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A teenage tragedy song is a style of sentimental ballad in popular music that peaked in popularity in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Lamenting teenage death scenarios in melodramatic fashion, these songs were variously sung from the viewpoint of the dead person's romantic interest, another witness to the tragedy, or the dead or dying person.
The Ballad of Spiro Agnew; The Ballad of the Green Berets; La Ballade des gens heureux; Ballade pour Adeline ¡Basta Ya! (song) Battlefield (song) Be Free (song) Be My Girl (New Kids on the Block song) Be My Last; Be Strong (song) Be the Man; Be There with You; Be with You (BoA song) Beautiful (Mariah Carey song) Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me ...
Compositions created specially for funeral use or as a memorial to a deceased person or persons. Settings of the requiem mass can be found in that subcategory. Subcategories
"Candle in the Wind" is a threnody style ballad written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin, and performed by John. It was originally written in 1973, in honour of Marilyn Monroe, who had died 11 years earlier.
This category contains sentimental ballads - the slow form of popular music such as love songs and pop and rock ballads from the 20th and 21st centuries. Songs which are sourced in their respective articles as only ballads and not as a specific genre of ballad should be included here.
Popular sentimental ballad vocalists in this era include Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Andy Williams, Johnny Mathis, Connie Francis and Perry Como. Their recordings were usually lush orchestral arrangements of current or recent rock and roll or pop hit songs. The most popular and enduring songs from this style of music are known as "pop ...
"Already Gone" was co-written by Clarkson and OneRepublic lead singer Ryan Tedder. [1] [2] Tedder describes it as "an emotional, heartbreaking breakup song."[3] Tedder and Clarkson wrote six songs together for inclusion on Clarkson's fourth studio album All I Ever Wanted, and "Already Gone" is one of three of those that appear on the track list.
[12] An editor for Daily Record felt Williams had "come of age with this melodic pop ballad" [13] and complimented a "surprisingly grown-up sounding Robbie on what is his best tune to date". [14] Irish Independent called it an "epic ballad".