In the mid-1970s and ‘80s in SoCal, bands like Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers, and Toto blended jazz, R&B, and pop to create a new soft style: yacht rock.
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these 70s classics bulldozed their way to the top of the charts. However family-friendly those songs sound now, Donna Summer was using her dancefloor momentum to explore topics and material ...