But I'm speaking of my lived, real world memories and listening experiences, so my definition might not be exactly to the "creators of the term", Wiki or Spotify's, but also I don't feel the need to consult them to explain to me something they "invented" in the early 00's, that I actually lived through and remember surprisingly well! Nice of them to "create a playlist" of Yacht Rock songs and not Yacht Rock songs; I'm sure Spotify will even play them for you, for a price.
But music was not that rigidly compartmentalized by niche genres in the times these songs were created, either. The two songs I chose were, as I said, the first two that came to mind that I would call yacht rock. Certainly Christopher Cross would have been the best example but it's also eminently forgettable to me, and for me, that's a plus.
I can more or less agree with the list as you've clipped as being yacht rock. At the time those songs came out, both George Benson and Al Jarreau were classified and filed under Jazz, which was confusing for customers when those songs started up the charts. When those albums were released; jazz had a crossover thing going and a lot of jazz artists were getting a good bit of airplay.
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