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  • 3 Ballads From the 1990s That Make Us Wish We Had a Time Machine
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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

3 Ballads From the 1990s That Make Us Wish We Had a Time Machine

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 04: Celine Dion speaks onstage during the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin...

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americansongwriter.com /2 days ago

6 Emotional Ballads From 1966 Every Baby Boomer Can Still Sing by Heart

Photo by Graphic House/Archive Photos/Getty Images Every baby boomer alive can likely still sing these emotional ballads from 1966 by heart, complete with theatrical interpretation...

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americansongwriter.com /3 weeks ago

3 Power Ballad Songs From the 1980s That Turned Shredding Heartbreak Into Radio Gold

DETROIT - MAY 27: American singer-songwriter, Jon Bon Jovi, who is the founder and frontman of the rock band Bon Jovi, poses during a portrait session before their concert at the J...

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americansongwriter.com /3 weeks ago

3 Rock Ballads From the 2010s That Make Us Wish We Had a Time Machine

MANCHESTER, TN - JUNE 10: Brandon Flowers of The Killers performs on What Stage during day 4 of the 2018 Bonnaroo Arts And Music Festival on June 10, 2018 in Manchester, Tennessee....

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

3 Journey Ballads That Quietly Outshine “Open Arms”

Steve Perry of Journey at the Poplar Creek Music Theater in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, September 3, 1981. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) These three Journey ballads are every...

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

3 Rock Ballads From the 1990s That Make Us Wish We Had a Time Machine

DETROIT, MI - DECEMBER 5: Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler and drummer Joey Kramer perform during the band's Permanent Vacation Tour on December 5, 1987, at the Joe Louis Arena i...

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americansongwriter.com /3 weeks ago

4 U2 Classics That Show off Their Mastery of the Slow Stuff

UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 01: WEMBLEY STADIUM Photo of BONO and U2, Bono performing live onstage on PopMart tour, playing Gretsch 6119 Chet Atkins Tennessean guitar (Photo by Patrick...

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

Every Baby Boomer Alive Remembers These 3 Classic Rock Jams From 1960

Singer and songwriter Roy Orbison performs circa 1960. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) If you're a baby boomer, these classic rock tunes from 1960 might have been par...

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americansongwriter.com /2 weeks ago

3 Folk Hits That Are Secretly Heartbreak Anthems

Unspecified - 1973: Jim Croce performing live on 'In Concert'. (Photo by ABC via Getty Images) Here are some folk hits that will likely take you by surprise with their stories. The...

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americansongwriter.com /2 weeks ago

3 Forgotten Sad Songs From 1970 That Still Get Us Teary-Eyed

IN CONCERT - Airdate: March 1, 1974. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images) LINDA RONSTADT You might have forgotten about these sad son...

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americansongwriter.com /2 weeks ago

Every Baby Boomer Alive Remembers These 4 Classic Country Jams From 1961

Patsy Cline poses for a portrait wearing a fur coat in circa 1958. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) These country songs from 1961 are still beloved by honky-tonk-lovin...

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

3 Folk Songs From the 1970s With Melodies That Still Echo Decades Later

Don McLean In the 1970s, folk songs were often masquerading as rock music. Indeed, these are three folk songs from the 1970s with melodies that still echo decades later. The post...

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americansongwriter.com /2 weeks ago

Every Baby Boomer Alive Remembers These 4 Classic Country Jams From 1968

Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images While the rest of the world was focusing on rock 'n' roll, country music was silently putting out some of its best songs in 1968. The po...

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

3 of the Most Tender Folk Songs of the 1970s That Will Leave Anyone Heartbroken

American singer-songwriter James Taylor at a BBC TV studio, London, 20th October 1970. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images) These three folk songs from the 1970s will leave anyo...

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americansongwriter.com /4 weeks ago

3 Acoustic Folk Songs From the 1960s With Melodies That Still Echo Decades Later

Bob Dylan in concert at the Royal Albert Hall, 1965. (Photo by Alisdair Macdonald/Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images) Acoustic folk songs provided a type of social currency in...

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americansongwriter.com /1 week ago

4 Soft Rock Songs From the 70s That Baby Boomers Still Shed a Tear To

David Gates of Bread, who wrote one of the saddest soft rock songs of the 70s These soft rock songs were tear-jerkers in the 70s. Five decades haven't made the emotional lyrics any...

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

4 Wonderful Songs From 1988 Found Way Down the Charts

Musician Sting performs at Madison Square Garden on August 24, 1988, New York City. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images) These four songs from 1988 deserved a lot better at the chart...

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americansongwriter.com /1 week ago

4 Forgotten Blues Hits From the 1950s That Your Parents Couldn’t Stop Playing

UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: Photo of Bobby BLAND (Photo by Gems/Redferns) You might have forgotten about (or never heard) these blues hits from the 1950s, but I bet your parents were...

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

3 Dramatic One-Hit Wonders From the 1980s That Sound More Like Poetry

THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JOHNNY CARSON -- Pictured: (l-r) Tony Moore, Kevin MacMichael, Nick Van Eede of musical guest Cutting Crew perfomr on October 23, 1987 -- (Photo by: Wendy...

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

3 Acoustic Songs From the 1970s With Melodies That Still Echo Decades Later

Acoustic music offers listeners such a graceful experience. Indeed, these are three acoustic songs from the 1970s with melodies that still echo decades later. The post 3 Acoustic S...

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

Every Baby Boomer Alive Remembers These 4 Classic Rock Jams From 1961

Singer Del Shannon recording in the studio at a vintage microphone in circa 1962 in New York. (Photo by PoPsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Rock 'n' roll continued...

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

4 Classic Rock Songs That Are So Bittersweet, Listening to Them Hurts and Feels Good All at Once

NEW YORK - 1st DECEMBER: American musician Bob Seger performs live on stage at the New Fillmore East in New York in December 1974. (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns) These bitterswee...

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

4 Forgotten Duets From the 1960s That Still Sound Ethereal

UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1967: Photo of Joan Baez, 1967 , Rhode Island, Newport, Newport Folk FestivalL-R: Joan Bz, Mimi Farina. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Ethereal...

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americansongwriter.com /2 weeks ago

Every Baby Boomer Alive Remembers These 4 Classic Country Jams From 1966

UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 01: Photo of Loretta LYNN (Photo by Sylvia Pitcher/Redferns) If you're a baby boomer and have always loved good ol' country tunes, these songs from 1966 ar...

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