From Encyclopedia Britannica: - pop ballad, form of slow love song prevalent in nearly all genres of popular music. There are rock ballads, soul ballads, country ballads, and even heavy metal ballads.
Here is a selection of some of the most popular “pop ballads” of the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Charlie Santoss - One-Hit Wonders - Variedades - Instrumental Hits - Os Precursores - Hong Kong English Pop - Hong Kong Cantopop - The British Invasion - A Jovem Guarda
Saturday, October 16, 2010
WALK AWAY (Matt Monro)
From WIKIPEDIA:
Matt Monro (1 December 1930 – 7 February 1985) was an English singer who became one of the most popular entertainers on the international music scene during the 1960s. Throughout his 30-year career, he filled cabarets, nightclubs, music halls, and stadiums in Australia, Japan, the Philippines, and Hong Kong to Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas. He sold more than 100 million records during his lifetime.
Monro died from liver cancer in 1985 at the Cromwell Hospital, Kensington, London, leaving a widow, Mickie, and three children: Mitchell, Michele, and Matthew. Mitchell, a professional pilot, also died of cancer in 2004. A Memorial was held in Harrow...
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