No era embraced power ballads more than the ’80s, a time period when ridiculousness was at an all-time high. Journey, Heart and Bon Jovi were among the acts leading the charge, but power ballads ...

I began working on this concordance to The English and Scottish Popular Ballads in the early 1980's while a graduate ... text features that we used in the 1960s (as opposed to the 80s for the rest of ...

Until now, that has done nothing to undermine the enduring popularity of the ballad, which spent eight weeks at No 1 in the Billboard charts and remains a perennial if puzzling favourite at weddings.