Sara Cleveland, Jim's mother and Colleen's grandmother, was a nationally-famous ballad singer of her generation. After Sara's death in 1987, Jim and Colleen began singing the family songs in public.

Elvis Presley‘s “Don’t Cry Daddy” is one of the most moving ballads of his comeback era, up there with “Kentucky Rain” and “Always on My Mind.” The song’s famous writer said that ...

In a famous ballad called The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an old sailor tells the story of a terrifying sea voyage where at one point he almost dies of thirst ...

Siedah Garrett co-wrote “Man in the Mirror,” which might be Jackson’s most famous ballad. During an interview with Blue Railroad, Garrett said that Jackson wanted to sound like Garrett when ...