A new 2-part countdown: YACHT ROCK. This post: #100-51.  Concludes tomorrow.

Caffè ☕️Lattè looks back on:

THE 100 MOST ESSENTIAL YACHT ROCK

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If you like your rock soft, you should enjoy this list of the 100 best examples of the sub-genre referred to as yacht rock. The definitive songs of this type thrived during the 1970s and 1980s and were most often recorded by America’s West Coast musical acts. 

100 CLASSIC Adrian Gurvitz

99 LONELY BOY Andrew Gold

98 SENTIMENTAL LADY Bob Welch

97 GOODBYE STRANGER Supertramp

96 (YOUR LOVE HAS LIFTED ME) HIGHER AND HIGHER

         Rita Coolidge

95 SMOKE FROM A DIFFERENT FIRE

       Sanford Townsend Band

94 WHAT YOU WON’T DO FOR LOVE Bobby Caldwell

93 YOU’RE ONLY LONELY J.D. Souther

92 DO YOU WANNA MAKE LOVE Peter McCann

91 URGENT Foreigner

90 JUST THE WAY IT IS, BABY The Rembrandts

89 EBONY EYES Bob Welch

88 MINUTE BY MINUTE Doobie Brothers

87 A LITTLE MORE LOVE Olivia Newton- John

86 I’D REALLY LOVE TO SEE YOU TONIGHT

       England Dan & John Ford Coley

85 LOVE YOU LIKE I NEVER LOVED BEFORE

      John O’Banion

84 WE’RE ALL ALONE Boz Scaggs

83 NEVER LET HER SLIP AWAY Andrew Gold

82 I LOVE A RAINY NIGHT Eddie Rabbitt

81   99 Toto

80 RIKKI DON’T LOSE THAT NUMBER Steely Dan

79 LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH Stephen Stills

78 IT’S OVER Boz Scaggs

77 TEQUILA SUNRISE Eagles

76 SO INTO YOU Atlanta Rhythm Section

75 SWEET BABY JAMES James Taylor

74 THE NIGHT OWLS Little River Band

73 GET USED TO IT Roger Voudouris

72 BELIEVE IT OR NOT

     (THEME FROM ‘GREATEST AMERICAN HERO’)

       Joey Scarbury

71 JACKIE BLUE The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

70 PEACEFUL EASY FEELING Eagles

69 TIME PASSAGES Al Stewart

68 STEAL AWAY Robbie Dupree

67 HEY NINETEEN Steely Dan

66 DESPERADO Linda Ronstadt

65 EYE IN THE SKY Alan Parsons Project

64 SHANNON Henry Gross

63 PRECIOUS TO ME Phil Seymour

62 MAGIC Pilot

61 I SAW THE LIGHT Todd Rundgren

60 I’M IN YOU Peter Frampton

59 COOL CHANGE Little River Band

58 NEW KID IN TOWN Eagles

57 BABY COME BACK Player

56 OWNER OF A LONELY HEART Yes

55 NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW Starship

54 HOLD THE LINE Toto

53 ARTHUR’S THEME (BEST THAT YOU CAN DO)

       Christopher Cross

52 REELING IN THE YEARS Steely Dan

51 GIVE ME THE NIGHT George Benson