The Sound of San Francisco-San Jose

United States · #6 origin · 14 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
814.4
US score
51.6
UK score
14.5
Attributed artists
43

Signature decade 1980s · era-distinctiveness 1.94 · score per artist 18.9

Decade fingerprint

Top artists

  1. 1Metallica110.8
  2. 2Santana97.3
  3. 3Green Day83.5
  4. 4Creedence Clearwater Revival73.5
  5. 5The Doobie Brothers54.2
  6. 6Journey47
  7. 7MC Hammer42.4
  8. 8The Pointer Sisters34.6
  9. 92Pac34.2
  10. 10Huey Lewis and the News31.1
  11. 11H.E.R.29.9
  12. 12Grateful Dead24.6
  13. 13En Vogue23.7
  14. 14Sly and the Family Stone19.4
  15. 15Train11.7

Signature songs

  1. 1“Tom Dooley” : The Kingston Trio · UK / US #1 (1958)
  2. 2“Abracadabra” : Steve Miller Band · UK / US #1 (1982)
  3. 3“Mood” : 24kGoldn · UK / US #1 (2020)
  4. 4“Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now” : Starship · UK / US #1 (1987)
  5. 5“Don't Let Go (Love)” : En Vogue · UK / US #2 (1996)
  6. 6“A Certain Smile” : Johnny Mathis · UK #4 (1958)
  7. 7“Boulevard of Broken Dreams” : Green Day · UK / US #2 (2004)
  8. 8“Bad Moon Rising” : Creedence Clearwater Revival · UK / US #1 (1969)
  9. 9“The Joker” : Steve Miller Band · UK / US #1 (1973)
  10. 10“Smooth” : Santana · UK / US #1 (1999)
  11. 11“My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)” : En Vogue · UK / US #2 (1992)
  12. 12“Hey, Soul Sister” : Train · US #3 (2010)
  13. 13“Maria Maria” : Santana · UK / US #1 (2000)
  14. 14“Family Affair” : Sly and the Family Stone · US #1 (1971)
  15. 15“Everyday People” : Sly and the Family Stone · US #1 (1969)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“Mood”
24kGoldn · UK / US
2020
“She Makes Me Wanna”
Dev · UK
2011
“Like a G6”
Dev · US
2010
“Ghetto Gospel”
2Pac · UK
2005
“Maria Maria”
Santana · US
2000
“Smooth”
Santana · US
1999
“How Do U Want It / California Love”
2Pac · US
1996
“Jacob's Ladder”
Huey Lewis and the News · US
1987
“Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now”
Starship · UK / US
1987
“Sara”
Starship · US
1986
“Stuck with You”
Huey Lewis and the News · US
1986
“The Power of Love”
Huey Lewis and the News · US
1985
“We Built This City”
Starship · US
1985
“Abracadabra”
Steve Miller Band · US
1982
“What a Fool Believes”
The Doobie Brothers · US
1979
“Too Much, Too Little, Too Late”
Johnny Mathis · US
1978
“Rock'n Me”
Steve Miller Band · US
1976
“When a Child Is Born”
Johnny Mathis · UK
1976
“Black Water”
The Doobie Brothers · US
1975
“The Joker”
Steve Miller Band · UK / US
1973
“Family Affair”
Sly and the Family Stone · US
1971
“Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) / Everybody Is a Star”
Sly and the Family Stone · US
1970
“Bad Moon Rising”
Creedence Clearwater Revival · UK
1969
“Everyday People”
Sly and the Family Stone · US
1969
“Tom Dooley”
The Kingston Trio · US
1958
25 of 25 #1 singles · click a column to sort

Velvet Rock

14 Master Tape tracks by San Francisco-San Jose artists: Lowdown (Boz Scaggs) · What Can I Say (2023 Remaster) (Boz Scaggs) · Fly Like An Eagle (Steve Miller Band) · Takin' It to the Streets (The Doobie Brothers) · What a Fool Believes (The Doobie Brothers) · Minute by Minute (The Doobie Brothers) · JoJo (Boz Scaggs) · Automatic (The Pointer Sisters) · Slow Hand (The Pointer Sisters) · He's so Shy (The Pointer Sisters) · Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do (Huey Lewis & The News) · Sara (Starship) …