Toto

One of the turn-of-the-decade bands that enjoyed huge popularity but perhaps has not aged particularly, in the staying power of their music, is Toto. The band produced some really hooky rock/pop, that seemed to be heavily flavored by the art-rock trend of the 70s (e.g. Yes, Genesis). At the same time, they had some of the stylings of power rock (e.g. Triumph, Kansas) without actually being too metallic (see e.g. the Tolkein-esque art on their 1st and 4th albums).

The first song I heard of theirs was the very pleasant "99" (1976)



Of course I had heard "Hold the Line" (1978; it was and still is ubiquitous on radio) before and not really known it was them.

They had monster hits in the 80s with the massively overplayed "Rosanna" (1982), the sweet pop song "Africa" (1982) and the less well known "Stranger in Town" (1984).

Overall, an interesting band that had success in both rock and pop radio formats that was absolutely a product of their time.