02 Iunie 2008 Morrison

Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station programming format which evolved from the album oriented rock (AOR) format in the mid-1980s. In the United States, this rock music format now features a limited playlist of songs ranging from late 1960s through today with more emphasis on the earlier hits by artists associated with the loosely-defined "classic rock era."

The term "classic rock" has retroactively been applied to these artists and their music, to the point that some now consider "classic rock" to be a musical genre unto itself.