen/MLB Photos via Getty Images) -
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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MAY 17: (L-R) Ronnie Dunn and Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn attend the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 17, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for ACM) -
LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 27: Alexandra Kay performs on stage during BST Hyde Park at Hyde Park on June 27, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Jo Hale/Redferns) -
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 28: Jennifer Nettles performs during the PAC NYC ICONS OF CULTURE Gala at Perelman Performing Arts Center on October 28, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC)) -
NASHVILLE, TN – AUGUST 23: Honorees Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton attend the 11th Annual ACM Honors at the Ryman Auditorium on August 23, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for ACM) -
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 11: Firefighters salute in front of a memorial at FDNY Ten House during a ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2026 in New York City. The United States is marking the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, when a group of al-Qaeda hijackers flew airplanes into the World Trade Center, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) -
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 30: Graham Nash performs onstage during the FIREAID Benefit Concert for California Fire Relief at The Kia Forum on January 30, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images for FIREAID) -
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – JUNE 07: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been converted to black and white.) (L-R) Luke Bryan and Riley Green attend day four of CMA Fest 2026 at Nissan Stadium on June 07, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Robby Klein/Getty Images for CMA) -
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Faith Hill during Pearl Harbor Premiere & After Party at USS John C. Stennis in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. (Photo by SGranitz/WireImage)
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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – Beth Nielsen Chapman performs in Cantina Navarro at the 2026 Folk Alliance International in the Sheraton Hotel on January 24, 2026, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by R. Diamond/Getty Images) -
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Photo by Frank Carroll/NBC via Getty Images 4 Songs by Soft Rock Bands That Sound Like Anything but Soft Rock
There’s a lot of gray area in soft rock, which might explain these four songs by soft rock artists that sound nothing like the rock subgenre.
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Photo by Maurice Seymour/Kraftwerk/Getty Images; NEW YORK – CIRCA 1975: German electronic group Kraftwerk (L-R Karl Bartos, Wolfgang Flur, Ralph Hutter and Florian Schneider) pose for a portrait circa 1975 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Maurice Seymour/Kraftwerk/Getty Images) -
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Tommy Shaw of Styx at the International Ampitheater in Chicago Illinois , November 24, 1979 . (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) -
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American rock group Blue Oyster Cult, USA, 30th July 1976. Left to right: bassist Joe Bouchard, guitarist Donald 'Buck Dharma' Roeser, keyboard and guitar player Allen Lanier, singer Eric Bloom and drummer Albert Bouchard. (Photo By Michael Putland/Getty Images -
English Rock musician Mick Jones, of the group Foreigner, plays electric guitar as he performs onstage at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, September 12, 1985. Visible in the background are Mark Rivera, on keyboards, Dennis Elliott, on drums, and Lou Gramm (born Lou Grammatico), on vocals. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)
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CIRCA 1975: (L-R) Dougie Thomson, Bob C. Benberg John A. Helliwell, Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies of the rock band "Supertramp" pose for a portrait in circa 1975. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) -
HEREDIA, COSTA RICA – MARCH 21: Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan performs live on stage as part of the Picnic Festival 2026 on March 21, 2026 in Heredia, Costa Rica. (Photo by Manuel Arnoldo Robert Batalla/Getty Images) -
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