Some artists just have a comfort zone with the types of softer material that tends to get classified as yacht rock. The late Marty Balin was one of those artists, even way back before those sounds started to become commercial. Once they did, Balin was well-positioned to capitalize on that change in public taste. Sure enough, he delivered his biggest solo smash in 1981 with the liltingly pretty and sad “Hearts.”
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