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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.

50 DAY AFTER DAY Badfinger

49 JOJO Boz Scaggs

48 ST. ELMO’S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION) John Parr

47 LYIN’ EYES Eagles

46 CAT’S IN THE CRADLE Harry Chapin

45 DRIVE The Cars

44 MAKE IT WITH YOU Bread

43 I’D LOVE YOU TO WANT ME Lobo

42 LOVE WILL FIND A WAY Pablo Cruise

41 MOONLIGHT FEELS RIGHT Starbuck

40 HARD TO SAY Dan Fogelberg

39 GEORGY PORGY Toto

38 STOP DRAGGIN’ MY HEART AROUND

      Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

37 DO IT AGAIN Steely Dan

36 CRAZY LOVE Poco

35 MAGIC Olivia Newton-John

34 DUST IN THE WIND Kansas

33 AFTERNOON DELIGHT Starland Vocal Band

32 RIDE LIKE THE WIND Christopher Cross

31 YOU MAKE MY DREAMS Hall & Oates

30 SLOW HAND Pointer Sisters

29UNDERCOVER ANGEL Alan O’Day

28 EASY Faith No More

27 MORNIN’ Al Jarreau

26 SHE’S GONE Hall & Oates

25 PEG Steely Dan

24 MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS Maria Maldaur

23 WHAT CAN I SAY Boz Scaggs

22 FOOLED AROUND AND FELL IN LOVE Elvin Bishop

21 VENTURA HIGHWAY America

20 LOTTA LOVE Nicolette Larson

19 DREAM WEAVER Gary Wright

18 KOKOMO Beach Boys

17 BIGGEST PART OF ME Ambrosia

16 LOWDOWN Boz Scaggs

15 WHAT A FOOL BELIEVES Doobie Brothers

14 A HORSE WITH NO NAME America

13 I CAN’T TELL YOU WHY Eagles

12 REMINISCING Little River Band

11 ROSE OF CIMARRON Poco

 

 

10 ROSANNA Toto

9 JUST THE TWO OF US

    Grover Washington Jr. featuring Bill Withers

8 SISTER GOLDEN HAIR America

7 SAILING Rod Stewart

6 YEAR OF THE CAT Al Stewart

5 SUMMER BREEZE Seals And Crofts

4 LONGER Dan Fogelberg

3 DREAMS Fleetwood Mac

2 AFRICA Toto

1 SAILING Christopher Cross