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An elegant mid-tempo ballad, the song conjures images of a lamp-post-lined avenue, with Gene Kelly performing a soft-shoe at one end and Bogart and Bacall making out at the other.
NPR: Hawley's 'Tonight' Steps out of Time Altogether
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Whenever I write a song, whether it's a heart-wrenching love ballad or a food-based song parody, I always take a moment to contemplate: What would The Trashmen do?
NPR: 'Weird Al' Yankovic's Ode To The Trashmen
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Her song, Drip Drop, was widely tipped to win but her look (lion-maned temptress) and song choice (over-wrought power ballad) was replicated too often to stand out.
BBC: Germany drags Eurovision into the 21st Century
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In fact, the singer's standout moment of the season was her performance of the Shelton ballad "Over You, " which became the sole song on the show this season to top the iTunes charts.
CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS
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Jade believed she stood a chance of winning, but on the night, her song - a rather familiar-sounding Lloyd-Webber ballad - failed to really excite the audience.
BBC: Norwegians celebrate in Moscow
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Surely, the big, swooping ballad (written by the newly crowned king of the big, swooping ballad, Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic) is more of an obvious Song nominee, and the insistent dance number is more in line with Record?
NPR: Could 'Single Ladies' Win Song Of The Year?
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The BBC spoke with Thompson about the mythology of Davy Crockett, from his origins in the backwoods of Tennessee, to his time in Washington DC, and his immortalisation in the "stickiest song in the history of the movies", The Ballad of Davy Crockett.
BBC: Magazine
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His most recent effort, the sprawling 17-song folk tale My Name Is Buddy, revisits the Dustbowl ballad form and Depression-era road songs.
NPR: A Dustbowl Lament from an American Chameleon
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Despite refusing to sing the song 'Man in the Iron Mask' for me personally (the song, from his first album, is a heart-melting ballad) Billy was on fine form throughout.
BBC: May 29
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The song recorded by Barrule is a reworking of a traditional 18th century Manx ballad 'Ny Kirree of Niaghtey' (The Sheep Under the Snow).
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