History Main / ClassicRock

* Yacht rock: Smooth, laidback rock music that usually has a sunny- or tropical-sounding quality and is generally poppy and soft in nature

* Music/BobDylan -- Folk rock, country rock, soft rock.

* Music/PaulAnka -- Pop rock, soft rock, soul rock, yacht rock (1970s to 1980s output).[[note]]While Paul Anka's music technically could be considered Rock, he's not usually described as Classic Rock, as his music is on the ''very'' soft end of soft rock, bordering more on middle-of-the-road, and he started out at a TeenIdol in the 1950s and early 1960s.[[/note]]

* Music/IronButterfly -- PsychedelicRock, HardRock.

* Music/TheRollingStones -- BluesRock, HardRock, soft rock.

* Music/PaulAnka -- Pop rock, soft rock, soul rock (1970s to 1980s output)[[note]]While Paul Anka's music technically could be considered Rock, he's not usually described as Classic Rock, as his music is on the ''very'' soft end of soft rock, bordering more on middle-of-the-road, and he started out at a TeenIdol in the 1950s and early 1960s.[[/note]]

* Music/BarryManilow -- Pop rock, soft rock.[[note]]Like the above-mentioned Paul Anka, Barry Mannilow's music could technically be considered Classic Rock, but is on the ''very'' soft, Middle-of-the-road side of soft rock, and as such, usually isn't described as Classic Rock..[[/note]]

Classic rock radio stations are common in the United States and Sirius XM Radio features several classic rock-oriented stations, including: The Bridge (classic soft rock), Classic Rewind (late [[TheSeventies '70s]] and [[TheEighties '80s]] classic rock), Classic Vinyl ([[TheSixties '60s]] and early [[TheSeventies '70s]] classic rock), Deep Tracks (classic rock deep cuts), Classic Rock Party (upbeat/energetic classic rock), 1st Wave (classic {{New Wave|Music}}, PunkRock, and PostPunk), Hair Nation (HairMetal), Ozzy's Boneyard (classic HardRock and HeavyMetal), and various single artist channels.

* Music/{{Foreigner}} -- ArenaRock.

* {{Music/Journey}} -- HardRock, ProgressiveRock, jazz rock, ArenaRock.

* {{Music/Scorpions}} -- HardRock (with a HairMetal period in the '80s-early '90s).

* {{Music/Rush}} -- ProgressiveRock, HardRock.

* {{Music/Survivor}} -- ArenaRock, HardRock, pop rock.

* Music/{{Heart}} -- HardRock (with an ArenaRock period in the mid '80s-early '90s), folk rock.

* {{Music/Loverboy}} -- ArenaRock.

* Music/{{Genesis}} -- ProgressiveRock, art rock, soft rock, pop rock (output from the late '70s on).

* {{Music/Budgie}} -- HeavyMetal, HardRock.

* Music/FrancoDeVita: Pop rock

* Love/Hate - HairMetal, ArenaRock

* Jazz rock (frequently used synonymously with jazz fusion)

* Music/TedNugent -- HardRock.

* Trixter -- HairMetal, ArenaRock

Classic rock is not, strictly speaking, a musical genre, but rather a radio format that features old-school rock songs. There is no set definition of "classic rock," with just about everybody having their own personal criteria. The unwritten definition used by the website ultimateclassicrock.com (and many people) generally seems to be any music created by a non-[[AlternativeRock alternative]] [[note]] excluding {{New Wave|Music}}, PunkRock, and PostPunk, if you even consider these genres to be alternative [[/note]] rock band/artist who was at the peak of their/his/her career between the [[RockAndRoll rockabilly/rock and roll]] (using the strictest definition of the latter term) and the {{Grunge}}[=/=]AlternativeRock eras (basically, rock from the mid-ish-early-ish [[TheSixties '60s]] to the very early [[TheNineties '90s]]). That being said, classic rock radio stations have started playing more recent music, including grunge and alternative artists, diversifying their playlists as Gen Xers and older Millenials aged into the demographics that classic rock stations targeted, . While the rock and roll/rockabilly artists of the [[TheFifties '50s]] and early [[TheSixties '60s]] are indeed both classic and rock, they tend to not be considered "classic rock," since they virtually never seem to get played on stations of that radio format.

Classic rock is not, strictly speaking, a musical genre, but rather a radio format that features old-school rock songs. There is no set definition of "classic rock," with just about everybody having their own personal criteria. The unwritten definition used by the website ultimateclassicrock.com (and many people) generally seems to be any music created by a non-[[AlternativeRock alternative]] [[note]] excluding {{New Wave|Music}}, PunkRock, and PostPunk, if you even consider these genres to be alternative [[/note]] rock band/artist who was at the peak of their/his/her career between the [[RockAndRoll rockabilly/rock and roll]] (using the strictest definition of the latter term) and the {{Grunge}}[=/=]AlternativeRock eras (basically, rock from the mid-ish-early-ish [[TheSixties '60s]] to the very early [[TheNineties '90s]]). That being said, classic rock radio stations have started playing more recent music, including grunge and alternative artists, diversifying their playlists. While the rock and roll/rockabilly artists of the [[TheFifties '50s]] and early [[TheSixties '60s]] are indeed both classic and rock, they tend to not be considered "classic rock," since they virtually never seem to get played on stations of that radio format.

* Music/UFOBand -- HardRock, HeavyMetal, ProgressiveRock, space rock.

* {{Music/U2}} -- AlternativeRock, PostPunk, pop rock.
* {{Music/UFO}} -- HardRock, HeavyMetal, ProgressiveRock, space rock.