Teenage tragedy song
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teenage-tragedy-song-176-2591749
title:
Teenage tragedy song
text:
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. Examples of the style are also known as "tear jerkers", "death discs" or "splatter platters", among other names coined by DJs that pas
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encyclopedia
description:
Style of ballad
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_tragedy_song
date created:
2007-05-02T11:40:57Z
date modified:
2024-08-20T16:57:29Z
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