Arhive etichete: ballad

„SEND IN THE CLOWNS” – Judy Collins

prin pe 7 septembrie 2011 în Sad songs


„Send in the Clowns” is a song by Stephen Sondheim from the 1973 musical A Little Night Music, an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s film Smiles of a Summer Night. It is a ballad from Act II in which the character Desirée reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life. Among other things, she looks […]

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Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely (1960)

prin pe 6 septembrie 2011 în Balade, Sad songs


“Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)” is a 1960 song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. Recorded by Orbison, it became his first major hit. As an operatic rock ballad, it was a sound unheard of at the time, described by the New York Times as expressing “a clenched, driven urgency”. It […]

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„Crazy” – Patsy Cline

prin pe 24 august 2011 în Balade, Sad songs


„Crazy” is a ballad composed by Willie Nelson. It has been recorded by several artists, most notably by Patsy Cline, whose version was a #2 country hit in 1962. Partly due to the genre-blending nature of the song, it has been covered by dozens of artists in several genres over the years; Nevertheless, the song remains […]

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Phil Collins – Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)

prin pe 21 august 2011 în Balade, Sad songs


„Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” (also simply titled „Against All Odds„) is a Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit song originally written and recorded by British singer Phil Collins. The song was the main theme for the 1984 film of the same name, and first appeared on its soundtrack. It is a […]

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„Your Song” Elton John

prin pe 5 august 2011 în Balade, Sad songs


„Your Song” is a ballad composed and performed by English musician Elton John with lyrics by his long-time collaborator Bernie Taupin. It appeared on John’s self-titled second album in 1970.  The song was released in the United States in October 1970 as the B-side to „Take Me to the Pilot„. Both received airplay, but „Your […]

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Bonnie Raitt – I Can’t Make You Love Me

prin pe 25 iulie 2011 în Balade, Sad songs


„I Can’t Make You Love Me” is a 1991 popular song, written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin and recorded by Bonnie Raitt on her Luck of the Draw album from that year. In August 2000, Mojo magazine voted „I Can’t Make You Love Me” #8 on its The 100 Greatest Songs Of All Time […]

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„Whiskey lullaby” – Brad Paisley & Alison krauss

prin pe 25 iulie 2011 în Balade, Country & Folk, Sad songs


„Whiskey Lullaby” is the title of a country song composed by Bill Anderson and Jon Randall. It was first recorded by Brad Paisley as a duet with Alison Krauss on Paisley’s 2003 album Mud on the Tires, and released on April 12, 2004, as that album’s third single, and the eleventh chart single of Paisley’s […]

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