Crowds kept getting bigger, and so did venues for a genre that just didn't stop growing in popularity. Here are the 12 bands that helped make the ‘70s the golden era of stadium-ready rock acts.

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.

Using a variety of sources, Stacker created a chronological list of how the long, loud, and rebellious history of rock 'n' ...