One Of These Nights - The Eagles … [Read more...] about Tuesday Afternoon Thread: Soft Rock Week
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Monday Afternoon Thread: Soft Rock Week
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Sunday Afternoon Thread: Soft Rock Week
Soft rock (or lite rock) is a development of pop rock. Originating in the early 1970s in southern California, the style smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and pop, relying on simple, melodic songs with big, lush productions. Soft rock dominated radio throughout the 1970s and eventually metamorphosed into the synthesized music of adult contemporary in the 1980s. The … [Read more...] about Sunday Afternoon Thread: Soft Rock Week
Sunday Open Thread: Frank & Ella
How is it that these two never recorded an album together? The two appeared on the same stage only periodically over the years of their legendary careers, in television specials in 1958 and 1959, and again on 1967's A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim. Pianist Paul Smith has said, "Ella loved working with [Frank]. Sinatra gave her his dressing-room on A Man and His Music and … [Read more...] about Sunday Open Thread: Frank & Ella
Saturday Afternoon Thread: The Scots and The Swedes Week
U Got The Look - Sheena Easton w/Prince … [Read more...] about Saturday Afternoon Thread: The Scots and The Swedes Week