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Soft rock

Radio format
Soft rock is a form of rock music that originated in the late 1960s in Southern California and the United Kingdom which smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and pop rock, relying on simple, melodic songs with big, lush productions. Wikipedia
Parent genres: Rock, Pop rock, and Rock and roll
Cultural origins: Mid- to late 1960s, United Kingdom and Southern California
Derivative forms: Adult contemporary music; hypnagogic pop
Other names: Light rock; adult-oriented rock