AOR Blog: Album Oriented Rock

UK-based power-pop band The Babys formed in 1976 and scored two Top 20 singles with “Isn’t it Time” and “Every Time I Think of You”. Of particular note is the fact that two of The Babys later achieved even greater success in the 1980s. Vocalist/bassist John Waite went solo and had a number one hit [...]

Heart began as one of the few female-fronted hard rocking bands of the 1970s, and they had a lot of success on FM radio with such singles as “Barracuda”, “Magic Man”, and “Crazy on You”. Lead singer Ann Wilson’s powerful wail was similar to that of Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, her idol. In the early [...]